Siglo Films, the producers of Gai Shanxi and Her Sisters, have recently completed a new feature that promises to be another important...

Raised From Dust (dir. Gan Xiao'er) Next weekend, the 3rd annual Vancouver New Asia Film Festival will screen Gan Xiao’er’s Raised From...

Petition (dir. Zhao Liang) As this year’s Cannes Film Festival gets into gear this weekend, one of the standout films from last year’s...

The Festival announced its awards for the following films (with citations by the jury in quotes): Independent Spirit Award Spiral...

Last Lumberjacks (dir. Yu Guangyi) Organized by Indie Workshop, Non-Profit Incubator (NPI) and the Iberia Center for Contemporary Art,...

Lan (dir. Jiang Wenli) The ScreenOut Film Exhibition, hosted by Guangzhou-based Southern Metropolis Daily, is China’s first (and so far...

Asia Society, Columbia University-Modern Tibetan Studies, Trace Foundation, Maysles Institute, and Kham Film Project present:...

Cultural Dimensions of Visual Ethnography: U.S.- China Dialogues University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 Conference...

We had a great time at last year’s Association of Asian Studies Annual Meeting, so we’re coming to the2010 Meeting in Philadelphia. Look...

Tibet In Harlem 2 From the Maysles Institute website: TIBET IN HARLEM 2: ORIGINS March 14–20, 2010 Presented by the Modern Tibetan...

In conjunction with MoMA’s Jia Zhangke retrospective, the director hosts a screening March 8 at 7pm of his Wo men de shi nian (Ten...

Confucius (96 min., FEI Mu, 1940, B&W, Digital Beta, Mandarin Chinese & English Subtitles) In collaboration with the Hong Kong Film...

Fujian Blue (dir. Robin Weng) From the Asia Society website: China’s Past, Present, Future on Film March 6 – April 16, 2010 Asia Society...

Jia Zhangke: A Retrospective is the first complete U.S. retrospective of this internationally celebrated contemporary filmmaker who, in...

Oxhide II (dir. Liu Jiayin) The International Film Festival Rotterdam concluded this past weekend; this year’s edition was of special...

Petition (dir. Zhao Liang) In the recent Top Ten Chinese Films of the 2000s poll, one of the top-ranked documentaries was Zhao Liang’s...

Sun Spots (dir. Yang Heng) 18 films by Chinese directors or with a Chinese theme will be presented at this year’s International Film...

Filmmakers Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam (photo courtesy of Friends of Tibet.org) Chinese authorities have withdrawn two films from the...

Spring Fever (dir. Lou Ye) In the new issue of Senses of Cinema, Chris Berry offers a review of the 6th China Independent Film Festival,...

As part of the NewFilmmakers Winter Festival, Anthology Film Archives will screen Stand Up (Zhan Qi Lai), a docudrama about modern China...