Chinese Documentaries at IDFA Narrow in on Character-Driven Narratives
Smog Town and Our Time Machine make clear the invisible line that Chinese documentaries, made in and for China, must navigate.
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Sep 12, 2019
Navigating “The Future of Independent Documentary in China” in 2019
“The Future of Independent Documentary in China” was the focus of a recent panel at the University of Southern California
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Sep 28, 2016
Review of Pema Tseden’s Tharlo
Courtesy of Icarus Films by Maya Rudolph This review contains spoilers. Tharlo, Pema Tsenden’s noir-inflected romance, is a story of...
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Feb 16, 2015
New Website Profiles History of Chinese Documentary at Sundance
The Chinese Mayor This year’s Sundance Film Festival yielded a triumphant moment for Chinese documentary film, when The Chinese Mayor,...
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Dec 9, 2014
Zhou Hao Wins Golden Horse Award; Next Film Chosen for Sundance Competition
Cotton (dir. Zhou Hao) For over a decade, Zhou Hao has been making independent documentaries probing many of China’s most urgent social...
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Dec 8, 2014
Environmental Filmmaking in China Profiles Wang Jiuliang, Jian Yi
For the Associated Press, Louise Watt reports on the impact that environmental filmmakers are having in China. Among those profiled in...
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Dec 2, 2014
Chinese Independent Film Lives On – A Photo Essay by Karin Chien
Earlier this month, dGenerate Films’ Founder and President Karin Chien attended the 11th China Independent Film Festival (CIFF) in...
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Aug 29, 2014
Report on How Documentaries are Controlled in China
Li Xianting, film critic and organizer of the Beijing Independent Film Festival (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Following the recent shutdown of...
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Aug 26, 2014
A Statement of Support for the Beijing Independent Film Festival
Jonathan Miller, President of Icarus Films, distributor of the dGenerate Films collection, Karin Chien, dGenerate Films President and...
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Aug 26, 2014
Chinese LGBT Film Activist Fan Popo Makes “40 Under 40” List by Advocate Magazine
Fan Popo (photo: Advocate) Congratuations to Fan Popo, a young filmmaker, social activist and director of the Beijing Queer Film...
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Apr 15, 2014
Interview with filmmaker Vivian Qu in Film Comment
Trap Street (2013, Vivian Qu) In Film Comment magazine, Xin Zhou interviews Vivian Qu, a longtime producer of Chinese independent films...
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Apr 9, 2014
100 Best Mainland Chinese Films Poll Spotlights dGenerate Titles
“Oxhide II” (dir. Liu Jiayin) The sister publications Time Out Beijing and Time Out Shanghai recently conducted an international poll of...
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Feb 5, 2014
Interview with Zhao Dayong on His New Film Premiering in Berlinale
Shadow Days (dir. Zhao Dayong) Zhao Dayong, director of acclaimed documentaries Ghost Town and Street Life, is interviewed by the South...
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Jan 30, 2014
New Profile on Independent Filmmaker Hu Jie
Hu Jie stands beside his painting of Chinese dissident Lin Zhao. (photo: Matthew Bell) For the radio program The World produced by Public...
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Jan 29, 2014
China Tightens Regulations on Online Films
Microfilm director Wei Jiangang From the Hollywood Reporter: Chinese authorities tightened their grip on the country’s nascent Internet...
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Oct 25, 2012
Zhu Rikun in the New Statesman on Hazards for Chinese Indie Films
In the New Statesman, Chinese film producer, critic and programmer Zhu Rikun reflects on his turbulent experiences working with Chinese...
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Sep 18, 2012
Chinese Filmmakers’ Recent Challenges with Censorship
Dan Edwards reports in Crikey on the recent challenges faced by Chinese filmmakers in dealing with censorship both at home and abroad: As...
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Sep 14, 2012
dGenerate Mentioned in NY Times Report on Beijing Indie Film Fest
The New York Times reports on the troubles that met the 9th Beijing Independent Film Festival last month. Reporter Jonathan Landreth...
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Aug 31, 2012
Documentary Recommendations by China Film Experts, including dGenerate President Karin Chien
On the website ChinaFile, six esteemed experts of Chinese cinema give their personal recommendations of China’s best independent...
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Aug 24, 2012
CinemaTalk: Conversation with Huang Ji, director of <i>Egg and Stone</i>
By Kevin B. Lee Last weekend the 9th Beijing Independent Film Festival opened with the domestic premiere of Egg and Stone, which won a...
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