Category: Film

Sydney Film Festival

The Chinese Mayor 10am Friday 5 June: State Theatre 12.30pm Sunday 7 June: Dendy Opera Quays Cinema Though it was once the capital of Imperial China, little of Datong’s former glory remains. It’s now the most polluted city in the…

Lessons in Dissent

Co-presented with Department of Media and Communications, the University of Sydney, and USYD HKPASS (Hong Kong Public Affairs and Social Service Society) 2.30pm – 5.00pm, 22 May 2015 S226 MECO Seminar Room, Level 2, John Woolley Building (A20) Lessons in…

China’s Three Dreams

Co-presented with the Sydney Ideas and CoInEd (Comparative and International Education Network) at the Faculty of Education and Social Work , University of Sydney 4.00pm – 6.30pm, Monday 4 May 2015 Old Geology Theatre Edgeworth David Building, off Science Rd…

Taiwan Film Festival

The Australian Centre on China in the World (CIW), ANU, and the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) are co-hosting the Taiwan Film Festival 臺灣電影節 in Canberra, 20-22 March 2015. From the romance and action of box office…

Films by Tsai Ming-Liang

Special Screenings of Films by Tsai Ming-Liang 蔡明亮 7-8 January 2015 The Auditorium, China in the World Building (188) Fellows Lane The Australian National University, Canberra Acclaimed director Tsai Ming-liang will present three of his films, as a guest of…

China Up Close

Australian Centre for the Moving Image Federation Square, Melbourne December 2014 – March 2015 China has the world’s fastest growing economy which has triggered a dramatic transformation within Chinese society. China Up Close explores how this profound change has influenced…

OzAsia Festival

FILM, EXHIBITION, THEATRE, ETC Adelaide Festival Centre Adelaide, South Australia 3-20 Sep 2014 More information: http://adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/ozasia-festival/ Shandong Focus: In 2014 the focus of the OzAsia Festival will be on South Australia’s sister state, Shandong Province. This festival includes numerous events…

Peach Girl (1931)

FILM SCREENING Australia’s Silent Film Festival 2014 26 July 2014 Director: Wancang Bu Starring: Ling Yu Ruan and Yan Jin Duration: 94 mins Accompanist: John D’Arcy Originally titled Peach Blossom Weeps Tears of Blood, this outstanding Chinese silent film represents…

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry

FILM SCREENING 6-9 pm, Thursday, 5 June 2014 Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, 16–20 Goodhope Street, Paddington, Sydney Documentary Australia Foundation warmly invites you to a fundraising screening for DAF of the award-winning documentary AI WEIWEI: NEVER SORRY by filmmaker Alison…

June Four at Twenty-Five: Three Films

Yellow Earth

FILM The Australian Centre on China in the World (CIW), at the Australian National University, announces a special film event commemorating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the protest movement at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, and the nationwide crackdown from 4 June,…