Chinese Visual Festival

The 2015 Chinese Visual Festival takes place 7th to 22nd May at King’s College London, BFI Southbank, Bertha DocHouse and Chelsea College of Arts. The festival will welcome to London some of the most exciting directors currently working in independent Chinese language cinema and art, showcasing documentary, fiction and experimental video art from Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore and beyond. Film screenings are coupled with forums and discussion sessions, making the festival a lively and entertaining two weeks of cultural exchange.

Festival Highlights Include:

Guest artists Zhang Peili, the father of Chinese Video Art, Wu Xiaohai and Rao Yifan

Guest directors Gu Tao, Singing Chen, Yee Chih-Yen, Chiayun Wu and Shen Xin

More than 40 cutting-edge films, including world and UK premieres

Vision Taiwan strand, featuring the best in independent cinema from Taiwan

Panel discussions and sessions on queer cinema, the Urban Diary project from Hong Kong and more

UK tour, including Newcastle, Nottingham and Sussex Universities