Newcastle University-based archive dedicated to the preservation of, and access to, Chinese independent film culture. YouTube: https://teapawt.net/t.co/lFLXCRV22y
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The Chinese Independent Film Archive (CIFA) has been officially launched at Newcastle University!
CIFA is pleased to announce its eighth research seminar, on the creative practice of Wen Hui: tinyurl.com/2askthhu
CIFA has been awarded funding from the BFI’s National Lottery Screen Heritage Fund for a new project titled Hong Kong Independent Cinema: Collecting, Archiving and Exhibiting. More information on our website:
chinaindiefilm.org/27099/
CIFA is delighted to announce the release of a new book, "Chinese Independent Cinema: Past, Present, and a Questionable Future", arising from a conference we held in 2021. Many thanks to all who came to the conference, and who contributed to this volume:
tinyurl.com/4vkcsyt5
Join us on May 14th from 2-3.30pm for our seventh Screening and Research Seminar, featuring researcher and filmmaker Désirée Marianini and her documentary, Happy New Year (2016). Details at this link:
tinyurl.com/bdfn2j2x
The BFI Research Fund is currently conducting a study of skills in the UK screen heritage sector. The first stage is a sector-wide survey open until 21 March, and linked below. Please consider filling out the survey if this is relevant to you: harlowconsulting.welcomesyou…
CIFA is delighted to announce a Call for Papers for the seventh issue of the Chinese Independent Cinema Observer, on 'Media Archaeology and Obsolescence'.
This issue will be executive edited by Ann Lyuwenyu Zhang (NYU): tinyurl.com/dpzmztn8
We are pleased to announce the sixth CIFA Research and Screening seminar, entitled ‘Rainbow Bridge: Chinese Queer Short Film Showcase’, curated by Jenny Man Wu, former Director of the Beijing Queer Film Festival.
The screenings will take place at 2:00-3:50pm on Thursday, December 12th at Henry Daysh Building G.11, Newcastle University. The curator Jenney Man Wu will join us in person and a few filmmakers will join us online for a post-screening Q&A session at 3:50-4:30pm.
CIFA is pleased to announce our fifth screening and research seminar entitled ‘Queer Activism in China: A Conversation with Filmmaker He Xiaopei’: tinyurl.com/CIFAseminar
CIFA is pleased to announce the Chinese Independent Cinema Retrospective, co-curated by CIFA and the INSTAR Film Festival, will be exhibited at the Museum Villa Stuck in Munich, Germany, from 1 to 3 November 2024: tinyurl.com/47avsu3z
We are pleased to publicise the new "Personal Cinema from China" series, including three screenings at the ICA in London - all of films by Yang Lina - and seven films streaming online, between now and December chinaindiefilm.org/personal-…
Liu Gaoming's 刘高鸣 film 'Paigu' 排骨 (2005), about a pirate DVD seller, if now available to watch on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/watch?v=6EV0H2YB…
We have a new film on our YouTube channel: Yang Pingdao's "E Huang Mountain" 鹅凰嶂逸事 (2013) youtube.com/watch?v=h7xzmPVp…