Work Plan: Chinese Underground Film and Piracy
Project Goals
- Present(?) and promote a series of Chinese Independent films within the discourse of piracy – in terms of content and distribution
- Contextualising these films and surrounding them in an ongoing debate
- Recognise filmmakers and connect them to an audience
- Connect this audience to further resources – films, filmmakers, institutions, communities and information.
Target Groups
Those interested in the politics of independent/underground film and the periphery of world cinema + Film Festival goers/curators, Human Rights organisations, Chinese diaspora.
Project Description
Chinese Underground Film and Piracy: Democratic intervention or criminal offense?
Results of the Project
- An online platform in which audiences and potential audiences can access a variety of resources contextualising underground Chinese Cinema and engaging them in further debate, offering ways to find out and see more!
Work Packages
- Research: films and filmmakers, Chinese independent film festivals and institutions (The Chinese Independent Film circuit):
- Chinese Independent Film Festival (CIFF)
- Fanhall Films
- Li Xianting’s Film Fund
- Beijing Indie Workshop
- Caochangdi Workstation
- Yunnan Multi Culture Visual Festival (Yunfest)
- Chinese Independent Film Archive (Iberia Center of Contemporary Art)
Filmmakers:
He Jianjun - Red Beads (1993), Pirated Copy (2004), River People (2009).
Jia Zhangke – Platform (2000), Xiao Wu (1997), Unknown Pleasures (2002), The World (2004).
Lou Ye – Suzhou River (2000), Summer Palace (2006), Spring Fever (2009)
Zhang Yuan -
Wang Xiaoshuai -
Li yang –
Communications
Filmmakers, academics of Chinese Cinema, film festival curators
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