Comments on: A Very Chinese Film Festival

By: rick

rick — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:05:39 +0000

hey, r,

nice recollections. but you forgot to mention that your friend won FIRST PRIZE! Me. Farce? Don’t be so cynical. So China. So very very China. We also met a poet statesman. That is pretty cool.

HOT RUMOR: Qinghai film festival award winning films will be shown in Beijing at Today Art Museum in December. Stay posted.

Thanks.

By: Jia

Jia — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:56:21 +0000

Why am I not surprised at all?

By: ScottLoar

ScottLoar — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:52:56 +0000

But, but… this IS China.

By: John Ryland

John Ryland — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:59:36 +0000

Film festival with Chinese characteristics

Farse is definately the right word for describing the ceremonies, and yet I think if they hadn’t been, I would have been bored to tears. I really enjoyed myself.

By: Jason Lee

Jason Lee — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:30:28 +0000

This is hilarious! Just like the pub with no beer, we now have a film festival with no films.

By: China Journal : Best of the China Blogs: September 29

China Journal : Best of the China Blogs: September 29 — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:12:26 +0000

[...] from a Chinese film festival in remote Qinghai province, with a bizarre twist: no screenings. [Cup of [...]

By: nanheyangrouchuan

nanheyangrouchuan — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:47:57 +0000

Why view the films when the winners were already decided. I’m sure many a young actress/actor put smiles on the faces of judges and local officials.