The Chinese Independent Film Foundation (CIFF) is a
not-for-profit screen culture organisation dedicated
to showcasing new and old art-house Chinese-language
cinema across Australia. Founded in Narrm/Melbourne,
CIFF works with collaborators across mainland China,
Hong Kong and Taiwan to present films that
rarely receive theatrical release locally.


BEAUTY OF BEAUTIES
西施 (1965)  Directed by Li Han-hsiang 李翰祥 (China) 
Program: Once Upon A Time In 華語 CinemaSet in the Warring States era, Beauty of Beauties follows the courtesan Xi Shi, whose grace becomes a political weapon when she is sent to seduce the enemy king. Director Li Han-hsiang 李翰祥 blends historical drama with operatic artifice, creating a film that epitomises mid-century Hong Kong studio spectacle. Beyond its romantic tragedy, Beauty of Beauties explores the timeless interplay of beauty, power, and sacrifice - themes central to Sinophone cinema, where personal desire and political fate often collide.
Sunday, May 3, 2pm

ACMI (Melb) tickets
Address: Elsewhere Books
Level 3, 139 Franklin Street, Melbourne

CIFF acknowledges the Traditional Owners of
the unceded land on which we work and create,
the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong
peoples, and the wider Kulin Nations.