Event Date and Time:
October 19, 2012 – October 21, 2012
October 26, 2012 - October 28, 2012
Location:
Dept of Cinema Studies, Michelson Theater
721 Broadway, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10003
The Reel China @NYU 6th Film Biennial continues our tradition of sampling some of the most outstanding contemporary independent documentaries produced in China. This year we have also added a few independent fiction films that we feel also reflect a keen understanding of this post-reform moment. Participating filmmakers range from more experienced professional documentarians to young novices. As their disparate visions extend and overlap, we witness the persistent presence of independent cameras that, amidst the disorienting transformations of today, assures the discovery and documentation of fragments of contemporary reality that are becoming history at breakneck speed.
Curated by Angela Zito (NYU) & ZHANG Zhen (NYU), with special thanks to HAO Jian, Beijing Film Academy, and ZHANG Qi, Li Xianting Film Foundation.
Presented by The Center for Religion and Media & The Department of Cinema Studies
Sponsored by The Center for Media, Culture and History & China House, NYU
Supported by The Provost’s Global Research Initiative & Asian Cultural Council
Schedule is below. For film descriptions and additional information, visit: http://www.crmnyu.org/reel-china-nyu-6th-biennial-2012-schedule/
Reel China 2012, First weekend
FRIDAY, October 19
1 pm Opening and welcome
1:30 Condolences 慰问 (YING Liang 应亮 , 2010, 19min)
2 To Justify Bu Qinfu 还卜琴父以美丽（WANG Yunlong 王云龙，2011, 90min）
3:30 A discussion with WANG Yunlongm, moderated by Angela Zito
4 Break
4:15 The Interceptor from My Hometown 有一种静叫庄严 (ZHANG Zanbo 张赞波 , 2011, 90min)
5:45 A discussion with Producer ZHU Rikun, moderated by ZHANG Zhen
6:30 Reception
SATURDAY, October 20
Special Program: The Memory Project, Caochangdi Workstation Filmmakers
10 am Opening by WU Wenguang
10:30 Self-Portrait: At 47 KM 自画象：47 km (ZHANG Mengqi 章梦奇, 2012, 80min)
12 pm Lunch
1 Listening to Third Grandmother’s Stories 三奶奶的故事 (WEN Hui 文慧, 2011, 75min)
2:15 Break
2:30 Children’s Village 孩子的村子 (ZOU Xueping 邹雪平 2012, 80min)
4 Luo Village: Pitiless Earth and Sky 罗家屋：天地无情 (LUO Bin 罗兵, 2012, 80min)
6:30 Discussion moderated by Angela Zito
SUNDAY, October 21
10 am Cold Winter 暖冬 (ZHENG Kuo 郑阔 , 2011, 102min)
12 pm Lunch
1 Five Plus Five 五加五 (XU Xing 徐星 and Andrea Cavazutti 老安 , 2011, 100min)
3:15 Zheteng 折腾 (WANG Wo 王我 , 2010 115min）
5:30 Q&A with WANG Wo, moderated by ZHANG Zhen
Reel China 2012, Second Weekend
FRIDAY, October 26
1 pm Opening and welcome
1:15 My Mother’s Rhapsody 萱堂闲话录 (QIU Jiongjiong 邱炯炯, 2011, 106min)
3 Break
3:15 The Loves of Mr. An 老安 (YANG Lina 杨 荔钠, 2007, 88min)
4:45 Discussion with the filmmaker, moderated by ZHANG Zhen
5:30 Reception
6:30 The Unfinished History of Life 未完成的生活史 (CONG Feng 从峰，2011, 3:46min)
SATURDAY, October 27
Special Program: A Day with PEMA Tseden’s independent cinema
10 am Silent Holy Stones 静静的嘛呢石 2005, 102min)
12 pm Lunch
1 Grassland 草原 (2004, 22min)
1:30 The Search 寻找智美更登 (2009, 117min)
3:30 Break
3:45 Old Dog 老狗 (2011, 88min)
5:30 Discussion with director PEMA Tseden, HAO Jian, Robbie Barnett, moderated by Angela Zito.
SUNDAY, October 28
10:30 am The Next Life 活着 (FAN Jian 范俭, 2011, 81min)
12 pm Lunch
1:30 I Beat a Tiger When I was Young 我年轻时也打老虎 （薛鉴羌 XUE Jianqiang, alias Kokoka, 2010, 75min)
3:00 No Private Houses in My Country (HE Liren 大国无私房, 2011 40min)
4 Discussion with HAO Jian and HE Liren, moderated by ZHANG Zhen
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