On a fine day during HKIFF this spring, Ms. Bérénice Reynaud generously offered me an hour for an interview. She talked about her move from an academic background in Philosophy and Political Science to Cinema Studies; her early interests in experimental films; the fun she has had commuting between both sides of the Atlantic and then the Pacific, participating and then programming different film festivals; her efforts to spot and promote quality Chinese independent films; and her opinion on the difference […]

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