2019-09-12 22:41
by Maya E. Rudolph
“The Future of Independent Documentary in China” was the focus of a recent panel at the University of Southern California, where as part of the Visibl… Read More
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dGenerate Films is the leading non-theatrical distributor of independent contemporary films from China. Our uncensored, award-winning films are selected for their artistic merit as well as their educational value. Films are available for purchase on DVD and VOD, as well as for exhibition rental and broadcast. dGenerate Films brings uncensored, unprecedented and visionary content from deep within mainland China's independent, and underground, film scene to the U.S. market. dGenerate Films recognizes that unauthorized films by China's post-Sixth Generation are the only true independent media in China today. We remain deeply committed to providing audiences with an unmediated look at life, as it's truly lived, inside the world's next superpower. Our site also contains the leading blog focused on independent Chinese cinema. It contains resources for enthusiasts, academics, and filmmakers interested in film from China. dGenerate Films: Distributing the finest in independent Chinese film today
2019-04-09 20:10
The golden age of streaming indie films is here. With the launch of their new streaming platform OVID, Icarus Films has given independent film lovers access to a deep and eclectic catalogue… Read More
2018-12-07 22:18
dGenerate Films founder and president Karin Chien recently published an essay entitled “Reverberations and Amplification” on the blog Flahery Stories: Stories from the Rober… Read More
2018-10-19 23:56
Chinese cinema fans rejoice – the China Onscreen Biennale is bringing the best of recent Chinese cinema back to Los Angeles and Washington DC!
Beginning October 19th, UCLA and affilia… Read More
2018-08-15 19:03
Ou Ning and Cao Fei’s “San Yuan Li”Still courtesy of dGF and Icarus Films
How did dGenerate Films come to be?
dGenerate Films founder and president Karin Chien recently pub… Read More
2018-08-13 14:04
Ou Ning and Cao Fei’s “San Yuan Li”Still courtesy of dGF and Icarus Films
How did dGenerate Films come to be?
dGenerate Films founder and president Karin Chien recently pub… Read More
2018-07-27 13:30
by Maya Rudolph
The Widowed Witch (Xiao Gua Fu Cheng Xian Ji) is the debut film by Cai Chengjie and was awarded the Hivos Tiger Award at the 2018 International Film Festival Rotterdam… Read More
2018-07-03 18:16
The Udine Far East Film Festival (FEFF) kicked off its twentieth edition this past April, bringing a diverse spectrum of Asian cinema and cultural events to the small city of Udine, Italy. W… Read More
2018-06-08 00:02
Locarno in Los Angeles, launched in 2017, brings some of the best titles from the Locarno Film Festival to the Downtown Independent theater in Downtown LA. The 2018 edition of Loc… Read More
2017-03-06 17:08
Huang Ji’s 2012 debut feature, Egg and Stone, shows the world of rural Chinese life through a perspective seldom seen, that of a young girl “left behind” in the reluc… Read More
2016-12-02 13:30
By Josh Feola
Yang Mingming, a self-described “hutong kid” born in 1988 and raised in central Beijing, fell into filmmaking in college. She majored in film and television d… Read More
2016-12-01 13:30
By Josh Feola
Courtesy of Icarus Films
This review contains spoilers.
Yang Mingming’s 2012 debut Female Directors, a documentary-style narrative centered on the fractious but dur… Read More
2016-10-31 12:30
by Maya Rudolph
During the fall of 2016, the “best of” Chinese cinema and media art is coming to Los Angeles, New York, and Washington DC with the China Onscreen Biennale. Now in… Read More
2016-10-11 18:30
Three dGenerate titles were recently reviewed by VCinema, a podcast and blog devoted to Asian film, media, and culture.
Pema Tseden’s ‘Tharlo’
Writing for VCinema, Rowena S… Read More
2016-09-28 16:49
Courtesy of Icarus Films
by Maya Rudolph This review contains spoilers.
Tharlo, Pema Tsenden’s noir-inflected romance, is a story of identity, a journey of the self in black and w… Read More
2016-05-05 20:21
Tharlo (dir. Pema Tseden)
The 2016 Chinese Visual Festival program is one of the strongest yet for this long-running series featuring an exciting range of award-winning films and video art f… Read More
2015-07-10 00:25
* July 28 update:
- two additional screening venues have joined the series, adding two additional films to the lineup. Egg and Stone will screen August 17 at the Made in NY Media Center by… Read More
2015-06-19 18:34
Welcome to dGenerate Films. If you are looking to watch or acquire any of our groundbreaking films featured in our catalog, please contact Icarus Films, who are representing our sales. They… Read More
2015-06-18 02:48
We’re excited to welcome the publication of a new book, Independent Chinese Documentary: Alternative Visions, Alternative Publics, written by Dan Edwards and published by Edinburgh Uni… Read More
2015-02-23 15:27
The Chinese Environmental Film Festival and Workshop is a collaboration between filmmakers, scholars and experts who are interested in examining the environmental issues facing China. Organi… Read More
2015-02-16 14:15
The Chinese Mayor
This year’s Sundance Film Festival yielded a triumphant moment for Chinese documentary film, when The Chinese Mayor, the latest effort by acclaimed director Zhou Hao… Read More
2014-12-09 15:23
Cotton (dir. Zhou Hao)
For over a decade, Zhou Hao has been making independent documentaries probing many of China’s most urgent social issues, including migrant labor, drug abuse, law… Read More
2014-12-09 00:21
For the Associated Press, Louise Watt reports on the impact that environmental filmmakers are having in China. Among those profiled in the report are Wang Jiuliang and Jian Yi, whose previou… Read More
2014-12-03 04:05
Earlier this month, dGenerate Films’ Founder and President Karin Chien attended the 11th China Independent Film Festival (CIFF) in Nanjing. Many did not think the festival could happen… Read More
2014-10-27 21:46
Next week the University of California, Santa Cruz will host two events centered around the visit to University of California, Santa Cruz of Wu Wenguang, one of China’s leading indepen… Read More
2014-09-05 19:11
The Chinese Film Festival Studies Research Network has posted a helpful collection of links to news reports, statements and other information related to the closing of the Beijing Independen… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
The 10th Anniversary of the China Independent Film Festival UK Celebration will take place between 12May 2014 and 15 May 2014 in Newcastle. It is organized by the China Independent Film Fest… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
CALL FOR PAPERS Un-thinking Asian Migrations: Spaces of flows and intersections 25-26 August 2014, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand The Asian Migrations Research Theme is a collecti… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
On February 28, Professor Jennifer Ruth of Portland State University will give a presentation on international acclaimed documentary film maker Hu Jie and his work. The presentation, ti… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
The Confucius Institute at PSU Friday Event Series presents a lecture: “Hu Jie on Thinking for Oneself in Mao’s China” by Jennifer Ruth, Associate Profe… Read More
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