By Isabella Tianzi Cai Oxhide 2 (dir. Liu Jiayin) “Film distribution is more often driven by profit than a love of movies, but that’s not true of Karin Chien’s dGenerate Films.” The South China Morning Post profiles dGenerate in a March 6, 2011 article, which can be viewed here as a .pdf. Reporter Richard James Havis distinguishes dGenerate from most other film distributors. At dGenerate, as Havis explains, dGenerate only picks films that they believe “everyone will benefit f

Super, Girls! (dir. Jian Yi) Press Release from Viz Cinema: VIZ CINEMA SPOTLIGHTS NEW CHINESE FILM MOVEMENT IN CHINA UNDERGROUND OPENING IN DECEMBER 7 Films Over 3 Days Offer A View of China as Never Seen Before VIZ Cinema and NEW PEOPLE, in association with dGenerate Films, are proud to present a fascinating series focusing on a new vanguard of Chinese independent filmmakers, whose innovative uses of digital filmmaking deliver provocative insights into the world’s largest na

Huang Weikai From now until March 2011, director Huang Weikai will be available for screenings and lectures in the United States. Huang’s latest film Disorder is a groundbreaking work of experimental documentary that has won prizes and screened at festivals around the world. The Atlantic calls it “one of the most mesmerizing films I’ve seen in ages!” If you are interested in bringing Disorder and Huang Weikai to your institution or university for a screening, Q&A or guest lec

Super, Girls! (dir. Jian Yi) Press Release from Viz Cinema: VIZ CINEMA SPOTLIGHTS NEW CHINESE FILM MOVEMENT IN CHINA UNDERGROUND OPENING IN DECEMBER 7 Films Over 3 Days Offer A View of China as Never Seen Before VIZ Cinema and NEW PEOPLE, in association with dGenerate Films, are proud to present a fascinating series focusing on a new vanguard of Chinese independent filmmakers, whose innovative uses of digital filmmaking deliver provocative insights into the world’s largest na

Film Director Yang Jin dGenerate Films and the Apple Store in Beijing continue their ongoing series showcasing China’s newest filmmakers powered by digital technology. Next Tuesday, November 2, acclaimed digital filmmaker Yang Jin will show clips from his films and discuss his creative process. Yang Jin’s talk is part of the series “Meet the Filmmakers,” a collaboration between the Apple Store in Beijing and dGenerate Films. Digital tools, from digital video cameras to editin

MUBI is known for its role in giving film enthusiasts an indispensible resource for learning about cinema, through its online rental service, the MUBI Notebook filled with articles, reviews and festival reports, and its robust virtual community. We are proud that our films are becoming part of this important vehicle for cinema enthusiasts. Listed below are these new titles on MUBI. One-time viewing on their site is priced at $3.00. Using Betelnut Meishi Street Crime and Puni

By Isabella Tianzi Cai Yi Yi (dir. Edward Yang) The Taiwanese film magazine Fun Screen called on 68 filmmakers, film scholars, film critics, as well as other related film personnel to vote for the 10 best Taiwanese pictures produced in the years between 2000 and 2009. They were inspired by a similar poll conducted by dGenerate Films earlier this year concerning the 10 best Chinese-language films also made in the past decade. The result of Fun Screen’s poll came close to ours:

The feature is not available online, but we’ve secured permission to make it available as a downloadable .pdf on the dGenerate website. You can download the feature here. Thanks to Nicola Davison at Time Out Shanghai. dGenerate Films is the proud distributor of films from five of the “Magnificent Seven.” Learn more about their films by clicking on the following titles: Liu Jiayin: Oxhide Ying Liang: Taking Father Home; The Other Half Yang Heng: Betelnut Zhao Liang: Crime and

Kevin Lee (center) with students of Swarthmore College (photo by Shiyin Lin) Last month dGenerate Films’ Kevin B. Lee gave a presentation and screening to students and faculty at Swarthmore College. Alex Ho, student organizer of the event, provided the following testimonial: Many thanks for coming to Swarthmore College to speak about the growth in independent Chinese cinema over the past decade and what your company dGenerate Films is doing to help this movement gain greater

The Iberia Center for Contemporary Art, Home of the Chinese Independent Film Archive (Photo courtesy of Iberia Center of Contemporary Art) By Shelly Kraicer Whenever I am interviewed about Chinese independent cinema, the question that comes up more often than anything else is “Can these kind of films be shown in China?” The situation is changing, rapidly, and in substantial ways. The answer used to be “Yes, sort of”. Now, it’s “Yes, most definitely”. Independent films, i.e.

So after many starts and fits, the first batch of dGenerate film titles are available for purchase! In all modesty they are a fine-looking bunch of films and we’ve got something for everyone. DVDs and download-to-purchase are available at institutional pricing (intended for classroom and library use), download-to-rent are available for everyone including you at home for an easy-to-digest $5, and anyone wanting to screen our films in public can shoot us an email. Check out o