https://independent-magazine.org/2014/10/08/11th-beijing-independent-film-festival-shutdown-report-china/
Obsessed with Independent Film Since 1976
Obsessed with Independent Film Since 1976
Gen Carmel has worked as program assistant for the LEF Foundation since 2013. Prior to that, she worked for several independent film festivals and organizations in Beijing from August 2010 to January 2013, and in 2011 was a festival translator for DOChina, the independent documentary film exchange week that was also organized by the Li Xianting Film Foundation before combining with BIFF.
Last updated October 2014.
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