dGenerate Films Newsletter: June 2010
In celebration of the summer and the end of the school year, we are offering a sale though the end of June — 15% off any dGenerate title ordered before June 30! We hope that you will consider rounding out your DVD libraries with dGenerate titles and support the invaluable work that our filmmakers are doing to created uncensored perspectives on contemporary Chinese society. Contact us to order and mention the discount, you’ve got a week!
Now is also the time to start thinking about your Fall film series’ and bringing one of our indie Chinese films to your venue. With enough time and planning, our filmmakers are also available to come out and visit as well.
And for those of you home viewers, most of our films are available online for viewing through Amazon and Indieflix for $5 a film. Visit the respective page for each film on our catalog page and you’ll find links to view them.
As always, contact as any time, for any reason. Visit our latest film catalog here. Thanks for your support!
Welcome,
Ariella Tai
Manager, Operations & Sales
(646) 360-0343 / info@dgeneratefilms.com
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NEW TITLES AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER
- As the summer begins, dGenerate Films is happy to announce that we are preparing to release a 3rd round of titles on DVD and VOD, all of which are now available to be pre-ordered for educational DVD and are currently available for public performance
- Using (Long Ge) - directed by Zhou Hao
- Crime and Punishment (Zui Yu Fa) – directed by Zhao Liang
- Street Life (Nanjing Lu) – directed by Zhao Dayong
- We are the … of Communism (Wo Men Shi Gong Chan Zhu Yi Sheng Lue Hao) - directed by Cui Zi’en
- Fujian Blue (Jin Bi Hui Huang) – directed by Robin Weng
- Dong – directed by Jia Zhangke
- Black and White Milk Cow (Yi Zhi Hua Nai Niu) – directed by Yang Jin
DU HAIBIN’S 1428 FEATURED AT LA FILM FESTIVAL
- Currently making its way around the festival circuit and available for exhibition screenings is Venice Film Festival Best Documentary 1428. A powerful look at the reality facing survivors of the Sichuan earthquake in 2008, Du Haibin’s film recently was picked as “Best of the Los Angeles Film Festival” by LA Weekly critic Karina Longworth.
- Film scholar and Cal Arts professor Bernice Reynaud recently reviewed 1428 in Senses of Cinema, along with Oxhide and Queer China, ‘Comrade China’, amongst other contemporary Chinese films
- CNN also took a behind-the-scenes look at 1428
“THE MAGNIFICENT 7″ OF CHINESE INDIE FILMMAKING
- The latest issue of Time Out Shanghai highlights “The Seven Hottest Directors in China”: Ying Liang, Yang Heng, Zhao Liang, Liu Jiayin, Zhao Dayong, Zhao Ye, and Wei Tie. The feature interviews all seven of the directors, as well as dGenerate President Karin Chien. dGenerate proudly offers titles from five of the seven directors named in the article as “directors to watch.” You can download the full article at the dGenerate website.
NEW ACQUISITIONS
- We are excited for the recent addition of Huang Weikai’s Disorder to our catalog, as well as Liu Jiayin’s long-awaited sequel to Oxhide, Oxhide 2. Please contact exhibitions@dgeneratefilms.com if you are interested in bringing these films to your city or university!
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