Year-Round Programme
Our Year-Round Programme runs in between our annual August festivals—screenings, talks, art exhibitions and more.
2023
ILLUME x MulanIFF Advance Screening
July
In ancient times, the Yangtze River was referred to as the “Great Jiang” and the Yellow River as the “Great He”. Each word points to the one and only River, respectively, even though they are both translated as “river” into English. In the Chinese-speaking world, people learn from an early age about the rivers long extolled by the literati. The lives of people and rivers are intertwined, for better or worse.
Every year around May, the Yangtze River enters its flood season. With the advent of modernity, hydropower plants have been built one after another, altering both the River’s course and the lives of many in small towns along the River.
The River laments, bereft of heroes.
Supported by funding from Telefilm Canada.
LI Yifan, YAN Yu
6:45 PM, Fri May 12 @ Innis Town Hall
Post-Screening Zoom Q&A with Director
Yung CHANG
6:50 PM, Sat May 13 @ Innis Town Hall
Post-Screening Live Q&A with Director
2022
Thanks to films and film festivals, we’ve had many opportunities to get to know the former generations of Chinese diasporas. From the discriminatory head tax imposed on the Chinese immigrants over a hundred years ago, to the wide-spread anti-Asian violence today, our history and our present tell us the same thing: each generation will have their own contemporary injustice to fight, and none of us could flinch from it… Read More
Grace Lee
3:00 PM, Sat Dec 3 @ Innis Town Hall
