A list of upcoming and past public events related to Chinese cinema history, including talks, screenings, and conferences.
To share information about an upcoming or recent event, please contact Christopher Rea.
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2023/04/23: Spider Women and Light Sabers @ SOAS
Light Sabers, Spider Women and Other Discoveries in the Digital Archives of Early Chinese Cinema April 23, 2023, 5pm Room RB01, Russell Square: College Buildings, SOAS, University of London https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/light-sabers-spider-women-and-other-discoveries-digital-archives-early-chinese-cinema Abstract: What can we learn about early Chinese film history from the expanding digital archive? Which stories, images, linguistic patterns, filmmaking techniques, and industry behaviors […]
![Pan si dong 1927](https://chinesefilmclassics.org/files/2023/03/Pan-si-dong-Edderkoppene-1927-e1678155785555.png)
2021/07/14: Seeing China Through Film – The Early Years
A conversation about "Laborer's Love" (1922) and "The Great Road" (1934) with Weihong Bao, Richard Pena, and Christopher Rea
![Screening China Through Film - China Institute opening event](https://chinesefilmclassics.org/files/2021/07/The-Early-Years-1200x630-2.jpg)
2021/05/20: Chinese Film Classics and Hollywood Resonances
How did Hollywood cinema influence Chinese films, circa 1920s-1940s? This talk traces influence at the level of text, identifying shared motifs and scenarios.
![Zhou Xuan in Street Angels 1937](https://chinesefilmclassics.org/files/2021/04/Street-Angels-1937-scaled-e1619625461547.jpg)
2021/04/09: Rediscovering Early Chinese Cinema
Over 80 years ago, Chinese cinema had light sabers, copies of Mickey Mouse, and male nudity. What other discoveries lie in store?
![Chinese Film Classics logo](https://chinesefilmclassics.org/files/2021/04/ChineseFilmLogo_Layout_03-scaled.jpg)
2021/03/01-05/12: Association for Chinese Animation Studies inaugural conference
A Zoom webinar featuring 19 panels of new academic research on Chinese animation, hosted by HKUST
![Girl heroes of the grasslands](https://chinesefilmclassics.org/files/2021/04/girl-heroes-of-the-grasslands-e1619626159369.jpg)
2020/12/03: Bruce Lee’s History of Kicking Ass
A two-part lecture on Bruce Lee and his fans, highlighting the role of African-Americans in shaping the legend
![Bruce Lee Enter the Dragon mirrors](https://chinesefilmclassics.org/files/2021/04/Bruce-Lee-mirrors.jpg)
2019/10/03-11-16: Zheng Junli films at BAMPFA
A retrospective on actor-director Zheng Junli, featuring 10 of his films, several of which were restored by BAMPFA
![Zhao Dan in Crows and Sparrows 1949](https://chinesefilmclassics.org/files/2021/04/29_10-08-e1619629165154.jpg)
2017/09/30-10/21: A Golden Age of Chinese Cinema, 1947-52, at BAMPFA
BAMPFA film series featuring seven films released in China between 1947 and 1952
![Window to America 1952](https://chinesefilmclassics.org/files/2021/04/Window-to-America_001-e1619629712525.jpg)