Jia’s debut feature Xiao Wu (Pickpocket) set the tone for much of his filmography, with its gritty focus on the urban poor in Shanxi, the director’s home province, against a backdrop of China ...

French shingle MK2 will handle international sales on "We Shall Be All," a new epic from Jia Zhangke, China's pre-eminent indie film director. Announced last year, the film has been a labor of ...

A documentary by Jia Zhangke. In Mandarin, with English subtitles. Streaming at VIFF Connect from Friday (December 18) to January 14. Mostly, they’re happy with the way things have improved for ...

Sporting a warm smile and a pair of sunglasses – "Sorry, I've been busy editing and my eyes hurt," he explained – one of China's leading indie directors Jia ...

Jia Zhangkes short film for Greenpeace East Asia depicts the effects of air pollution in northeast China a region frequently blanketed in dangerous levels of air pollution Smog Journeys traces two ...

The "Kelin AI Director Co-creation Plan" has been launched, and the film "Wheat Harvest" directed by Jia Zhangke has officially been released! Let's see the wisdom and thinking of AI in the future ...

Earlier this month, a simple, emotionally charged notification was posted on director Jia Zhangke's Sina Weibo social ... "I will watch the movie three times in the theater".

Jia Zhangke, a giant in Chinese cinema ... explored the possibilities of Kling AI in film creation. The entire AIGC movie short uses the traditional cinematic narrative approach as well as ...

Elsewhere in this issue, Douglas Parkes sits down with celebrated director Jia Zhangke to discuss his most ... atmosphere made him “want to make a movie about the journey of the new century”.