On the website ChinaFile, six esteemed experts of Chinese cinema give their personal recommendations of China’s best independent documentaries. Nine films from the dGenerate catalog are mentioned; Searching for Lin Zhao’s Soul earned three mentions, followed by Meishi Street and Disorder with two.
The lists of each Chinese film expert can be found after the break. Their accompanying comments can be found on ChinaFile. ChinaFile is a website project operated by the Asia Society Center on US-China Relations.
Chris Berry, professor of Film and Television Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London:
Crime and Punishment, dir. Zhao Liang
Mask Changing: A Letter To Antonioni, dir. Pan Jun
Meishi Street, dir. Ou Ning
Though I Am Gone, dir. Hu Jie
West of the Tracks, dir. Wang Bing
Karin Chien, founder and president, dGenerate Films::
Disorder, dir. Huang Weikai
Ghost Town, dir. Zhao Dayong
Crime and Punishment, dir. Zhao Liang
Meishi Street, dir. Ou Ning
Jia Zhangke, filmmaker:
West of the Tracks, dir. Wang Bing
Before the Flood, dirs. Li Yifan and Yan Yu
Petition, dir. Zhao Liang
