Waving Kites: Hong Kong Diaspora Cinema UK Tour
The tour will take place in Newcastle, Manchester, Edinburgh, Sheffield, Southampton and London from April to May 2026, exploring Hongkonger […]
CIFA and Newcastle University Host Documentary Cultural Day for North East Pupils
The Chinese Independent Film Archive (CIFA), in collaboration with the School of Modern Languages at Newcastle University, will host another […]
The Tenth CIFA Screening and Research Seminar – The Work of Return: Livelihoods, Land, and the Making of Home
We are pleased to announce the tenth CIFA Screening and Research Seminar, titled ‘The Work of Return: Livelihoods, Land, and the […]
British Council 2025/26 Connections Through Culture Grant Success
We are delighted to announce that CIFA and Jenny Man Wu, an independent artist and curator based in China, have […]
Launch Event for Issue 7 of Chinese Independent Cinema Observer ‘Media Archaeology and Obsolescence’
Doing PhD Research on Chinese Independent Media in Transnational Contexts Panel discussants: Desiree Marianini, Hong Pang, Lynette Qiuyang Shen, Yizhou […]
The Ninth CIFA Screening and Research Seminar – The Contested Modernisation: Seeing through A Faux Ancient Blueprint
We are pleased to announce the ninth CIFA Screening and Research Seminar, titled ‘The Contested Modernisation – Seeing through A […]
The Eighth CIFA Screening and Research Seminar: Performativity, Intimacy, and Intergenerational Memory in Women’s Documentary Practices
Date: June 11, 2025 (Wednesday), 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM Venue: Chinese Independent Film Archive (CIFA), Old Library Building 2.23, […]
Two Events with Tammy Cheung and Augustine Lam
Venue: Digital Lounge, Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle upon Tyne Organiser: Dr Raisa Sidenova, Newcastle University Screening 12 June 2025, 15:00 – […]
CIFA Hosts Chinese Independent Film Screening for Local Secondary School Pupils
CIFA has been actively promoting the use of films collected in our archive in secondary education and reaching out to local […]
The Seventh CIFA Screening and Research Seminar – Space of Ruins: Fragments of a City
We are delighted to announce the seventh CIFA Screening and Research Seminar, Space of Ruins: Fragments of a City, chaired by […]