London Chinese Cultural Centre

CHINA ON SCREEN 2002 -  Real life, Now Not Then.

The London Chinese Film Festival, China on Screen, aiming to introduce London audiences and in particular, young people to wider range of film. It will take place from the 27th September to 7th October 2002 in association with the Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO), the African and Caribbean Finance Forum (ACFF) and also with The Other Cinema in Soho and Zoo Cinemas. The full programme of events will be shown at The Other Cinema with a tailored version being shown at four Zoo Cinema locations: the Ritzy in Brixton, the David Lean in Croydon, the Phoenix in East Finchley and the Cameo in Edinburgh.

China On Screen will premiere in the UK 10 titles of established and emerging independent filmmakers. Highlights include productions by director Ann Hui’s Romance of Books & Sword, Teng Hua’s One Hundred Pickpockets, award winning films such as Yonfan’s ‘Peony Pavilion’; Liu Yue’s ‘Mr Zhou’, Zhang Yimou’s ‘Not One Less’, Zhao Jinis ‘Flying Rooster’ and Wang Chao’s ‘Orphan of Anyang’ as well as ‘Shanghai Panic’ adapted by Andrew Cheng from Main Main’s novel, ‘We are Panic’.

British Chinese filmmakers’ short films will also be screened alongside the major works in order to provide them an important opportunity to exhibit their works hitherto inaccessible to them.

Our thanks go to our partners Voluntary Service Overseas and the African and Caribbean Finance Forum, local and overseas participants, sponsors, the London Film & Video Development Agency and London Arts for their financial support. Particular thanks go to Ms. Zhu Xiaoyi, a Chinese film specialist in Beijing who has helped in sourcing the prints in China and finally to the film distributors and China Film Bureau who have consented to release the films for China on Screen.

Other events include a Screen Talk and panel discussion “New Vision in Chinese Cinema” to address the emergence of an underground Chinese filmmaking movement and its international significance; the relations between avant-garde and mainstream cinema and experimental digital in China. The discussion will be led by Henry Zhou of the School of Oriental & African Studies and attended by up and coming young Chinese Film makers including Wang Chao and also U.K. film makers as well as U.K. film critics. In addition, a series of weekend educational seminars entitled ‘Getting to Know China Through Films’ is open to all children at the Metro and Ritzy Cinemas over the age of seven years, especially those from minority communities who would not normally have access to Chinese films.

Festival production team:

• Susie Wong MBE Curator
• Ben Yipeng Lu (Assistant Curator)
• Patrick Pinnock (Festival Co-ordinator)