One of China’s indie film showcases fell dark on Saturday, as electrical power was cut during the opening screening of the 9th Beijing Independent Film Festival. Held in the Songzhuang arts district in the outskirts of Beijing, the festival’s opening ceremony drew about 500 attendees by organizers’ estimates, more than double the single day attendance record from past editions of the festival. The ceremony commenced Saturday afternoon, with artistic director Wang Hongwei welcoming filmmakers and guests, followed by a screening of "Egg and Stone" directed by Huang Ji. Winner of a Tiger Award at this year’s Rotterdam International Film Festival, the film is a candid portrait of sexual abuse in a rural Chinese family. The screening was interrupted at midpoint by a power failure that affected the entire residential block surrounding the venue. Organizers say that prior to the outage local authorities had asked them not to...
- 8/20/2012
- by Kevin B. Lee
- Indiewire
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