A NEW OLD PLAY: Director Qiu Jiongjiong Interviewed by Producer Ding Ningyuan
English translation by John Pao-chuan Wang Ding Ningyuan: This film is based on your grandfather's life experience, what motivated you to...
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Dec 13, 2021
Latest News and Reviews of ALL ABOUT MY SISTERS by Wang Qiong
ALL ABOUT MY SISTERS, the debut feature documentary film by Wang Qiong, is officially eligible for Best Documentary consideration at the...
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Aug 24, 2020
"Outcry and Whisper": A conversation between Jinyan Zeng, Trish McAdam, and Gina Marchetti
After viewing the interview footage, of these four factory women in a dormitory space, we immediately knew that’s the film we want.
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Apr 14, 2020
What Chinese Independent Cinema Can Tell Us About Confinement as Everyday Social Reality
The lack of freedom isn’t the point. If so, what more is there to say as an independent artist in China?
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Dec 17, 2019
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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Mar 6, 2017
Huang Ji (Egg and Stone) debuts latest feature at Berlinale
Huang Ji’s 2012 debut feature, Egg and Stone, shows the world of rural Chinese life through a perspective seldom seen, that of a young...
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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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Sep 5, 2014
Beijing Independent Film Festival: Video and Summary of Reports
The Chinese Film Festival Studies Research Network has posted a helpful collection of links to news reports, statements and other...
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Aug 24, 2014
Beijing Independent Film Festival Shut Down by Authorities
Chinese security guards stand on duty near a police car at a junction leading to the venue for the Beijing Independent Film Festival in...
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Aug 11, 2014
Chinese Film Festival Studies Update
Chris Berry and Luke Robinson share the following update to the Chinese Film Festival Studies Website: NEWS: In July, media in and...
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Jul 10, 2014
Chinese Film Fest Studies Update
An update from Chris Berry and Luke Robinson, organizers of the Chinese Film Fest Studies website: In the past two months, news has...
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May 19, 2014
Sydney Film Festival Spotlights Variety of Chinese Cinema
The 2014 Sydney Film Festival (June 4-15, 2014) includes a special showcase of Chinese cinema, curated by esteemed critic and programmer...
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May 2, 2014
Chinese Film Fest Studies website update
Chris Berry and Luke Robinson of the Chinese Film Festival studies website (http://www.chinesefilmfeststudies.org) announce the following...
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Apr 14, 2014
Chinese Visual Festival in London Announces Lineup
A Touch of Sin (2012, Jia Zhangke) The London Chinese Visual Festival (CVF) is proud to announce its 2014 edition, which runs from May...
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Apr 9, 2014
Updates from Chinese Film Fest Studies
Chinese film scholars Chris Berry and Luke Robinson, who manage the website Chinese Film Fest Studies, offer the following recent updates...
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Feb 17, 2014
Punto de Vista Film Festival Celebrates Films of Pema Tseden
Pema Tseden (Wanma Caidan) The 2014 edition of the Punto de Vista Film Festival of Navarra, Spain, is an international seminar focusing...
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Jan 28, 2014
Updates on Chinese Film Festival Studies: Festival Reports and Conference
Our friends at the Chinese Film Festival Studies Research Network website announce that April 1, 2014, the University of Hong Kong and...
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Sep 5, 2013
LA Times on the hardships of Chinese independent film festivals
Following the recent difficulties faced by the Beijing Independent Film Festival, Gabrielle Jaffe of the Los Angeles Times summarizes the...
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Sep 2, 2013
No Apologies: Ai Weiwei Makes Surprise Visit to BIFF Closing Night
By Lydia Wu Beijing Independent Film Festival organizer Li Xianting introduces surprise guest Ai Weiwei at the 10th BIFF closing...
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Oct 3, 2012
Surviving in the Shadows: the Beijing Indie Festival Shutdown in Context
In the website The China Story, film scholar Ying Qian offers an account of this year’s Beijing Independent Film Festival, placing it...
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