Shanghai Film Festival Interview: Emma Xu
Hiu Man Chan speaks to Emma Xu of Shanghai International Film Festival about the festival’s documentary strands.
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WOW Film Festival
The big theme for this year’s WOW Film Festival was ‘F-rated’: films centred around women, either made by female directors, or films about women.
The Goddess
Hiu Chan reviews the remastered and digitalised silent classic, THE GODDESS, which premiered this year as part of the London BFI Film Festival.
House of Wax (1953)
Horror needs to be tactile and tangible, according to Hiu M. Chan, in her review of HOUSE OF WAX.
Chinese Visual Festival Report
Hiu Chan speaks to Tibetan director Pema Tsedan at the fourth annual Chinese Visual Festival.
10th China Indie Film Fest
The China Independent Film Fest is an important platform for Chinese indie filmmakers who are confounded by censorship in their own country. We spoke to one of the organisers.
Interview with Dave Gillam
We spoke to the director of Wales One World Film Festival, which probably offers the most accurate definition of what world cinema should be, writes Hiu Chan.
Wales One World Film Festival
When a cultural event like the Wales One World Film Festival is conducted with such passion and love, the warmth can always be felt, writes Hiu Chan.
No Jet Li
Academic researcher Hiu Chan muses on the issues behind NO JET LI, a witty examination of diaspora Chinese identity filmed in collaboration with Yellow Earth.
Watch Africa
Hiu Chan reports back from Watch Africa, the first African Film Festival in Cardiff – and speaks to festival organiser Fadhili Maghiya.