MCLC: DC Chinese Film Festival

Wed Mar 26 09:05:09 EDT 2014

MCLC LIST
From: Zhang Fan <fanzhang at gwmail.gwu.edu>
Subject: DC Chinese Film Festival
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Dear friends,

My name is Fan Zhang. I'm a Chinese student studying Global Communication
in the U.S. as well as an volunteer of the DC Chinese Film Festival. Here,
I would like to share some information about the Washington DC Chinese
Film Festival (DCCFF) with all of you. I think this is a great opportunity
for you to discover more about Chinese culture through films.

DC Chinese Film Festival (or DCCFF) is a nonprofit organization dedicated
to discovering outstanding Chinese cinema around the world and to
encouraging cultural diversity through films.

Founded in 2011, DCCFF is run by passionate volunteers who care deeply
about film and culture. Through our program, we hope to support
up-and-coming filmmakers, encourage cultural diversity and bring people
closer through the power of film. We're the biggest community organized
Chinese film festival on the East Coast and the only one that focuses on
new and independent films. Every two years, we bring together young and
established filmmakers, film scholars, industry professionals, and
festival patrons to Washington DC, nation's capital and the heart of
documentary and independent filmmaking, for a week long treat of rare
screenings, cutting-edge panel discussions, and networking events.

During the first DC Chinese Film Festival (formerly the "Mid-Atlantic
Chinese Film Festival") in 2012, we showcased 117 short films and 8
feature films from Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and the Chinese
Diaspora. Our online festival on Tudou.com <http://Tudou.com/> attracted
over 10 million views; our events were featured in several local and
national media including Sinovision, iTalkBB, The Washington Chinese Post,
A&C Business News, and New World Times.

The 2nd DC Chinese Film Festival is scheduled to take place in Washington
D.C., September 4-7, 2014. This year the festival committee is putting
together a richer and more diverse program, aiming to not only provide a
chance for the audience to watch films that are otherwise hard to access,
but also an opportunity for filmmakers from both China and the US to share
their experience and thoughts on filmmaking, culture, industry
collaboration and much more. Throughout our 4-day festival, we'll be
hosting at least 10 theater screenings of nominated films from
main-competition category, while keeping our online festival to showcase
film submissions from amateur and student filmmakers. Apart from film
screenings, we're also partnering with curators from Arts in Embassy (US
State Department), China-Hollywood Society, Women in Film & Video, CNEX,
deGenerate Films and other organizations to present mini forums, panel
discussions and other special events.

The festival is now accepting film submissions through April 30, 2014. For
more information, please visit our website www.dccff.org
<http://www.dccff.org/>, or contact us directly via email:  Info at dccff.org
Or you can simply reply me for more information.

I'd appreciate your help if you could help pass on this email to people
who may be interested in submitting films, providing media or funding
supports, or joining DCCFF voluntarily to serve Chinese culture lovers.
I'm looking forward to hear from you! Thanks!

Best Regards,