School of Modern Languages Newcastle University Chinese @NEWCASTLE EDITED BY Linda Cheng Winter 2015 Chinese New Year Film Festival Tyneside Cinema is celebrating Chinese New Year with a special film festival of Chinese Art-house films. The cinema has teamed up with The Confucius Institute at Newcastle University in conjunction with Heaven Pictures, the leading art film production company in China, to present the Chinese New Year Film Festival. The festival will feature three award-winning Chinese Art-house films – River, Single Man, and River Road – which are all being screened in the UK for the first time. Sabrina Q Yu, Senior Lecturer in Chinese and Film Studies at Newcastle University said:“We are delighted to offer this ex- citing opportunity for Newcastle audiences to experience Chinese Cinema at its finest, and to gain a unique insight into a rapidly-changing country.” The three films focus on the outer margins of Chinese society and offer a rare glimpse into contemporary China. The festival begins on Thursday February 11 with River, a moving story told through the eyes of a young Tibetan girl struggling to under- stand the mounting troubles of her shepherd parents. On Monday February 15 the festival continues with clever comedy Single Man which follows a man struggling to find love in the Chinese village of Hebei in the present day where the men outnumber the women and struggle to marry. The festival then comes to a close on Saturday February 20 with River Road a story of two brothers of Yugur, an endangered ethnic minority, as they travel on the Silk Road in search of their parents who have moved to find pastures in the distant grasslands for the family herd. These film screenings are part of a series of events in the city to coincide with the Chinese New Year which takes place on Monday 8 February. Tickets for all the films are available from the Tyneside Cinema website at www.tynesidecinema.co.uk/chinese-new-year , by calling 0191 227 5500 or in per- son at the Tyneside Cinema Box Office. Film : River - Date: February 11 , Winner of the 57th Asia-Pacific Film Festival Best Youth Feature Film Award, River is a moving story told through the eyes of a young Tibetan girl struggling to understand the mounting troubles of her shepherd parents. Starring talented Yangchan Lhamu as the young Yangchen Lhamo, the film covers three seasons and uncovers the historical and cultural wounds behind three generations of father and child in a Tibetan family. Film: Single Man - Date: February 15, A cleverly constructed comedy set in the northern Chinese village of Hebei in the present day where the men outnumber the women and struggle to marry. One man, Lao Yang, looks to tackle this problem by having an affair with the girl he was forbidden to marry as a young man; even though she is now the middle-aged wife of the village head. Single Man received the special jury prize and the Kodak Vision Award at the Tokyo FILMeX Film Festival and the NETPAC Easter Jet Award. Film: River Road - Date February 20 ,Winner of the 29th Hong Kong Interna- tional Film Festival SIGNIS Award, River Road tells the story of two young brothers and their journey travelling on the Silk Road in search of their parents who have moved to find pastures in the distant grasslands for the family herd. Their journey, powered by dreams and anxiety, becomes a search for their identity as Yugurs. The film is an elegy of the disappearance of ethnic minorities and the destruction of nature.
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School of Modern Languages
Newcastle University
Chinese @NEWCASTLE
EDITED BY Linda Cheng Winter 2015
Chinese New Year Film Festival
Tyneside Cinema is celebrating Chinese New Year with a special film festival of Chinese Art-house films.
The cinema has teamed up with The Confucius Institute at Newcastle University in conjunction with Heaven Pictures, the
leading art film production company in China, to present the Chinese New Year Film Festival.
The festival will feature three award-winning Chinese Art-house films – River, Single Man, and River Road – which are all
being screened in the UK for the first time.
Sabrina Q Yu, Senior Lecturer in Chinese and Film Studies at Newcastle University said:“We are delighted to offer this ex-
citing opportunity for Newcastle audiences to experience Chinese Cinema at its finest, and to gain a unique insight into a
rapidly-changing country.”
The three films focus on the outer margins of Chinese society and offer a rare glimpse into contemporary China. The festival
begins on Thursday February 11 with River, a moving story told through the eyes of a young Tibetan girl struggling to under-
stand the mounting troubles of her shepherd parents.
On Monday February 15 the festival continues with clever comedy Single Man which follows a man struggling to find love
in the Chinese village of Hebei in the present day where the men outnumber the women and struggle to marry.
The festival then comes to a close on Saturday February 20 with River Road a story of two brothers of Yugur, an endangered
ethnic minority, as they travel on the Silk Road in search of their parents who have moved to find pastures in the distant
grasslands for the family herd.
These film screenings are part of a series of events in the city to coincide with the Chinese New Year which takes place on
Monday 8 February.
Tickets for all the films are available from the Tyneside Cinema website at
www.tynesidecinema.co.uk/chinese-new-year , by calling 0191 227 5500 or in per-
son at the Tyneside Cinema Box Office.
Film : River - Date: February 11 , Winner of the 57th Asia-Pacific Film Festival
Best Youth Feature Film Award, River is a moving story told through the eyes of a
young Tibetan girl struggling to understand the mounting troubles of her shepherd
parents. Starring talented Yangchan Lhamu as the young Yangchen Lhamo, the film
covers three seasons and uncovers the historical and cultural wounds behind three
generations of father and child in a Tibetan family.
Film: Single Man - Date: February 15, A cleverly constructed comedy set in the
northern Chinese village of Hebei in the present day where the men outnumber the
women and struggle to marry. One man, Lao Yang, looks to tackle this problem by
having an affair with the girl he was forbidden to marry as a young man; even though
she is now the middle-aged wife of the village head. Single Man received the special
jury prize and the Kodak Vision Award at the Tokyo FILMeX Film Festival and the
NETPAC Easter Jet Award.
Film: River Road - Date February 20 ,Winner of the 29th Hong Kong Interna-
tional Film Festival SIGNIS Award, River Road tells the story of two young
brothers and their journey travelling on the Silk Road in search of their parents
who have moved to find pastures in the distant grasslands for the family herd.
Their journey, powered by dreams and anxiety, becomes a search for their identity
as Yugurs. The film is an elegy of the disappearance of ethnic minorities and the
In partnership with the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) and the National Museum of Chinese Writing at Anyang, Henan Province, the exhibition traces the evolution of Chinese Characters from their ancient origins through to modern-day digitalisation.
Location: Newcastle Civic Centre
Time: 2-4 February Contact: David Brough
All welcome. For further information, please visit http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/events/item/chinese-writing-exhibition.
9th February - Distinguished Chinese Lecture: “Confucian Values and English Constitutional Monarchy: Historical Routes of China’s Modernization”
Speaker: Professor Qin Hui, Tsinghua University, Beijing
Location: Partners Room (8.10), Newcastle University Business School
Time/Date: 9th February 16:00-17:00
The lecture will be delivered in Chinese, with English consecutive translation.
10th February - Chinese Research Seminar: “UK: China’s Best Partner in the West”
11th – 20th February - Chinese New Year Film Festival
In collaboration with the Tyneside Cinema and Heaven Pictures, a rare opportunity for the UK Premieres of three award-winning Chinese Art-house films: River, Single Man and River Road.
Contact us For course information please contact Dr Joanne Smith Finley Tel: 0191 208 7485, or [email protected] For information about admissions please contact Lesley Sherrin Tel: 0191 2085082, or [email protected]
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