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Filmmaker Jia Zhangke used the pandemic lockdown to return to his years of movies and archival outtakes, from which he has ...
Jia Zhangke at the closing ceremony of the 7th Pingyao International Film Festival PYIFF Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke is relieved that the festival he founded in the ancient walled city of ...
China's Jia Zhangke says that the big-budget "Ash Is Purest White" does not mean he has turned his back on indie film-making.
Premiering at Cannes earlier this year, Chinese auteur Jia Zhangke’s “Caught by the Tides” is another entry in the filmmaker’s indie career that serves to mystify viewers as much as it ...
“Ash Is Purest White” director Jia Zhangke had an art career ahead of him until a film changed his life. “In 1991, I was 21, studying to be an artist,” he says during a recent interview ...
Sideshow and Janus Films will release the picture exclusively in U.S. theaters at an unspecified date “in the coming months.” “Jia Zhangke is one of the twenty-first century’s most ...
After making 'Caught By The Tides,' Jia Zhangke said that he will begin production on a "road, travelogue film" in October or November this year.
Jia Zhangke, China's quintessential indie director, says that the COVID-era lockdowns gave him a chance to rethink and review the miles of footage that he has shot over more than 20 years of ...
Jia Zhangke’s New Movie Delayed by Coronavirus, Talks Outbreak’s Impact on China’s Film Industry. Exclusive: In an interview from the Berlin International Film Festival, ...
MUMBAI — Chinese auteur Jia Zhangke has revealed plans to produce a film based on “Journey to the West,” based on the classic 16th century novel by Wu Cheng’en. “The West here refers to ...
Jia Zhangke’s Xstream Pictures has struck a co-production deal with Cambodia-based Anti-Archive for the development of the feature 'Building,' marking the Chinese auteur's first foray into one ...
As he prepares to make his first big-budget film, Chinese director Jia Zhangke vows to stay true to the signature documentary style he used to capture the struggles of the country's working class.