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.


BUMMING IN BEIJING: THE LAST DREAMERS
流浪北京 (1990)  
Directed by Wu Wenguang 吴文光 (China) 
Program: Panorama of Chinese FilmRegarded as one of the most influential Chinese documentaries, BUMMING IN BEIJING: THE LAST DREAMERS follows the lives of five young artists, including two painters, a theater director, and a photographer. After graduating college, all of them reject state-assigned jobs, and move to Beijing as they strive for personal and artistic fulfillment in the Chinese capital. In Wu’s debut documentary, viewers come to understand these five creatives as they navigate the world without a fixed income or the security of a home during late 1980s China.
November, 2025

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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.