As the programme of the 76th Berlinale was announced, there were more questions than answers about how the festival would unfold.
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《你的眼睛比太阳明亮》专访:张忠臣导演,陈坤阳制片人
我第一次听说张仲辰,是通过我在电影杂志《大众电影》的编辑。他曾多次向我提起这个名字,称他是近年来最具才华的新晋导演之一。在北京电影学院一带,张仲辰已经几乎成了一种“传奇”。我们在2025年十一月交谈时,这位导演刚刚结束他的欧洲之行,并对下一部长片有很多计划。
Polen Ly on Becoming Human: “I’m always drawn to this longing for something that has disappeared”
Becoming Human (ជាតិជាមនុស្សា), the feature-length debut of Cambodian filmmaker Polen Ly, tries to imagine the experience of a ghost spirit unwilling to part with this world and undergo reincarnation once again. Polen Ly discusses his experience as a self-taught filmmaker, the making of Becoming Human, and being part of Cambodia’s independent filmmaking community.
“Chronovisor” (2026, dir. Jack Auen and Kevin Walker): The allure of written text
In Chronovisor, writer-directors Jack Auen and Kevin Walker achieve something often considered impossible: they create a captivating audiovisual narrative based largely on written sources.
“Tycoon” (2026, dir. Charlotte Zhang): Between the Near Future and the Near Past
Although set in the near future, Charlotte Zhang’s Tycoon is less interested in imagining what lies ahead than in excavating the unresolved histories that continue to shape the present. The film is caught in a time warp, exemplifying how, with the evolution of audiovisual media, the past and the future increasingly coexist in the present.
Color itself is a kind of “filter” produced by the human optical system: Conversation with “Branches from Concrete” director Zhou Zhenyu and sound designer Xu Mo
This year’s International Film Festival Rotterdam featured a strong lineup of contemporary experimental Chinese and Hong Kong films. Among them was Branches from Concrete directed by a Paris-based filmmaker Zhou Zhenyu. Zhou together with sound designer discuss work on the film, collecting archival materials, cinematic image of Hebei province, and how filmmaking can bring people closer to home.
色彩其实也是人类视觉系统的一种“滤镜”:专访《混凝土枝叉》导演周振宇、声音设计徐墨
今年的鹿特丹电影节呈现了一批极具分量的中国当代实验电影作品。其中,同样亮相电影节的还有定居巴黎的导演周振宇,他带来了新短片《混凝土枝叉》。
Fei Mu, “Two Short Essays”
In “Two Short Essays” Fei Mu discusses his concept of ‘atmosphere’ (kongqi) and the state of contemporary Chinese cinema.
费穆,《短文两篇》
在《短文两篇》中,费穆介绍了他关于电影中“空气”的想法,并讨论了外界对电影界的普遍偏见以及中国电影圈内部的矛盾。
NOMSIZ Film Festival (25 October to 9 November, 2025, in Tashkent)
In 2025 in its second edition, NOMSIZ Film Festival is dedicated to amateur, experimental, and social filmmaking in Central Asia, engaging with both the history and the present of independent cinema in the region.
