English translation by John Pao-chuan Wang Ding Ningyuan: This film is based on your grandfather's life experience, what motivated you to...

ALL ABOUT MY SISTERS, the debut feature documentary film by Wang Qiong, is officially eligible for Best Documentary consideration at the...

After viewing the interview footage, of these four factory women in a dormitory space, we immediately knew that’s the film we want.

The lack of freedom isn’t the point. If so, what more is there to say as an independent artist in China?

Smog Town and Our Time Machine make clear the invisible line that Chinese documentaries, made in and for China, must navigate.

Huang Ji’s 2012 debut feature, Egg and Stone, shows the world of rural Chinese life through a perspective seldom seen, that of a young...

Earlier this month, dGenerate Films’ Founder and President Karin Chien attended the 11th China Independent Film Festival (CIFF) in...

The Chinese Film Festival Studies Research Network has posted a helpful collection of links to news reports, statements and other...

Chinese security guards stand on duty near a police car at a junction leading to the venue for the Beijing Independent Film Festival in...

Chris Berry and Luke Robinson share the following update to the Chinese Film Festival Studies Website: NEWS: In July, media in and...

An update from Chris Berry and Luke Robinson, organizers of the Chinese Film Fest Studies website: In the past two months, news has...

The 2014 Sydney Film Festival (June 4-15, 2014) includes a special showcase of Chinese cinema, curated by esteemed critic and programmer...

Chris Berry and Luke Robinson of the Chinese Film Festival studies website (http://www.chinesefilmfeststudies.org) announce the following...

A Touch of Sin (2012, Jia Zhangke) The London Chinese Visual Festival (CVF) is proud to announce its 2014 edition, which runs from May...

Chinese film scholars Chris Berry and Luke Robinson, who manage the website Chinese Film Fest Studies, offer the following recent updates...

Pema Tseden (Wanma Caidan) The 2014 edition of the Punto de Vista Film Festival of Navarra, Spain, is an international seminar focusing...

Our friends at the Chinese Film Festival Studies Research Network website  announce that April 1, 2014, the University of Hong Kong and...

Following the recent difficulties faced by the Beijing Independent Film Festival, Gabrielle Jaffe of the Los Angeles Times summarizes the...

By Lydia Wu Beijing Independent Film Festival organizer Li Xianting introduces surprise guest Ai Weiwei at the 10th BIFF closing...

In the website The China Story, film scholar Ying Qian offers an account of this year’s Beijing Independent Film Festival, placing it...