How Does it Survive?: The 10th Beijing Independent Film Festival Lydia Wu September 2013 Festival Reports In late 2011, when I was about to start my PhD research on Chinese independent film festivals, I paid my first visit to the Li Xianting Film Fund located in Xiaopu Village of Songzhuang, miles away from downtow...
Truth, Myths and Clichés: The 9th Beijing Independent Film Festival Ma Ran November 2012 Festival Reports Chinese independent cinema as a film movement has been regenerated at various socio-historical conjunctures throughout the past twenty years. Nowadays, some independent filmmakers take the trouble to obtain the...