dGenerate FilmsJul 5Excavating 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 FilmsMay 16Defeating 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 9Mothers 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 29OXHIDE'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 265 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 26Strange 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.
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."
dgeneratefilmsDec 1, 2016Review: Yang Mingming’s Female DirectorsBy Josh Feola Courtesy of Icarus Films This review contains spoilers. Yang Mingming’s 2012 debut Female Directors, a documentary-style na...
dgeneratefilmsAug 27, 2014Three New Titles Added to dGenerate Films CollectionMothers (dir. Xu Huijing) We are happy to announce three new additions to the dGenerate Films collection, released by Icarus Films just i...
dgeneratefilmsJan 30, 2014New Profile on Independent Filmmaker Hu JieHu Jie stands beside his painting of Chinese dissident Lin Zhao. (photo: Matthew Bell) For the radio program The World produced by Public...
dgeneratefilmsAug 31, 2012Documentary Recommendations by China Film Experts, including dGenerate President Karin ChienOn the website ChinaFile, six esteemed experts of Chinese cinema give their personal recommendations of China’s best independent document...
dgeneratefilmsAug 2, 2012New Contact Information for dGenerate FilmsFollowing the announcement of dGenerate’s new partnership with Icarus Films, here is dGenerate’s new office and contact information: dGen...
dgeneratefilmsJul 17, 2012dGenerate Films Announces Exciting Partnership with Icarus FilmsHello all! Big news here on the dGenerate front that we wanted to share with you. We’ve entered into a distribution partnership with Icar...
dgeneratefilmsApr 23, 2012Cinema Scope Magazine Honors Chinese Filmmakers among “50 Best Filmmakers Under 50”To celebrate its 50th issue, Cinema Scope has compiled a list of fifty directors under 50 who represent “the future of cinema.” Much to t...
dgeneratefilmsDec 28, 2011Disorder, Beijing Besieged By Waste Among Critic’s Top Picks of 2011"Disorder" (dir. Huang Weikai) Sight and Sound‘s annual account of the year’s cinematic highlights featured two dGenerate titles, spotlig...
dgeneratefilmsDec 20, 2011Fujian Blue Available on Comcast On-Demand in January"Fujian Blue" (dir. Weng Shuoming) dGenerate Films is pleased to announce that Robin Weng Shuoming‘s Fujian Blue will be available to ren...
dgeneratefilmsDec 19, 2011Beijing’s Ring of Garbage: Wang Jiuliang Profiled in Global TimesWang Jiuliang focuses his camera in a Beijing landfill A recent article in the Global Times addresses the sprawling landfills surrounding...
dgeneratefilmsNov 18, 2011Cinema dConstructed: dGenerate Films Profiled in Global Times"Enter the Clowns" (dir. Cui Zi'en) Michael Gold of the China Global Times spoke recently with Karin Chien on dGenerate Films‘s contribut...
dgeneratefilmsNov 15, 2011<i>Beijing Besieged By Waste</i> Wins Two Awards"Beijing Besieged by Waste" (dir. Wang Jiuliang) Beijing Besieged by Waste received the Bronze Award in the Top Environmental Documentary...
dgeneratefilmsOct 19, 2011<i>No. 89 Shimen Road</i> Wins at Warsaw Film Festival"No. 89 Shimen Road" director Shu Haolun Congratulations to writer-director Shu Haolun, whose new film No. 89 Shimen Road just won the Be...
