China’s Next Generation: Actor-turned-director Daming Chen On Making It In China
From Digital Content Producer: At 17, Daming Chen was expelled from the Peking Opera School for fighting with the principal’s son. He was acquitted, but he could not return to school. In 1988, he...
View ArticleGolden Nuggets of the Silver Screen
China Daily profiles filmmaker Zhang Yuan, whose work has often been banned inside China: After shooting the first music video for Chinese rock ‘n’ roll godfather Cui Jian, he made Beijing Bastards in...
View ArticleFilm Director Battles For Soul Of Chinese Cinema
NPR profiles Zhang Yimou and his new film, a remake of the Coen Brothers’ Blood Simple: Zhang Yimou has undergone a dramatic transformation, from art-house auteur of the early 1990s to the man who...
View ArticleDanwei: Interview with Zhao Dayong
Danwei interviews filmmaker Zhao Dayong about his new film The High Life which premieres at the Hong Kong International Film Festival: Interview with Chinese film director Zhao Dayong from Danwei on...
View ArticleQ&A: Lu Chuan
The Hollywood Reporter interviews director Lu Chuan about his new historical drama The Last Supper: THR: Please explain how The Last Supper will differ from all the ancient Chinese epic films that have...
View ArticleChina’s ‘Beijing Blues’ Wins Taiwanese Best Film Award
On Saturday, a Chinese film, Beijing Blues, won the best film award at Taiwan’s Golden Horse Film Festival, the “Chinese-language Oscars”. From the Associated Press: “Beijing Blues” portrays the lives...
View ArticleJia Zhangke: China Must End Silence on Injustice
Jia Zhangke’s A Touch of Sin (天注定), a film containing enough violence for critics to have conjured thoughts of Tarantino, won best screenplay at the Cannes Film Festival last month. Just prior to...
View ArticleFilm Review: A Touch of Sin
The New York Times reviewed “A Touch of Sin”, the newest work of the Chinese independent director Jia Zhangke, which is being released in the U.S. this week: Divided into four main sections, each...
View ArticleJia Zhangke on Violence, Censorship and His New Film
Edward Wong of the New York Times recently spoke with film director Jia Zhangke, whose new movie, a Touch of Sin, is playing at film festivals around the world after winning the best screenplay award...
View ArticleTibetan Director Hospitalized After Police Detention
Award-winning Tibetan director Pema Tseden has been hospitalized since Monday with injuries sustained during an altercation with the police at an airport in Qinghai on Saturday. Prior to his...
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Man of the Week: Hu Jie
CDT is expanding its wiki beyond the Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon to include short biographies of public intellectuals, cartoonists, human rights activists, and other people pushing for change in China. The...
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Minitrue Diary, January 18, 2020: Naming Rights & Subjects’ Complaints Over...
CDT has recently acquired and verified a collection of propaganda directives issued by central Party authorities to state media at the beginning of this year. These directives were issued on an almost...
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Translation: In Triumph and in Death, Nationalist Netizens Scrutinize Film Stars
After making history at the beginning of this month by becoming the first Asian woman to win best director for her movie “Nomadland,” Chloé Zhao was initially showered with praise from Chinese state...
View ArticleNetizen Voices: “With Its Own Actions, China Has Proved That What Chloé Zhao...
Chloé Zhao made history on Sunday as the first woman of color to win an Oscar for best director. Her film “Nomadland” also took the top prize as the 2021 best picture. But in China, the country of...
View ArticleCDT Chinese’s 404 Files: Why Films Get Banned from Douban
In the 404 Files podcast (404档案馆), CDT Chinese tells multimedia stories of censorship and circumvention in China. The following is a translation of the transcript of Episode 36, released on October 27,...
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