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.


DRAGON INN
龍門客棧 (1967)  Directed by King Hu 胡金銓 (Taiwan) 
Program: Once Upon A Time In 華語 CinemaDragon Inn stages a moral duel between loyal fugitives and corrupt power at a desert outpost. With architectural precision, silence, and swift choreography, Hu forged a cinematic language that balances suspense and serenity. Its influence goes far beyond its genre: a study in rhythm, virtue, and the choreography of justice. The film’s timeless energy shows how Chinese-language cinema turns movement into philosophy and legend into art.
Sunday, August 2, 2pm

ACMI (Melb) tickets
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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.