Poster for The Old Donkey (dir. Li Ruijun)
The Seventh China Independent Film Festival concluded in Nanjing on October 25, with awards given to the following narrative feature films:
First Prize: The Old Donkey, dir. Li Ruijun Second Prize: Rivers and My Father, dir. Li Luo Debut Prize: Piercing, dir. Liu Jian
Special Mentions: Single Man, dir. Hao Jie Cleaning, dir. Yuan Fei
Additionally, the following films were screened as part of the CIFF Top 10 Documentaries program:
Xue Jianqiang: Martian Syndrome Zhang Zanbo: A Song of Love, Maybe Qiu Jiongjiong: Madame Mao Chenyu: Triumph of the Will Guo Xiaolu: Once Upon a Time Proletarian Chen Xinzhong: Zhong Sheng Wang Qingren: Game Theory Yang Yishu: On the Road Zhou Hao: Cop Shop Li Ning: Tape
CIFF organizer (and dGenerate consultant) Zhang Xianmin discusses the Festival with Christen Cornell for Artspace China.