Archives
(screenings, programmes and films already shown).
Carte Blanche to the Asian Cinema of Tours at the "médiathèque de La Riche". Saturday 26, Sunday 27 April 2008. |
记忆和城市发展变化 Sunday 27 April 2008 at 2pm
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Impressions of China |
记忆和城市发展变化 短篇故事: 态度和表达 Video installation, performance |
This fresh selection of Chinese works gives another look on the independent production from Beijing, Shanghai and Nanjing today, showing various styles and impressions. It consists of 3 programs. Program 1, "Memory and Urban Development" focuses on the effects of the rapid change on all levels in contemporary China and mixes documentary, experimental, video art, fiction. Program 2, "Short Stories : Attitudes and Expressions", deals with the relationships between the individual and the group, between individuals, between men and women. They display a certain attitude and way of thinking that city youngsters adopt. |
Fragments and Directors Lounge - Le Lieu Unique in Nantes (France).
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Le Lieu Unique in Nantes welcomes Fragments for a special screening on Friday, November the 23rd at 8:30 pm in collaboration with Directors Lounge. Le Lieu Unique. Salon Musique. No admission fee. The evening is divided into two parts: a selection of international works compiled by Directors Lounge and a selection of Chinese videos proposed by Fragments. The complete program on pdf file to download here. Directors Lounge contemporary art and media (around 45 min) Untitled # (Masha Godovannaya, Russia, 2005) 3’52 min |
Fragments Rice and Coins (MaiZi, 2007, 1 min) |
This event was made possible thanks to the help and the support of Patricia Buck, André Werner, Liu Xiangzhou, Zhang Yaoyi, Bi Shan, Zhu Rikun, Bleuenn Carre who we thank warmly. |
外面 - Outside by Wang Wo (2005, 86 mn, vostf) in Nantes (France).
In collaboration with the association « Autour du Monde », the documentary film Outside by Wang Wo will be presented by Fragments on Tuesday 17th April 2007 at the “Pôle Etudiant”, campus du Tertre, University of Nantes (France). No admission fee.
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The film shows scenes of daily life in the streets of Beijing that were taken between 2001 and 2005. Thanks to their combination, these trivial scenes constitute an accute observation on the urban Chinese society today, the city, its organization and its development, its implications and the consequences of the social-economic mutations of China, but also the everyday life of ordinary people, the left-side, the migratory workers, the passer-bys, the individuals... |
Chinese Doc - 8th edition of Asian Cinema Festival of Tours (France). March 21st - April 2nd 2007
A selection of Chinese documentaries on Sunday 1st April 2007 Presentation by Marina Foxley. Mediatheque de La Riche. No admission fee. Pdf file (in English) to download here.
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14:15 : People of the Yangtze River (chang jiang shang de ren), Wei Tie, 2005, 28 ' A contemplative documentary showing the daily life of the local business men, the peasants who sell agricultural products and the youths that wander and grow on the pier on the longest river in China, the Yangtze. |
14:50 : Carriage (che xiang), Xu Xin, 2004, 18 '. Spring Festival is coming. It is the time for family reunion, including for the migratory workers who have left their hometown all year long struggling for a living in big cities. A cheap train ticket is their first choice. So begins the annual overcrowding of railroad transportation... |
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15:45 : Outside (wai mian), Wang Wo, 2005, 86 '. The images of this film, taken between 2001 and 2005, show us scenes of ordinary daily life, little and accidental events that happen outside in the street of Beijing. |
8th Asian Cinema Festival of Tours
Médiathèque de La Riche :
Place du Maréchal-Leclerc, 37520 La Riche
Tél : 02 47 76 60 80 - Fax : 02 47 76 60 89
Mail : mediatheque.lariche@wanadoo.fr
Focus on China Doc - Directors Lounge 2007 (Berlin, February 8 - 18, 2007)
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This special line-up comprises of several long and short videos and illustrates the singularity and the richness of the independent Chinese documentary in a concise manner. With the collaboration of Fanhall Studio, these films are screened at Directors Lounge and presented by Marina Foxley. The line-up will start with Dream Walking by Huang Wenhai, Great Prize at Cinéma du reel, Paris 2006. |
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Directors Lounge 2007 (Berlin, February 8 - 18, 2007)
Berlin F´hain, Karl Marx Allee 133
daily from 6 pm open end - no admission fee
+49 30 427 805 69
Dream Walking (meng you) – Huang Wenhai (2005, 86 mn)
Beyond Sound (da yin) – Li Wake (2005, 30 mn)
People of the Yangtze River (chang jiang shang de ren ) – Wei Tie (2005, 28 mn)
Outside (wai mian) – Wang Wo (2005, 86 mn)
Paigu (paigu) – Liu Gaoming (2006, 106 mn)
Carriage (che xiang) – Xu Xin (2004, 18 mn)
"Les Jeudis de Pol'N : Courts Doc de Chine " : 3 Chinese short documentaries. Presented by Fragments.
- Carriage by Xu Xin (18’, 2004, DV)
Spring Festival is coming. In China, it is the time for family reunion and people keep up the tradition of returning home for the New Year celebration, especially the migratory workers who have been away from their hometown all year long struggling for a living in big cities. Xu Xin, independent documentarist, follows these travelers in the congested carriage of a train heading westwards from Shanghai.
- People of Yangtze River by Wei Tie (28’, 2005, DV)
This short contemplative documentary tells the daily life of the business men, the peasants who sell agricultural products and the youths that wander and grow on the pier on the longest river of China, the Yangtse.
- Sars in Beijing by Wang Shiqing (14’, 2003, DV)
In the spring of 2003, Beijing was hit by SARS. The epidemic touched off a public panic and soon, people were fleeing the city in droves. On May 8, 2003 Wang Shiqing goes to Beijing’s West Railway Station to film and interview some of the travelers.
December, Thursday 21st 8pm at Pol'N, 11, rue des Olivettes, Nantes (no admission fee) www.pol-n.org
The Festival on Stone by Yang Huilong (2005, 59', doc)
Screened at the 12th Festival of Cinemas and Culture of Asia, Asiexpo, Lyon (France)
November, 10th 2006, venue : University Lyon III, at 12pm30.
There are only 108 residents live on this huge stone. For hundreds of years, people have adapted their way of living on the natural rock, digged aqueduct on it to make the clean water flow to the village. The cooking utensil, tables, stools, beds, pillows, lamp base and other commodities are all made up by stone. The houses are built leaning on the rock as to take cliff as the wall of them. The people of Nashi are living in self-sufficiency.They celebrate Spring Festival in an very traditional way as well.