January 20, 2005
Chinese film festival
kinoKULTURE in conjunction with The Red Mansion Foundation presents:
CHINESE FILM FESTIVAL
Friday 11 February 2005
doors open 7.30pm, films start 8pm, entry £7 / £5 members / conc.
The Concrete Revolution by Xiaolu Guo
documentary, 61 min., 2004
Novelist and filmmaker Xiaolu's works touch universal themes (time & place, love & loss) appealing to many worlds.
XIAOLU GUO WILL BE PRESENT FOR A Q&A SESSION.
and
Frozen by Xiaoshuai Wang
feature, 97 min, 1996
A young performance artist decides to make his own suicide his last work of art. Based on a true story.
Saturday 12 February 2005
doors open 7.30pm, films start 8pm, entry £7 / £5 members / conc.
A Red Backdrop by Du Peihua
documentary, 70 minutes, 2004
This film is shown in conjunction with Other Shore Arts.
A band of artists stages events, screenings and roadside exhibits in out-of-the-way towns and villages of rural western China, amid a months-long itinerary that retraces the Red Army's history.
and
Blind Shaft by Li Yang
feature, 92 min, 2003
An extraordinary thriller set in an illegal Chinese coal mine. Two miners who risk their lives under dangerous working conditions develop questionable morals in order to survive.
"DAZZLING... a true piece of film magic." Elvis Mitchell, The New York Times
Winner of the Silver Bear Award, 53rd Berlin International Film Festival (2003)
posted by alex on January 20, 2005 03:20 PM
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