By Shelly Kraicer Shu Haolun's "No. 89 Shimen Road" won the top prize at CIFF, but wasn't shown on Awards Night. The Nanjing-based China Independent Film Fes...

By Shelly Kraicer Just having a party: This year's Beijing International Film Festival had to take a more casual tone. (photo: ArtInfo) I’m often asked how i...

By Shelly Kraicer Fan Bingbing in "Buddha Mountain," one of several films directed by Chinese women directors at Vancouver International Film Festival I’ve c...

By Shelly Kraicer Visitors seem dazzled by the might of painterly propaganda in the "90th anniversary of the CCP" painting exhibit. A major function of the N...

By Shelly Kraicer The gallery of Ancient Chinese art in the National Museum of China may be the new highlight of anyone's visit to Beijing. Beijing’s new Nat...

By Shelly Kraicer I previously wrote here about the cancellation of the 2011 Beijing Independent Documentary Film Festival (DOChina) at Songzhuang. As a comp...

Shelly Kraicer The Cinema Pacific Film Festival’s special series of Chinese cinema opens today and runs until April 10 at the University of Oregon in Eugene....

By Shelly Kraicer Xu Tong, Shelly Kraicer and Tang Xiaoyan at screening of Fortune Teller at Rotterdam (photo courtesy of Xu Tong) This year’s Rotterdam Film...

By Shelly Kraicer This is the conclusion of Shelly Kraicer’s essay “The Use and Abuse of Chinese Cinema (in the West).” Click here for the introduction and f...

Opening Ceremony of the 7th China Independent Film Festival in Nanjing (photo courtesy of CIFF) By Shelly Kraicer While attending the China Independent Film ...

By Shelly Kraicer Rumination (dir. Xu Ruotao) The 2010 Vancouver International Film Festival (September 30 to October 15) has just concluded. This was my fou...

By Shelly Kraicer Buried (dir. Wang Libo) It’s been earthquake movie season in China ever since the terrible Wenchuan earthquake that struck Sichuan province...

Thomas Mao (dir. Zhu Wen) By Shelly Kraicer During a recent interview with an independent Chinese journalist, I was somewhat taken aback, but also quite amus...

Buenos Aires Festival of Independent Cinema I was able to attend two events last month that showcased the strength, diversity, and vitality of new independen...

by Shelly Kraicer Condolences (dir. Ying Liang) I’ve always enjoyed attending the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), which perks up a dark and sle...

1428 (dir. Du Haibin) Part One: Toronto International Film Festival (September 10-19, 2009) One looks to comprehensive film festivals, such as the Toronto In...

by Shelly Kraicer Betelnut (dir. Yang Heng) Perhaps I’ve been spending just a bit too much time watching movies in China? I have this recurring daydream, mos...

By Shelly Kraicer San Yuan Li (dir. Ou Ning, 2003) What is a Chinese film? Ever since I’ve started living and working in Beijing over six years ago, most se...