2025 MONTHLY PROGRAM
COMING SOON
BLACK DOG 狗阵 (2024)
Directed by Guan Hu 管虎
Lido Cinemas, Hawthorn (MELB)
Book tickets
Ritz Cinemas, Randwick (SYD)
Book tickets
China
English subtitles
116 mins.
Drama
AN UNFINISHED FILM 一部未完成的电影 (2024)
Directed by Lou Ye 娄烨
Ritz Cinemas, Randwick (SYD)
Past event
China
Chinese and English subtitles
106 mins.
Politics / Drama / Documentary
AN UNFINISHED FILM
一部未完成的电影 (2024)
Directed by Lou Ye 娄烨
Chinese auteur Lou Ye tackles the seismic disruption brought by COVID through an exhilarating blend of drama and documentary. In AN UNFINISHED FILM, a fictional crew stumbles upon 10-year-old footage of a (real) aborted queer film and sets about reuniting the cast to complete it with a new act. But this is early 2020, and fate has other ideas – the unexpected comes crashing down on Wuhan, the film is halted again and the project eventually morphs into something else entirely.
China
English subtitles
106 mins.
Politics / Drama / Documentary
PICKPOCKET 小武 (1997)Directed by Jia Zhangke 贾樟柯
Lido Cinemas, Hawthorn (MELB)
Past event
Chinese and English subtitles
110 mins.
Drama / 4K Restoration
A BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY 牯嶺街少年殺人事件 (1991)Directed by Edward Yang 楊德昌
Ritz Cinemas, Randwick (SYD)
Taiwan
Chinese and English subtitles
237 mins.
Drama / Crime / Romance
FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE 霸王别姬 (1993)Directed by Chen Kaige 陈凯歌
Ritz Cinemas, Randwick (SYD)
China
Chinese and English subtitles
171 mins.
Drama / History / Romance
A NEW OLD PLAY 椒麻堂会 (2021)
Directed by Qiu Jiongjiong 邱炯炯
Ritz Cinemas, Randwick (SYD)
China
Chinese and English subtitles
179 mins.
History / Drama
LOST COURSE 迷航 (2019)Directed by Jill Li
Ritz Cinemas, Randwick (SYD)
Hong Kong
English subtitles
179 mins.
Documentary
STONEWALLING 石门 (2022)Directed by Huang Ji & Ryuji Otsuka
Ritz Cinemas, Randwick (SYD)
China / Japan
Chinese and English subtitles
148 mins.
Drama
BARBARIAN INVASION 野蛮人入侵 (2021)Directed by Tan Chui Mui 陈翠梅
Ritz Cinemas, Randwick (SYD)
Malaysia
Chinese and English subtitles
106 mins.
Documentary
THIS WOMAN 这个女人 (2023)Directed by Alan Zhang
Ritz Cinemas, Randwick (SYD)
China
Chinese and English subtitles
90 mins.
Drama / Mockumentary
About
Chinese Independent Film Foundation (CIFF) is a not-for-profit, dedicated to distributing and screening arthouse Chinese-language films to Australian audiences.
Our monthly program features a curated selection of titles, with one-off cinema screenings across Melbourne and Sydney.
Cliff Xiao | cliff@ciff.org.au
Duan Mu | duanmu@ciff.org.au
Jason He | jason@ciff.org.au
Ji Li | lljj320@ciff.org.au
Pong Pong | pongpong@ciff.org.au
Victor Tang | victor@ciff.org.au
Xiao Xiao | xiaoxiao@ciff.org.au
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