dGenerate FilmsMar 1, 2021Rave Reviews of LOST COURSEOpening at Film at Lincoln Center, BAMPFA and Laemmle Theaters on March 5.
dGenerate FilmsFeb 5, 2021Virtual Theatrical Release of Jill Li’s Award-Winning Documentary LOST COURSE March 5, 2021Virtual Release of Jill Li’s Award-Winning Documentary LOST COURSE March 5th at Film at Lincoln Center, Laemmle Theatres, and BAMPFA
dGenerate FilmsFeb 5, 2021"Where Light Dawns" dGenerate Films Spotlighted in Lucid Dreaming PodcastIn conversation three of her third anthology, Pamela Cohn speaks with creative producer and distributor Karin Chien.
dGenerate FilmsNov 19, 2020"Does China Still Make Indie Films?" dGenerate Films Featured in Middle Earth PodcastLong gone are the days when Chinese film directors could shoot their films and win awards abroad without complications back home.
dGenerate FilmsAug 24, 2020"Outcry and Whisper": A conversation between Jinyan Zeng, Trish McAdam, and Gina MarchettiAfter viewing the interview footage, of these four factory women in a dormitory space, we immediately knew that’s the film we want.
dGenerate FilmsJul 18, 2020Re-emergence of Fanhall Films: An Interview with Zhu RikunZHU Rikun is a name that should be familiar to anyone paying attention to Chinese independents.
dGenerate FilmsJul 5, 2020Excavating Chinese History, One Harrowing Film at a Time (NY Times)The work of Hu Jie is little known even in China. The release of “Spark” and “The Observer” should make him better known abroad.
dGenerate FilmsJul 5, 2020The Art of Survival in Modern Chinese DocumentaryMany Chinese documentary-makers have spent the last decade exploring the human cost of destruction.
dGenerate FilmsJun 16, 2020Interview with Yi Cui on “Through the Looking Glass”Yi Cui’s “Through the Looking Glass” is a powerful short that reflects the agency of indigenous filmmakers.
dGenerate FilmsMay 16, 2020Defeating the Notion of a Coherent Path to Mastery: Wang Bing's "Dead Souls"Certainly, it's impossible to watch a film of Wang’s and be left indifferent; each leaves a great impression.
dGenerate FilmsMay 9, 2020Mothers and Daughters and the Chaos of Relationships: A Review of "Girls Always Happy"What’s audacious about Yang’s movie is her clear-eyed acceptance of the chaos of relationships. There will be no easy resolution.
dGenerate FilmsApr 29, 2020OXHIDE's Narrative of Refraction and the Dreamy Daze of WINTER VACATIONLiu commits to a narrative refraction of an only child in a family of bag makers with a non-fictional rigor that eschews objective context.
dGenerate FilmsApr 26, 20205 Documentaries That Captivate China's Creative LifeRegardless of location, tradition or political particularities, artists’ lives the world over carry as many similarities as not.
dGenerate FilmsApr 26, 2020Strange Magic: A Review of Rotterdam Winner 'The Widowed Witch'The winner of the Rotterdam Film Festival’s prestigious Tiger Award in 2018 subtly turns the genre’s conventions on their head.
dgeneratefilmsApr 24, 2020HIGH PLAINS DREAMER: OUR REVIEW OF ‘JINPA’ (4.5 out of 5 stars on intheseats.ca)Pema Tseden’s entire body of work [creates] a hyper-real interconnected universe of stories and characters representing modern Tibet.
dgeneratefilmsApr 14, 2020What Chinese Independent Cinema Can Tell Us About Confinement as Everyday Social RealityThe lack of freedom isn’t the point. If so, what more is there to say as an independent artist in China?
dGenerate FilmsFeb 2, 2020Why I Had A Hard Time Watching American FactoryAmerican and Chinese audiences face a similar challenge: in a landscape controlled by government-mandated censorship and corporate-driven co
dGenerate FilmsDec 23, 2019RADII: 25 Films From the 2010s That Will Help You Understand ChinaA terrific, madly varied list that includes propaganda blockbusters and wildly indie films like dGenerate Films title "Girls Always Happy."
dGenerate FilmsDec 17, 2019Chinese Documentaries at IDFA Narrow in on Character-Driven NarrativesSmog Town and Our Time Machine make clear the invisible line that Chinese documentaries, made in and for China, must navigate.
dgeneratefilmsJul 13, 2012China Plans $5 Billion Theme Park in TibetFrom the Guardian: Old Dog (dir. Pema Tseden) Chinese officials have announced plans to build a £3bn (US$ 5 billion) Tibetan culture...