A Visit to the IFChina Original Studio with Filmmaker Jian Yi
By Dan Edwards IFChina Studio founder and filmmaker Jian Yi, outside the studio on the campus of Jinggangshan University Reprinted by...
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Jul 18, 2011
Broadening the Chinese Film Scene: QCC and ISSAS
Yang Jin's Er Dong, featured in both QCC and ISSAS programs By Ariella Tai Earlier this year, two new screening groups devoted to...
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Jul 5, 2011
CinemaTalk: A Conversation with Professor Guo-Juin Hong on Taiwan Cinema, 1949 and Documentaries
By Michael Chenkin Guo-Juin Hong is Andrew W. Mellon Associate Professor of Chinese Cultural Studies at Duke University. Hong has...
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Jul 4, 2011
The Future of Chinese Film Criticism
Wang Yang (photo credit: Grace Wang) By Ariella Tai In similar form to her fascinating report on Chinese Documentaries in her Chicago Sun...
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Jun 27, 2011
Oxhide director Liu Jiayin interviewed on Artspace blog
Oxhide II (dir. Liu Jiayin) By Ariella Tai On the University of Sydney’s blog Artspace, Christen Cornell interviews Liu Jiayin on her...
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Jun 14, 2011
Shelly on Film: Beijing’s First Official Film Festival
By Shelly Kraicer I previously wrote here about the cancellation of the 2011 Beijing Independent Documentary Film Festival (DOChina) at...
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May 26, 2011
Sundance Institute Holds Film Forward Program in China
By Isabella Tianzi Cai Advisors Cara Mertes and Lixin Fan listen to a filmmaker in a small group at CNEX/DFP workshops. (Photo: Meredith...
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May 24, 2011
Report on Chinese Independent Documentaries for Roger Ebert’s Website
By Isabella Tianzi Cai Directors Zhao Liang and Fan Lixin in Zhao Liang's Beijing studio (photo: Grace Wang) An article of great interest...
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Apr 28, 2011
Video Essays on New Chinese Cinema – Screenings This Weekend at MOMI
By Kevin B. Lee In conjunction with the screening series New Tales of Chinese Cinema screening this weekend at the Museum of the Moving...
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Apr 21, 2011
Beijing Independent Documentary Festival Cancelled
Jonathan Landreth reports for the Hollywood Reporter: BEIJING – Organizers of a long-standing Chinese independent documentary film...
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Apr 11, 2011
New Hit Web Movie Marks Chinese Cinema’s Online Explosion
By Isabella Tianzi Cai One of the hottest web films in China right now is the 43-minute feature Old Boys, directed by 31-year-old TV...
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Mar 17, 2011
Radio Profile of Zhao Liang’s <i>Together</i>, Playing at Hong Kong Film Festival
Together (dir. Zhao Liang) Chinese Radio International broadcast a segment profiling Zhao Liang’s new documentary Together. The film will...
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Mar 8, 2011
Spicy, Fresh and Artsy: Zhang Xianmin on Recent Chinese Films
By Zhang Xianmin Zhang Xianmin Following his recent critique on the state of Chinese cinema “Daytime Booze Nighttime Party,” Chinese film...
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Mar 8, 2011
Golden Broom Awards “Celebrate” the Worst of Chinese Cinema
By Isabella Tianzi Cai Say What? "Confucius" in Three-Way Tie for Worst Chinese Film of 2010 The winners of the 2nd Golden Broom Awards...
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Feb 8, 2011
Jia Zhangke Makes Cut in Taiwanese-Dominated Greatest Chinese Films List
By Isabella Tianzi Cai Jia Zhangke The 47th Taipei Golden Horse Festival conducted a survey to find out the 100 greatest Chinese-language...
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Jan 26, 2011
Jia Zhangke on “Bull—-” Patriotism, Li Hongqi, Dragons and Tigers: New Cinema-Scop
Jia Zhangke The new issue of Cinema Scope magazine has a heavy dose of Chinese cinema coverage. In the magazine, Jia Zhangke, whose most...
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Jan 25, 2011
New Book on the New Chinese Documentary Movement
By Isabella Tianzi Cai The New Chinese Documentary Film Movement: For the Public Record (authors Chris Berry, Lu Xinyu, Lisa Rofel) A new...
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Jan 18, 2011
2010 Chinese Cinema Yearbook: Films, Reflections
Winter Vacation (dir. Li Hongqi) Last year, dGenerate Films conducted the Best Chinese Films of the Decade poll, with the participation...
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Jan 18, 2011
Daytime Booze, Nighttime Party: Thoughts on the Present State of Chinese Cinema
By Zhang Xianmin Translated by Isabella Tianzi Cai Zhang Xianmin In this essay, Zhang Xianmin, Professor of Beijing Film Academy, film...
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Jan 17, 2011
Video: New Directions in Chinese Cinema
By Kevin B. Lee Let it be known that 2010 was an exceptional year for Chinese independent cinema. Most media attention on Chinese cinema...
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