• Want to know more about Chinese films?
  Then join the 4th Filming East Festival in association with 19th Chichester International Film Festival. The event is designed to bring awareness of the huge Chinese film industry and filmmaker community to the British audience. The event offers 5 new or recent Chinese films and concludes with a panel discussion.  

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Founder of Filming East Festival to give a talk on Chinese Cinema at the Chichester International Film Festival

Xiaoxiao Sun, founder of the Filming East Festival and curator of BAFTA Global Spotlight on China, will introduce Chinese Cinema to Chichester International Film Festival audiences on Saturday, September 4 at the cinema. The event is designed to bring awareness of the huge Chinese film industry to British audiences, films including Turning Point 1977, The One Man Olympics, Little Red Flowers, Postman in Shangri-La and One Foot Off the Ground. The latter film focuses on a small opera company which is forced to cope in the real world when funds dry up in Contemporary China. Little Red Flowers deals with a young boy who starts school and who struggles to fit in to a strictly regimental society in post-revolutionary China. The film is told with simplicity and insight and is among the best films to emerge from China in recent years.

2009 Special Screening and Performance: Finding Shangri-La:

WHEN: 6pm-8.30pm, Mon. 30 November 2009
WHERE: Coronet Cinema, Notting Hill, London W11 3LB
TICKET: FREE admission
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  Thanks to our media supporters!  MEDIA COVERAGE 2009

Finished 2009 Events: Royal Holloway University of London     7 October 2009 Chertsey, Surrey     12 October 2009 Virginia Water, Surrey     31 October 2009 Meeting at Royal Holloway University of London @ 5.30pm at the campus tennis courts bus stop for a lift New Park Cinema, Chichester     4-11 October 2009 Oxford University, Oxfordshire    3-4 October 2009 Chinese Association Of Woking    4 October 2009 New Talent Films Nominations announced   We have a terrific list of short films screening this year at Filming East Festival, and the jury has announced their nominations. TITLE          DIRECTOR Brothers      ZHU Yanqi Fading         LI Xiang KOI             LI Nan / MENG Lu Salvation     GUO Xuhui Well Done    YU Xiyao Screw          GAO Han / TAN Xiaowei Shallow Sleep  GAO Yuan Moles On The Face   JIANG Miao / LIU Yuanyuan The Lost Commitment ZHAO Jiayin Waiting         BU Fan Year              WANG Zhaoyang Xun Qiang      ZHANG Qinrui Fan Zui Duan Pian    YU Di Diary of Youth  ZHANG Yaoyi My Olympics Search            WANG Ling Youth in the village Ju Bao Ren Life Si Chuan Shan Cun Yi Shi  Wings

Finished London Event: BAFTA Global Spotlight on China 3 October 2009 The British Academy of Film & Television Arts 195 Piccadilly London W1J 9LN Tel: +44 [0]20 7734 0022 Fax: +44 [0]20 7734 1792 email:  This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it 12:30 The Longest Night in Shanghai                    Princess Anne Theatre 14:30 New Chinese Talent 1          Run Run Shaw Theatre 14:45 Wheat                   Princess Anne Theatre 17:00 Filmmakers' Questiontime:          Filming in China and Chinese/UK co-production          Princess Anne Theatre 19:00 If You Are The One                   Princess Anne Theatre 19:15 New Chinese Talent 2          Run Run Shaw Theatre 21:30 The Matrimony                    Princess Anne Theatre

• WHO WE ARE: Sponsored by Screen South and Bank of China, Filming East Festival 2009 celebrates the 3rd year of Chinese film exhibitions in the UK. Renowned for its high quality screening selections and outstanding industry and academic events, FEF has long been recognised as a symbol of excellence in Chinese cinema.   During the past three years, FEF is not only growing in size but also developing into a year-round presence which is leading the way in Chinese film exhibitions and international cooperation programmes, including this year's BAFTA Global Weekend. FEF is already recognised as the largest Chinese film festival in the UK, benefiting more than 2,000 people directly or indirectly. In 2007 and 2008, the festival was covered by more than 30 media from around the world. 

• Download 2009 Submission Form (Non-Competitive Section) here.

• Festival online photo album here.

• View FEF 2008 Book here.

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