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dGenerate Films is committed to bringing visionary cinema and uncensored content from China's truly independent filmmakers to the U.S. These films present an unprecedented view of contemporary life inside the world's next superpower.
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dGenerate Films Two thumbs up for Ghost Town from Time Out (http://ping.fm/uaLGD) & Village Voice (http://ping.fm/XP4tR)

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This is the second part of a three-part essay by Zhang Xianmin on the state of contemporary Chinese cinema. Read Part One. Part Three will be posted tomorrow. II. Long Live Capital:Non-stop Financing Red Cliff (dir...
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Ghost Town (dir. Zhao Dayong) Following its triumphant US Premiere at the 2009 New York Film Festival, Zhao Dayong’s Ghost Town will enjoy a weeklong run at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The MoMA will screen Ghost Town at the following dates: Monday, March 15, 2010, 3 p.m. ...
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This is the first part of a three-part essay by Zhang Xianmin on the state of contemporary Chinese cinema. Parts two and three will be published later this week. Hail! Hail! Hail! The State of Chinese Cinema in 2009 I. Long Live the Motherland The Founding of a Republic (dir...
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Li Hongyu
Li Hongyu
I love it, typical Zhang Xianminesque irony, but I'm afraid that few could understand it thoroughly without enough knowledge of Chinese cinema realities......
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dGenerate's Karin Chien Takes Home the Piaget Producers Prize at the Independent Spirit Awards Tags: ifc, independent spirit awards, karin chien, piaget producers award ...
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In conjunction with MoMA’s Jia Zhangke retrospective, the director hosts a screening March 8 at 7pm of hisWo men de shi nian (Ten Years,2007) andBlack Breakfast (2008), a segment from the international omnibus filmStories on Human Rights, as well as a sneak preview of an excerpt from his latest f...
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dGenerate Films No big surprise on our front. dGF founder Karin Chien is the best around. Congrats on your Spirit Award victory! We ♥ you! dgenerate

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Judy Pingru Li
Judy Pingru Li
Karin Chien deserves it. Congrats!
March 6 at 2:36am
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dGenerate Films Karin walks the red carpet in 15 minutes! Don't miss her interview on the red carpet, we hear it goes down at 5:50pm pst here: http://ping.fm/VPfNO

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Shelly Silver
Shelly Silver
keeping my fingers crossed....
March 5 at 7:14pm
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dGenerate Films Zhao Dayong's GHOST TOWN will beginning a week-long run at the NYC MoMA starting March 15th: http://ping.fm/yX0ty Hope to see you there!

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dGenerate Films Variety article on the nominees for the Piaget Producers Spirit Award (including our very own Karin Chien) - http://ping.fm/xEXmn

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This Sunday Friday we’ll be rooting for our own Karin Chien, as she contends for the coveted Piaget Producers Award for Outstanding Achievement by a Producer at the 25th Independent Spirit Awards (airing 3/5, 8pm PST, IFC). ...
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Daryl Chin
Daryl Chin
Go, Karin! (I hate it that the general membership can't vote for the three categories where grant money is given, but hope for the best and have a good time, too bad it's not the old Spirit Awards out in the tent on Santa Monica beach.)
March 5 at 7:10am
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Zhang Xianmin (photo courtesy China Independent Film Festival) One of our key partners in China is Zhang Xianmin, who is a leading figure of the independent film scene. Film producer, writer, programmer: these are just a few of his credentials...
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dGenerate Films Insightful article on the "New Sinophilic Cinephilia" by the Auteurs' Andrew Chan: http://ping.fm/G6EDP

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Chuck Stephens
Chuck Stephens
Excellent piece!
March 4 at 10:45am
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To commemorate Jia Zhangke’s monthlong career retrospective at MoMA, we’ve translated a seminal essay written by Jia, “The Age of Amateur Cinema Will Return.” The essay amounts to a manifesto on the purpose of cinema in shaping world culture and the significance of “amateur” filmmaking in oppositi...
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