The Rich Life of Tora-san and His Family
Director Masaru Oura kept a visual archive of the Tora family for 22 years, documenting their separation and reunification, birth and death.
Jason Zhao Goes to USC
After contributing for Transformers 4 and Monster Hunt, Jason is now working for a director's huge-budget film in China as the on-set VFX supervisor.
Yang Cheng, the Connection
Yang talked about filmmaking, the Chinese society and an ambitious plan for his newly founded production company Nezha Brothers.
Da Peng
Director Da Peng shared his "secrets" of making a huge box office winner with a good story, a very small budget and few stars.
Dawn of the Ming Empire
Writer Guo Jingming has been forging the local young's taste for reading since 2002, while director Guo Jingming shocked the China film market in 2013.
New Kids on the Block
13 talented young directors who might bring the next new wave of cinema or drive the Chinese-American co-production to the next stage.
Han Han On the Road
“When I was little, I had four dreams: to become a scientist, a good writer, a champion car racer and a filmmaker."
Ning Hao Unchained
Film is a part of my life. Film itself is a complicated conception and can hardly be called pure art or mere commodity. But in China...
Tsai Ming-liang walks on
" I prefer to recover one’s original simplicity, keeping a scene as it is. The only thing that can change it is TIME... We will never be as powerful as time can be. "
Chirs Edwards, CEO of The Third Floor
Chris Edwards, CEO of The Third Floor tells you why he wants to expand The Third Floor’s territory to China.
Xu Haofeng the Grand Master
Xu believes martial arts is a basic aspect of the Chinese cultural heritage... to be adept with both the pen and the sword.
Bérénice Reynaud – Sailing through Europe, America and Asia: it’s all about films!
Bérénice talked about her move from an academic background in Philosophy and Political Science to Cinema Studies and festival programming.
Read more Bérénice Reynaud – Sailing through Europe, America and Asia: it’s all about films!
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow – Arvin Chen’s rainbow rhapsody >> 63rd Berlinale
Young director Arvin Chen is a regular in Berlinale: his short film MEI won the 2007 Silver Bear in Berlin’s International Short Film Competition and his first feature AU REVOIR TAIPEI triumphed with the Best Asian Film Award from NETPAC in 2010. At the 63rd Berlinale, Arvin Chen swept the audience with his second feature…
Read more Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow – Arvin Chen’s rainbow rhapsody >> 63rd Berlinale
about
Over the years, this site has grown from an ongoing participant observation about film into a wider engagement of sustainable practices in both rural and urban areas.
