Making Art is a Lifestyle Choice: My 1980s
Interviewee: WU Wenguang; Interviewer and editor：Sabrina Qiong YU
An Interview with SHI Jian
Interviewer：WANG Xiaolu；Translator：Xiang FAN
An Interview with WEN Pulin
Interviewer: WANG Xiaolu; Translator: Huming YU
Bumming in Rotterdam: Historical interactions between Chinese Independent Cinema and International Film Festival Rotterdam in the 1990s
Mitchell van VUREN Abstract Revisiting the period when international film festivals gradually started selecting the first Chinese independent films, this […]
One Person’s Documentary Filmmaking History: My Opinion of Chinese Independent Documentaries
GUO Xizhi Abstract Based on personal experience as a documentary filmmaker both inside and outside of the system, this article […]
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 […]