Do you feel lonely standing here? A conversation with Na Jiazuo Łukasz Mańkowski January 2022 Interviews 2021 was an interesting year for Chinese Cinema. Propaganda celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party dominated mainstream productions,while a few indie filmmakers made their way back ont...
Daydreaming Through Boundaries: A Conversation with Queena Li Łukasz Mańkowski May 2021 Interviews Premiering during the online edition of this year's International Film Festival Rotterdam in the Tiger Competition section, Queena Li’s Bipolar is a seductive debut. It tells the story of a young woman setting ...
The Violence of Privacy: A Conversation with Kazuo Hara Łukasz Mańkowski January 2021 Interviews After riding onto the film festival circuit with the Japanese New Wave, Kazuo Hara has established himself as a key figure in Japanese non-fiction cinema, with Errol Morris calling him “an undiscovered genius o...
The Unbearable Object of Liminality: A Conversation with Zheng Lu Xinyuan Łukasz Mańkowski July 2020 Interviews For the third time in a row, the Tiger Award at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) went to a newcomer from China. This year, it was bestowed upon Zheng Lu Xinyuan’s debut, Ta fang jian li de yun ...