Current Chinese Indie Cinema - S1"Excluded Lives" 新华语独立电影展-系列1“边缘人生”
A curated weekly screenings of current independent & underground Chinese films exploring themes of:
1.“Excluded Lives”: Films among those navigating homelessness, addiction, and life after prison. 2.“The Beat Generation”: A glimpse into the struggles of Gen Z and COVID-era youth. 3.“House as a Mirror of Self”: Reflecting on how spaces shape memory, identity, and mental status . 4.“As Heaven as HelL”: Films exploring of loss, Death, grief. 5.“Dear Caregivers”: Honoring the heroic women caring for their loved ones.(*Screening curated by Jinglu Ji, Linzan Wang)
1/12/2025: “Excluded Lives”:
DIG (2024, 5min, Animation) Directed by Ran Xu “Rabbits have been digging in narrow burrows...For generations.”
CRIME REHERSAL (2024, 5 min, Experimental) Directed by Jingyu Liu : "After being released from detention, Lao Cai takes a relexing trip in Shanghai with his friend Lao Jin, searching for the abandoned quarry pit as they chat about wealth and poverty the two reflect on their lives. (*Premierd at 2024 FIRST Film Festival)
LENS AND LIES (2024, 5 min, Documentary) Directed by Jinglu Ji : “An ordinary family dinner, my uncle gets drunk and acts out. To protect the childrenfrom being affected, the adults lied that I was filming a movie and that my uncle was rehearsing his performances.”
WANGFUJING (2024, 177 min, Documentary) Directed by Ruibo Liu : “In the summer 2017 at Beijing’s Wangfujing, a group of homeless"drifters" survived on tourists’ scraps, shared cheap liquor, and discussed philosophy. While they cared for each other like family, their struggles with alcohol dependency, gang ambitions strained their bonds while the outside world was rapidly changing as well.” (*2024 Torchlight Filmmakers' Best Picture)
January 12th, 2025 Door Open: 5:45 Show Start: 6:00 PM
A Space Gallery - 13 Grattan St #402, Brooklyn, NY
Screening Curator & Host: Jinglu Ji Post-Screening Q&A with: Ruibo Liu (Remote)
Openning Spoken Words: Reem Rello thy Poetry Fello Intermission: 7:30 Entry fee: $10
策展每周放映：当代中国独立与地下电影，包含主题探索：
“边缘人生”： 聚焦无家可归、成瘾、出狱后重生的电影。
“垮掉的一代”： 透视Gen Z与疫情时期青年的挣扎。
“作为自我的镜子的房子”： 反思空间如何塑造记忆、身份和心理状态。
“天堂亦地狱”： 探讨失落、死亡与悲伤的电影。
“亲爱的照护者”： 致敬那些为家人付出无私关怀的伟大女性。
（策展人：姬京璐、王林攒）
2025年1月12日："边缘人生"
放映影片：
《掘》（2024，5分钟，动画）
导演：徐然
“兔子们在狭窄的地洞里不停挖掘……一代又一代。”
《犯罪排练》（2024，5分钟，实验）
导演：刘金宇
“老蔡从拘留所出来后，与朋友老金一起在上海放松旅行，寻找废弃的采石坑。在旅途中，他们聊财富与贫困，并反思各自的人生。”
（首映于2024年 FIRST青年电影展）
《镜头与谎言》（2024，5分钟，纪录片）
导演：姬京璐
“一个普通的家庭晚宴，我的叔叔喝醉后失态。为了保护孩子们不受影响，家人们撒谎说我在拍电影，而叔叔是在‘排练表演’。”
《井》（2023，177分钟，纪录片）
导演：刘瑞波
“2017 年夏天在北京王府井，这群被称为盲流的人用游客浪费的食品充饥、抽游客丢下的烟头、喝着最便宜的烈酒。他们谈论着东方哲学，像亲人一样相互照顾，抱团取暖。他们对酒精的依赖、对帮派权力的渴望、对同性倾向的暴露使彼此的关系也逐渐出现裂痕。他们各自逃避着的心魔纠缠着每一个人… 而“乌托邦”外面的世界也在快速地变化着。”
（2024 炬火影人计划最佳影片，2023张献民十荐）
日期： 2025年1月12日
开门时间： 下午5:45
放映时间： 下午6:00
地点：
A Space Gallery
13 Grattan St #402, Brooklyn, NY
策展人及主持人： 姬京璐
映后问答嘉宾： 刘瑞波（远程参与）
开场朗诵： Reem Rello Thy Poetry Fello
中场休息： 晚上7:30
入场费： $10