Venue: Digital Lounge, Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle upon Tyne Organiser: Dr Raisa  Sidenova, Newcastle University Screening 12 June 2025, 15:00 – […]

CIFA is pleased to announce that we have been awarded funding from the BFI’s National Lottery Screen Heritage Fund for […]

This issue of Chinese Independent Cinema Observer seeks to explore the diverse and multifaceted roles of women practitioners within the landscape of […]

CIFA has been actively promoting the use of films collected in our archive in secondary education and reaching out to local […]

We are delighted to announce the seventh CIFA Screening and Research Seminar, Space of Ruins: Fragments of a City, chaired by […]

In the past 30 or so years, Chinese independent cinema has existed across multiple mediums, from celluloid to video cassettes […]

We are pleased to announce the sixth CIFA Research and Screening seminar, entitled ‘Rainbow Bridge: Chinese Queer Short Film Showcase’, […]

We are pleased to announce the fifth CIFA screening and research seminar entitled ‘Queer Activism in China: Conversation with Filmmaker He Xiaopei’. Our […]

CIFA is pleased to announce the Chinese Independent Cinema Retrospective, co-curated by CIFA and the INSTAR Film Festival, will be […]

We are pleased to help publicise the launch of PERSONAL CINEMA FROM CHINA season, of which CIFA is a partner. PERSONAL CINEMA […]