[ecrea] China Independent Film Festival UK Celebration, Newcastle

*The 10^th  Anniversary of the China Independent Film Festival UK 
Celebration*

12-15 May Newcastle

The China Independent Film Festival (CIFF) is one of the longest-running 
indie film festivals in China. With its commitment to independent 
thinking and freedom of expression, the CIFF serves as the most 
important platform for showcasing Chinese indie films in China. This 
event celebrates its tenth anniversary and will take place in Newcastle 
from 12th-15th May 2014.

The four-day event in Newcastle features retrospective screenings of 
CIFF award-winning films, an archival exhibition on the history of the 
CIFF and a workshop ' Film Festival in Focus' which brings together the 
directors of CIFF and Edinburgh International Film Festival and a group 
of important scholars in the field. The audience will enjoy a 
festival-like celebratory atmosphere and have the chance to see the most 
exciting collection of Chinese independent documentaries, fictions and 
animations. We are also delighted to welcome the filmmakers Pema Tseden 
and Feng Yan, who will be travelling to Newcastle to introduce and 
discuss their films /Old Dog/ and /Bing’ Ai/ (respectively). All the 
screenings, exhibition and workshop are open to the public with free 
admission. Advanced booking is required.

The screenings of documentaries and fictions and the screenings of 
animated films will then go on tour to Nottingham and London 
<http://chinesevisualfestival.org/zh-hans/> respectively.

For further details please see our official website 
http://ciffuk10.weebly.com.


Enquiries should be made to Sabrina Yu ((sabrina.yu /at/ ncl.ac.uk)) and Lydia 
Wu ((dan.wu /at/ ncl.ac.uk)).



Dr Sabrina Qiong Yu
Lecturer in Chinese and Film Studies
Programme Director of MA Film: Theory and Practice 
<http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/study/postgraduate/film/>
School of Modern Languages
Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE1 7RU