Sixth Generation Filmmakers: Confused Nomenclature, Artistic Nourishment, and the Death Complex
HAO Jian Abstract Reviewing the cultural, ideological, and artistic environment in the 1980s, when the so-called ‘Sixth Generation’ filmmakers grew […]
The Preconditions for Chinese Independent Cinema in the 1980s
Chris Berry Translator: Emma WEI Abstract Reflecting on my experiences working for China Film Export and Import Corporation in Beijing […]
Nujiang and the Origin of Chinese Independent Documentary
WANG Xiaolu Abstract This article proposes that a series of works can be seen as the origins of Chinese independent […]
Ending or Starting – Researching the Fragments of the Pre-history of Chinese Independent Cinema
CAO Kai Abstract Based on first-hand research, this article employs a non-linear and media archaeological mode to investigate historical materials […]
The Birth of a Documentary: The Pre-History or Tale of Bumming in Beijing
CUI Weiping Abstract Considering Bumming in Beijing as a living work, what the film absorbed and released were the energies […]
The 1980s: The Origins or Pre-History of Chinese Independent Cinema
WANG Xiaolu, Sabrina Qiong YU Chinese independent cinema did not ‘pop out of a rock’. In the past two decades, […]