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    Self-censorship has all but obliterated any subversive tone. "Ann Hui refuses to play that game" notes Kraicer. "She is one of the leaders in Hong Kong commercial filmmaking in an independent context - and it's quite possible she will be unable to release Night and Fog in China." Full Article at Globe and Mail
    Ann Hui refuses to play that game
    SOURCE: Globe and Mail 2 months ago
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Flying below the radar in China
  1. The whole VIFF experience leaves them energized and excited, but it can't be the only space available to them
    SOURCE: Globe and Mail 2 months ago
  2. Trouble only comes if the film becomes very high profile.
    SOURCE: Globe and Mail 2 months ago
  3. Shanghai is our future. It's vitally important we know what is going on.
    SOURCE: Globe and Mail 2 months ago
  4. Low budget independent films can travel to film festivals and no one cares
    SOURCE: Globe and Mail 2 months ago
  5. These films need to be seen at home as well.
    SOURCE: Globe and Mail 2 months ago
  6. The film is asking: 'What's real? How do we see it? How do we capture it? What is reality and how do we deconstruct it?' People's daily lives - their cityscapes - are in a state of flux, their environment is changing month to month. Artists must struggle to both absorb that, and create new ways of expre...
    SOURCE: Globe and Mail 2 months ago
  7. She is one of the leaders in Hong Kong commercial filmmaking in an independent context - and it's quite possible she will be unable to release Night and Fog in China.
    SOURCE: Globe and Mail 2 months ago
  8. The most radical films I've seen have come from China
    SOURCE: Globe and Mail 2 months ago
  9. These are filmmakers working on their own with minimal financing, using digital video. Their very creation is a political act.
    SOURCE: Globe and Mail 2 months ago

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