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Year in Review: 2022 on the Silver Screen
Indie hits and notable flops: Here is a roundup of big happenings in Chinese and diaspora films this year
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Picturing Xinjiang on the Big Screen
From cosmopolitan pictures to musical tourism advertisements, the Tianshan Film Studio once galvanized filmmaking in Xinjiang, but now struggles to r…
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On the Trail of China’s Last Reindeer Herders
Renowned documentary director Gu Tao recounts his journey into indie filmmaking and his years living with Ewenki herders in northern China
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Left in the Dust: Shaking Rural Cliches in Films on Northwest China
Can films and literature from the Northwest shake their strong association with rural subjects?
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Short Short Films on a Long Long Road
Short short movies are lowering the threshold of filmmaking, five minutes at a time
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Nü Perspectives: Striving for Better Female Characters on Chinese Screens
Do female characters in Chinese cinema and TV pass the Bechdel test?
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What Spooked China’s Horror Film Industry?
China’s domestic horror films still struggle to impress audiences
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How the War in Ukraine Inspired China’s Independent Filmmakers
A handful of independent short films promote empathy and compassion toward war victims in Ukraine
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The Rough Reality for China’s Indie Documentary Filmmakers
Documentary-makers have been turning out works of high artistic and social value since the 1990s. But is their golden age over?
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The Mountains Sing: Yang Xiao on Documenting Guangxi’s Fading Folk Music
A new film by Guangxi-born director Yang Xiao bends an ear to the region’s dying tradition of ethnic folk ballads
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Is “Saturday Fiction” too edgy for China’s mainstream? | Film Review
Gong Li’s yarn of empowered female espionage in war-torn Shanghai aimed big at the Chinese box office, but confuses complexity for entertainment
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Fan Jian’s “After the Rain” | Film Review
Fan explores the enduring trauma for parents who lost children in the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake, and their attempts to rebuild their families
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