The College
of Staten Island / City University of New York and the Film Society of Lincoln
Center, in partnership with Shanghai University's School of Film & Television, China Film Archives, Asia Society,
and CUNY-TV
(City Cinematheque) will sponsor a five-day retrospective
in October 2005 in celebration of the 100th anniversary of film production in
China. Endorsed by Chinese State Administration of Radio, Film & TV,
the retrospective serves as one of the principle venues for the celebration of
the centenary of Chinese cinema.
Our purpose
in sponsoring this celebratory retrospective is several-fold. Through a
symposium, our intention is to deepen the discourse on Chinese cinema by
bringing together prominent filmmakers, studio executives, critics, and
scholars from US, Asia, and Europe in the international setting of New
York City and on the tranquil campus of the College of Staten Island. Through
a film forum and festival at Lincoln Center, a more general audience will be
offered a survey of the history of Chinese cinema, from the silent era to
contemporary productions, accompanied by discussion and interviews designed to
illuminate the viewings. And
finally, through the mediation of CUNY-TV’s cable broadcast, we will
document this event as we reach a wider public not yet familiar with the
extraordinary range of Chinese cinema.
