CIFA is pleased to announce its eighth research seminar, on the creative practice of Wen Hui: tinyurl.com/2askthhu

CIFA is delighted to announce the release of a new book, "Chinese Independent Cinema: Past, Present, and a Questionable Future", arising from a conference we held in 2021. Many thanks to all who came to the conference, and who contributed to this volume: tinyurl.com/4vkcsyt5

We are pleased to announce the sixth CIFA Research and Screening seminar, entitled ‘Rainbow Bridge: Chinese Queer Short Film Showcase’, curated by Jenny Man Wu, former Director of the Beijing Queer Film Festival.

The screenings will take place at 2:00-3:50pm on Thursday, December 12th at Henry Daysh Building G.11, Newcastle University. The curator Jenney Man Wu will join us in person and a few filmmakers will join us online for a post-screening Q&A session at 3:50-4:30pm.

CIFA is pleased to announce our fifth screening and research seminar entitled ‘Queer Activism in China: A Conversation with Filmmaker He Xiaopei’: tinyurl.com/CIFAseminar

CIFA is pleased to announce the Chinese Independent Cinema Retrospective, co-curated by CIFA and the INSTAR Film Festival, will be exhibited at the Museum Villa Stuck in Munich, Germany, from 1 to 3 November 2024: tinyurl.com/47avsu3z

We are pleased to publicise the new "Personal Cinema from China" series, including three screenings at the ICA in London - all of films by Yang Lina - and seven films streaming online, between now and December chinaindiefilm.org/personal-…