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Current Chinese Indie Cinema Screening
A curated selection of current independent & underground Chinese films exploring themes of:
Series 1: “Excluded Lives” Films focusing on individuals often marginalized by the main society, including those experiencing homelessness, Addiction, and post-prison life.
DIG (2024, 5min, Animation) Directed by Ran Xu
“Rabbits have been digging in narrow burrows...For generations.” (*2024 Torchlight Filmmakers' Nominee")
CRIME RESERSAL (2024, 5 min, Experimental) Directed by Jingyu Liu
"After being released from detention, Lao Cai takes a relexing trip in Shanghai with his friend Lao Jin, searching for the abandoned quarry pit as they chat about wealth and poverty the two reflect on their lives. (*Premierd at 2024 FIRST Film Festival)
LENS AND LIES (2024, 5 min, Documentary) Directed by Jinglu Ji
“After an ordinary family dinner, my uncle gets drunk and acts out. To protect the children from being affected, adults lied that I was filming a movie and that my uncle was rehearsing his performances.”
THE WELL (2024, 177 min, Documentary) Directed by Ruibo Liu
“At Beijing Wangfujing, a group of homeless people scavenges for leftovers and sleeps in dim corners. They may be down-and-out but they have dreams filled with hope within the 'well' in their hearts." (*2024 Torchlight Filmmakers' Best Picture; 2023 Zhang Xianmin's Selection Top 10 Films)
Series 2: “The Beat Generation”: Films explores the challenges faced by the COVID-era youth in China, including unemployment, mental illness, societal pressures, and a nomadic lifestyle.
SICK PEACH (2024, 40 min, Documentary) Directed by Dong Yan
“This film documents the live status of a high school student, "Peach," and a university student, "Bing." ("2024 Torchlight Filmmakers' Nominee")
DREAM CHRONICLE (2022, 20min, Experimental) Directed by Xu Zhao
"Five people busy with their lives share their dreams at night. Immersed in surreal settings their dreams reflect reality itself." (*Premierd at 2022 Visions du Réel) TENANT’S STORIES (2023, 78min, Documentary) Directed by Chenghao Wen & Huan You
"On two winter nights in 2022, we escaped lockdown and wandered under the Qingchuan Bridge with friends—playing music, drinking, warming by the fire and swinging. I kept a journal titled 'Tenants' Stories.'" (*2024 Torchlight Filmmakers' Nominee)*Director Q&A in-person
Series 3: “Like heaven like hell”: A collection of films that vulnerably tackle themes of death, loss, and grief, offering intimate explorations of life's inevitable transitions.
ABOUT DEATH (2024, 19 min, Experimental) Directed by Jiaqi Liu
“I dreamt I would die in seven days. So I used my ca to explore my thoughts of death.”
TRACES OF A BUTTERFLY’S FALL (2022, 10min, Animation) Directed by Xu Ran
"Life is as light as a butterfly’s dance. Encounters partings death—all seem like gentle wing flutters fleeting yet profound." SUMMER FANTASIA (2022, 15min, Documentary) Directed by Linsen Wang
"Facing terminal illness, Chen navigates familial and societal conflicts through performance art seeking warmth and solace."
TO LIVE(2022, 49min, Documentary) Directed Yujing Liang "When my grandmother unexpectedly ends her life by herself, my father and I try to uncolver the reasons behind hir suicide.
Series 4: “Dear caregivers”: Featuring heroic women who provide care for their loved ones and challenges of they face to.
LET’S SIT IN THE SUN (2024, 5 min, Fiction) Directed by Yanwenjun Liu
“On this particular day, the two Lin sisters reunite, bringing their father’s urn to a mountain at the cemetery. They bask in the sun, picnic, and reminisce.” (Premiered at 2024 FIRST Film Festival)
Pei Qiong (2024, 36min, Fiction) Directed by Zhong Li
"Pei Qiong, a middle-aged woman faces an unexpected life crisis, taking care his husband suffering from a debilitating stroke, and her daughter with an accidental pregnancy. Within Arms’ Reach (2022, 14min, Fcition) Directed by Linsen Wang
"After years of estrangement, a stubborn, aging father and his sensitive son, unwilling to confront his father’s past, are forced to reconnect due to the father’s sudden stroke." The Taste of the Wind (2022, 70min, Documentary) Directed Yujing Liang
"In the post-pandemic era, as the weather turns colder, an elderly couple leads a quiet life. One day, they stumble upon an old photo album and realize that only three people from their generation remain. This discovery prompts them to journey to another city to visit their last surviving relative.”
Venue: A Space Gallery
13 Grattan St #402 Map
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