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       Director’s Introduction:  Jianlin Pan was born from northwest region of China in 1969. He graduated from a university in Beijing with law degree, specialized in economic laws. He self-funded his film producing/directing career in his early 30’s, and produced and directed three feature films and two documentaries. Some of his films were in the finalist and rewarded from well-known film festivals such as Berlin International Film Festival, and Locarno Film Festival.  Unfortunately, none of his films obtained commercial release permit in China. He was broken, and returned to his hometown since 2008. He started to do business since then to make a living for his family and himself.  Film Synopsis: Pan is a single father, who raise two underage boys (Xiaoxiao and Lele) along.  Trying to compensate the lacking of maternal love for the two boys, Pan decorated the house with bright colors. He treats his boys with thoughtful kindness in dai...

    Director Profile: Ding Haoran: born in 2001.02.13, currently studying at Hebei University-Central Lancashire College of Media and Creativity, majoring in drama, film and television literature. He has directed the short documentary "Ask Wing Chun", which has won awards at several international film festivals, and directed the martial arts drama short film "The Soul Returns Home", "The Cause of Death of the Hedgehog" as the second work of his drama short film. Film synopsis: The kind-hearted Jon and his wife were slandered by netizens due to an accident. Lady Lucy died in the accident. Jon committed suicide due to cyber-violence. The girl they took in, Chen Anna, sought the help of journalist Paul in order to help them restore the truth.   Paul inadvertently angered Anna in the interview. Anna's emotional behavior plunged her into greater cyber-violence. Director's Statement: I hope to use Anna's experience to appeal to all online friends to ...

  Question 1: Your film “Flowering Season” is about a school boy who, in a moment of crisis, considers committing suicide. Is this film based on any real events or social trends?   Answer: Before writing the screenplay, we had an investigation. We interviewed the archetype character of the story. We took the story of him as the plot and then combined the stories of other interviewees with his.   Question 2:  What kinds of pressures and challenges do modern young people in China face? Are their lives more difficult than those of their parents when they were at school?   Answer: I think, the young generation in China is facing a series of social problems caused by the fast pace of social life, the missing cultural tradition, the temptation of violence and pornography on social media as well as overemphasis of elites on the media. Many of these factors have become the source of stress for young people. The rushing life has changed our lifestyle and transformed the ...

  Profile of Kang Jiaxiang: Kang Jiaxiang  is   a Mongolian  Chinese d irector . In 2007 , his film   “ The Funeral of Grandpa Xia ”   was s elected in the Short Film section of the 34th Hong Kong International Film Festival . In  2012 , his film   “ White Sheets ”  was   s elected for the Chinesisches Film Festival in Frankfurt . In 2020 , his feature film   Mother Chrysanthemuml   was s elected for the Vancouver Chinese Film Festival .   In  2020 , his film was nominated as  Best Asian Feature Film  and  the Best Asian Actress and the Best Producer , and the Best Director of NVIFF  as well. In 2020 , his film   was s elected for the Filmarte Festival - 5th Edition .   In 2021 , his short film   “ The Smell of Memory ”   was   n ominated as the Best Original Screenplay and the Best Cinematography in the East Europe International Film Festival 2020; His documentary Dragon B...

THE ALL ASIAN INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL (AAIFF) ONLINE AWARD CEREMONY    The All Asian Independent Film Festival (AAIFF), has been launched to support independent filmmakers throughout Asia to display their unique ideas, to tell the stories deep down inside their hearts, and to inspire both audiences and other independent filmmakers. As the sister film festival of ECU - the European Independent Film Festival, which has been held in Paris for 14 years, the AAIFF has the ability to harness the rock-solid reputation of ECU as being one of the World's foremost independent film festivals and to help bring global attention to Asia's independent filmmakers. The festival's objective is to offer excellent opportunities for all the Asian independent filmmakers to find audiences for their films, to connect with peers, distributors and talent scouts - and importantly to provide them unforgettable film experience. AAIFF held its first edition, online, from 18th to 22nd November, 2020. I...