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Chinese stylish girl
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32 precious old photographs reveal the real life of the Chinese people in the 1980s

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An album of selected images depicts a vision of China in the 1980s, very different from today. China was more ideological, and poor but apparently … Read more

60th BFI London Film Festival
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Chinese movies presented at 60th BFI London Film Festival

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The 60th BFI London Film Festival is an annual film festival held in London. It screens more than 300 films, documentaries and shorts from approximately 50 countries.

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Life After Life
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Life After Life

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While gathering wood one day, a man’s son wanders off, returning later to announce that he is the spirit of his mother, the man’s dead wife.

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A conversation with Jia Zhangke
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A Conversation with Jia Zhangke

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In 2001 in Beijing we interviewed a young Jia Zhangke.

In late 90s and early 00s most of the sixth generation of Chinese directors movies were forbidden in China. He is generally regarded as a leading figure of the “Sixth Generation” movement of Chinese cinema.

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Overloaded Peking, 2001 documentary about New China
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Overloaded Peking, 2001 documentary about New China

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Overloaded Peking is a documentary about Beijing and Chinese modernisation we did in 2001 (MDDM, abelvideo).

It features a long and interesting interview (15:32) to a young Jia Zhangke about cinema, changes of the young Chinese generations, modernization of the country, internet, censorship and much more.

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