SCHEDULE
University of Oregon: Ford Lecture Hall, Jordan Schnitzer Museum
presented in partnership with the Cinema Pacific,CAPS (Jeremiah/NRC), Academic Affairs, EALL, Asian Studies, JSMA, Office of International Affairs, and Oregon Humanities Center’s Endowment for Public Outreach in the Arts, Sciences and Humanities
20-21 October 2016
20 October 2:30pm FEMALE DIRECTORS by Yang Mingming
20 October 3:30pm EMPEROR VISITS THE HELL iby Li Luo
20 October 7:15pm FOUR WAYS TO DIE IN MY HOMETOWN by Chai Chunya
21 October 2pm EGG AND STONE by Huang Ji
21 October 4pm THE RIVER OF LIFE by Yang Pingdao
HOME, Manchester +
Chinese Film Forum UK, 70 Oxford Street UK
15 September 2016
16 September 2016
CUT OUT THE EYES, a musical-ethnographic documentary by Xu Tong
accompanied by
PERFECT CONJUGAL BLISS, an animated short film by Zhong Su and
HOW, an animated short film by Zhang Yipin
18:20, 15 September, at HOME
FEMALE DIRECTORS, a faux-documentary medium-length film by Yang Mingming
14:30, 16 September at the Chinese Film Forum UK, 70 Oxford Street, Manchester
Sheffield, UK: Showroom Workstation
co-presented with the School of East Asian Studies, University of Sheffield, and Showroom Workstation
11, 18, 25 August 2016
11 August 18:30 CUT OUT THE EYES, a documentary by Xu Tong
18 August 18:30 THE RIVER OF LIFE a docu-fiction by Yang Pingdao
25 August 18:30 SPARK, a documentary by Hu Jie
Vancouver: the Cinematheque
presented in partnership with the Cinematheque Vancouver
2-23 June 2016
2 June 7pm THE RIVER OF LIFE by Yang Pingdao
5 June 4pm ANIMATION ON THE EDGE: independent Chinese animation
9 June 6:30pm EGG AND STONE by Huang Ji
9 June 8:30pm THE DOSSIER by Zhu Rikun
16 June 6:30pm THE LAST MOOSE OF AOLUGUYA by Gu Tao
16 June 8:30pm FOUR WAYS TO DIE IN MY HOMETOWN by Chai Chunya
23 June 6:30pm EMPEROR VISITS THE HELL by Li Luo
22 June 8pm FEMALE DIRECTORS by Yang Mingming + CUT OUT THE EYES by Xu Tong
Far East Film Festival, Udine
presented in the Cinema Visionario, Udine Italy, by the Far East Film Festival in partnership with China Now: Independent Visions
26 April 2016
CUT OUT THE EYES, a musical-ethnographic documentary by Xu Tong
preceded by
DOUBLE ACT, an animated short film by Ding Shiwei
18:00, 26 April at the Teatro Visionario
EGG AND STONE, a personal fiction feature by Huang Ji
preceded by
PERFECT CONJUGAL BLISS, an animated short film by Zhong Su
19:45, 26 April at the Teatro Visionario
presented in partnership with
Shadows Chinese Independent Film Festival
Shadows Chinese Independent Film Festival
29-30 Apr 2016
San Diego Asian American Film Festival: Spring Showcase
presented by Pacific Arts Movement in partnership with China Now: Independent Visions
1 May 2016
AMIMATED SHORTS SELECTION (6 shorts by Bai Bin, Qiu Anxiong, Zhong Su et al.)
A FILMLESS FESTIVAL, a collective documentary
SPARK, a historical documentary by Hu Jie
THE RIVER OF LIFE, a personal documentary by Yang Pingdao
1 May from 1pm to 9:30pm at UltraStar Mission Valley | Buy Tickets |
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11-19 March 2016
12-23 March 2016
1-6 Apr 2016
CONCORDIA University
March 11, 7pm FEMALE DIRECTORS and EGG AND STONE (Visual Arts Building 114 - 1395 René Lévesque Ouest )
March 12, 7pm A FILMESS FESTIVAL (Visual Arts Building 114 - 1395 René Lévesque Ouest )
March 15, 5pm STRATUM 1: THE VISITORS (GEM Lab, Faubourg building 630.15 - 1250 Guy Street)
March 19, 6pm CUT OUT THE EYES + SPARK (J.A. DeSève Cinema, Library Building - 1400 De Maisonneuve Ouest)
MCGILL University
March 12, 7pm THE RIVER OF LIFE (SSMU Building, Lev Bukhman Room - 3480 McTavish Street, Mcgill University)
March 16, 7pm SATIATED VILLAGE (Cultural Studies Screening Room (Rm 101) - 3475 Rue Peel)
March 23, 6:30pm AROUND THAT WINTER (Cultural Studies Screening Room (Rm 101) - 3475 Rue Peel)
CINEMATHEQUE + VISIONS (Cinémathèque québécoise - 335, boul. De Maisonneuve Est)
April 1, 7 pm FEMALE DIRECTORS + LISTENING TO THIRD GRANDMOTHER’S STORIES
April 2, 5 pm ANIMATED SHORTS PROGRAM
April 2, 9 pm EXPERIMENTAL SHORTS PROGRAM
April 3, 7 pm EMPEROR VISITS THE HELL
April 4, 7 pm YUMEN
April 4, 9 pm THE DOSSIER
April 5, 7 pm PEOPLE’S PARK
April 6, 9 pm YUMEN
PING’AN YUEQING
10 March 18:30
SPARK
20 March 15:30
CUT OUT THE EYES
13 March 15:15
SATIATED VILLAGE
24 March 20:45
PEOPLE’S PARK
15 March 18:30
THE DOSSIER
29 March 21:15
THE LAST MOOSE OF AOLUGUYA
19 March 15:30
THE RIVER OF LIFE
April 1 21:15
30 Mar, 3 Apr 2016
YUMEN + 3 shorts
THE HUNTER AND THE SKELETON
PERFECT CONJUGAL BLISS
FAMILY REUNION
30 March 19:00
3 April 13:00
BIFF is the most stimulating film festival in the world. As far as I’m concerned, there is nowhere else our physical safety would be threatened and property rights violated merely because we’re watching films together. During the last few years of BIFF, you could feel the absurdity of China, and feel the government’s incessant fear.
Chinese audiences are great: they know how to use their minds. But the number of people is small. The Chinese are a people who lack a certain attitude, a people who lack judgement and even love. On the other hand, I won’t make a special effort to pander to Western audiences. I don’t even understand why they are willing to watch superficial, or you could say symbolic, accounts of Chinese misery.
But exchange allows us to progress together. Cinema allows me to bid farewell to mediocre “happiness”. In the middle of enormous falsehood, I am not capable of fooling myself into thinking that life is beautiful. My films are honest, and they handle truth in the same way.
- Yang Mingming (Female Directors)
