MCLC: VIFF 2012 Chinese films

[Denton, Kirk]

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From: Kevin B Lee <kevin at dgeneratefilms.com>
Subject: VIFF 2012 Chinese films
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The Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF), which runs from
September 27-October 12, 2012, features 19 Chinese language titles
hailing from mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Malaysia. VIFF has
long been one of the premier annual North American showcases for
Chinese and Asian cinema.

The films are listed below. Links to program descriptions for these
titles, written by VIFF programmer Shelly Kraicer, can be found on the
dGenerate website:

http://dgeneratefilms.com/shelly-kraicer-on-chinese-film/19-chinese-languag
e-films-at-the-vancouver-international-film-festival

as well as on Shelly's blog: http://chinesecinemas.wordpress.com/

and The Vancouver Film Festival website:
http://www.viff.org/festival/films/

Documentaries from China:

Three Sisters  dir: Wang Bing
When the Bough Breaks  dir: Ji Dan
People¹s Park  dirs: J.P. Sniadecki & Libbie Cohn

China features:

Egg and Stone  2011 dir: Huang Ji
Memories Look At Me  dir: Song Fang (Dragons & Tigers Competition)
When Night Falls  dir: Ying Liang
Emperor Visits The Hell  dir: Li Luo (Dragons & Tigers Competition)
The Love Songs of Tiedan  dir: Hao Jie
All Apologies dir: Emily Tang
Design of Death  dir: Guan Hu
Beijing Flickers  dir: Zhang Yuan

The Hunter and the Skeleton  (short), dir. Gyatso Gentsu

>From HK:

McDull the Pork of Music  dir: Brian Tse, Alice Mak
East Meets West  dir: Jeff Lau
Beautiful 2012  (Taiwan/PRC/HK/Korea) dirs: Ann Hui, Tsai Ming-liang,
Gu Changwei, Kim Tae-yong

>From Taiwan:

Together  dir: Rox Hsu
Poor Folk  dir: Midi Z (world premiere)
10+10 dirs: Hou Hsiao-hsien ; Wang Shau-di ; Wang Tung ; Chu Yen-ping
; Ho Wi-ding ; Wu Nien-chen ; Hou Chi-jan ; Sylvia Chang ; Chang
Tso-chi ; Chen Yu-hsun ; Chen Kuo-fu ; Arvin Chen ; Doze Niu ; Yang
Ya-che ; Cheng Wen-tang ; Cheng Yu-chieh ; Hsiao Ya-chuan ; Leon Dai
Liren ; Chung Mong-hong ; Wei Te-sheng ; Shen Ko-shang

>From Malaysia:

If It¹s Not Now Then When?  (James Lee)

Descriptions of the complete VIFF 2012 Dragons and Tigers Cinema of
East Asia series at this link.  Shelly has co-curated D&T for the past
4 years with Tony Rayns, who programmes our films from Japan, South
Korea, The Philippines, Indonesia, and Thailand, and who is
responsible as well for the Dragons and Tigers Award for Young Cinema.

Among the directors coming to Vancouver (27 Sept ­ 12 Oct) are:
Song Fang, MEMORIES LOOK AT ME ; in the Dragons and Tigers competition
Li Luo, EMPEROR VISITS THE HELL; in the D&T competition
Midi Z, POOR FOLK
Huang Ji, EGG AND STONE
Wang Bing, THREE SISTERS
Ying Liang, WHEN NIGHT FALLS
Libbie Cohn, PEOPLE¹S PARK