A UK-based Chinese film festival that strives to take on the responsibility of promoting the importance of a mutual understanding of diverse cultures between greater China and the UK, Mint Chinese Film Festival (MINT CFF) is back for its fresh 2nd edition from Feb 1-4 at Keswick Alhambra Cinema to welcome the Year of Dragon, showcasing the best and most pioneering Chinese films!
Mint is the first women-organised Chinese film festival in the UK and aims to curate for underrepresented voices, images, and stories, actively discovering and supporting Chinese creators, emerging women filmmakers and artists, and gender-diverse directors.
Founded by Chinese film curator Yixiang Shirley Lin and Keswick Alhambra Cinema’s co-owner Dr Carol Rennie, Mint is a year-round active film festival; it not only holds an annual Chinese film festival but also curates and organises pop-up film screenings and relevant cultural and artistic events in various venues across the UK and other regions around the world.
Here is the 2023 edition’s full Programme:
OPENING FILM (curated in Retrospective Programme)
Millennium Mambo by Hou Hsiao Hsien
FESTIVAL GALA
Xi Xiang Ji (1927) by Hou Yao plus live music performance
SPECIAL PROGRAMMES
Yi Yi (2000) by Edward Yang
Green Night (2023) by Han Shuai
Yang Zi’s Confusion (2023) by Jue Li
Snow Leopard (2023) by Pema Tseden
Here (2023) by Bas Devos
COMPETITION
This Woman (2022) by Alan Zhang
Luo Luo’s Youth (2023) by Luo Luo
Guián (2023) by Nicole Chi Amen
Growing Apart (2022) by Long Lingyun
The One Who Runs Away Is the Ghost (2021) by Qinyuan Lei
Talks Overnight (2023) by Su Qiqi
Shen Kong (2021) by Chen Guan
SHORT FILM STRAND
Guan Yuntian’s “Both Make Sense”
Yang Yulin’s “Like Wave Like Cloud”
Chantal Akerman’s “Tombée de nuit sur Shanghaï”
Alvin Lee’s “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes”
Yang Chenghua and Zhang Shang’s “CHACHA”
SPECIAL EVENTS INCLUDE:
Outdoor adventure: a lakeside walk with MINT and local guides
Workshop
Panel Discussion
Afterparty
For more info and tickets, please head to the Official Website HERE
