London Chinese Cultural Centre

Beijing on Screen

Following the great success of Shanghai on Screen,  the Chinese Cultural Centre is delighted to present Beijing on Screen in association with the British Museum, BFI Southbank and Museum in Dockland  for the forthcoming New Year of the RAT.

Based on the 2008 Olympics in Beijing as a focal point of attention in the world. It would be a unique opportunity to screen a mixture of new independent Chinese cinema together with a number of  restored classics from an earlier age. We are pleased to be able to premiere  You and Me and Sunflower which portrays two groups of ordinary ‘hutong’ residents confronting their family and emotional encounters far away from the bubbling get rich opulent life style of present day Beijing.

We will welcome director Elaine Mae Woo to London who will introduce her new documentary on Anna May Wong, the enigmatic greatest Chinese star in Hollywood, also Prof. Michel Hockx from SOAS will introduce and take Q&A on Dr. Shih Chung-wen’s invaluable documentary Return from Silence on  5 giants of Chinese literature.

For vunue infomration click more and for film descriptions please check http://www.chineseculturalcentre.org.uk/blogsection/Chinese_Film_Society/  

Welcome 

The Chinese Cultural Centre is a London based non-profit arts organisation founded in 1986. Responding to London's role as the cultural city of Great Britain, the CCC seeks to present and produce programme of current global relevance within a community context at important venues.

Annual New Year Festivals

Every year we put on a series of Chinese Cultural events which tour London wide. These often include Chinese Opera, Acrobatics, Martial Arts, Music and Songs. The programme includes overseas and UK based artists.

We offer educational events in connection with these programmes to London primary schools.

Education

The Chinese Cultural Centre has a long established record of producing workshops, holiday programmes and special educational events for:

• schools,
• Local Authorities Educational Services (e.g. Westminster City Council, L.B. of Greenwich)
• museums,
• galleries
• and arts centres within the remit of its Festival Programmes and all year round.

Chinese Film Society

The Chinese Film Society (CFS) was established in 1984 with an objective to provide the Chinese community and the non-Chinese with entertainment having a cultural value and to enrich the cultural life in the community by presenting films which would not normally find their way into local commercial cinemas.

Chinese Dance & Mime Theatre

The Chinese Dance & Mime Theatre Company was established in 1989 and administrated by the Chinese Cultural Centre.

London Chinese Orchestra

Founded in 1984 and administrated by the Chinese Cultural Centre, The London Chinese Orchestra is the first formally organised professional Chinese ensemble in the UK. Its members comprise of professionally instrumentalists from China, Taiwan & Hong Kong. Principle instruments are: Erhu (2 stringed fiddle), Pipa (4 stringed Chinese lute), Di & Xiao (bamboo vertical & horizontal flutes), Yangqin (dulcimer) & heng (wind instrument).