Shorts in competition – May 3 at 5 pm at BLA
In light of China’s increasing relevance in our daily lives, for the 9th edition of the festival, Sinophonies: films in Chinese wants to contribute to deconstructing the common and often prejudiced image of what denotes Chineseness as a monolithic and monolingual entity. To do so, the short films of this selection are all made by sinophone directors (which means they are Chinese speakers), even if not all of them were born or resident in mainland China. Peripheries and margins, geographic as much as linguistic; territories and cultural formations that rethink their relationship with modern and old China (such as Taiwan and Hong Kong); experiences of migration abroad. Such topics are the main terrains on which Sinophonies moves. For the first time, one of the films in the competition has been translated by a group of students, who will also be part of the jury for awarding the prize.
The selection is curated by a team of sinologists, mediators and professors of Chinese language and culture: Sabrina Ardizzoni (University for foreigners of Siena), Federico Picerni (University of Bologna) and Clara Longhi, cinema expert who has worked in numerous festivals in Italy and China (SSML Carlo Bo/IULM Milan University). Starting this year, Sinofonie involves the cooperation of the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures of the University of Bologna.
HAVE A LOOK HERE AT THE SINOFONIE SELECTION
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