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Obsessed with Independent Film Since 1976
Obsessed with Independent Film Since 1976
Lai Jiang is a senior student at Emerson College studying journalism and public policy. Besides serving as Feature and Interview Editor for Independent Magazine, Lai also writes for the student organization BosLog and is interested in covering issues of public affairs. Born and raised in Hangzhou, China, dumplings are Lai’s stimulants.
From April 14 to 20, the 20th Boston International Film Festival took place at Down Boston with a live, in-person method. In the fourth screening session of the BIFF, a film written, directed, and produced by Emerson College students met with audiences in the AMC theater. “Doll-Kind” is a 13-min film directed by Shuailiang Liu,… Read more »
Lunar New Year is a traditional Spring festival in China, and also a prime time for movie-watching. People often spend this national holiday at the cinema with their families. While the pandemic is still ongoing in China, the excitement surrounding this year’s Chinese New Year film season has been higher than ever. Over the week-long… Read more »
Directed by Daniels Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, the highly anticipated sci-fi action “Everything Everywhere All at Once” began a limited theatrical release in the United States on March 25. The film first had its world premiere on the opening night of the South by Southwest Film Festival on March 11. Evelyn Wang (Michelle Yeoh), is… Read more »
China’s film industry is undergoing a recent transformation to a more multicultural “Hollywood” model under the inevitable trend of globalization. In response to the growing demand for cultural diversity, more Chinese students are choosing to study film overseas to become film professionals familiar with both cultures. We invited two international students from China to share… Read more »
The Chicago Irish Film Festival, an annual festival created by Irish filmmakers to present diverse and creative independent films to worldwide audiences, will hold its 23rd annual festival as a hybrid festival. Audiences can join the screening venues in person from March 3 to March 6 and they can also enjoy the festival online from… Read more »
“After Yang,” directed by South Korean-American filmmaker Kogonada, premiered in North America at the Sundance Film Festival this past January where it won the Alfred P. Sloan Prize. The $20,000 award is for directors whose feature-length film focuses on science, technology, or depicts a scientist, engineer, or mathematician as a major character, according to the… Read more »