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27/02/2026

UNSEEN HISTORIES, UNSETTLED MEMORIES
Suppressed Films from China’s New Documentary Movement

March 12–14, 2026
Sinema Transtopia, Berlin

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This three-day program revisits a largely censored and long-overlooked chapter of China’s New Documentary Movement. Works made in the late 1980s and early 1990s — many suppressed after 1989 — return to the screen in their first unified presentation.

The series includes two world premieres and three German premieres.

On the final day, March 14, three of the directors will be joined by invited scholars and guests for a public panel discussion. Together, they will reflect on the political and ethical stakes of documentary practice at that historical moment, the conditions of censorship, and the ongoing urgency of reclaiming suppressed cinematic memory.

We warmly invite you to join the screenings and stay for the dialogue.

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Presented by China Unofficial Archives, CiLENS and Berlin Contemporary China Network (BCCN).

29/12/2025

✨ 𝗖𝗶𝗟𝗘𝗡𝗦 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 — 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 ✨

As 2025 comes to a close, we look back on a year shaped by continuity, resonance, and collective presence.

Throughout the year, all CiLENS programs were made possible with the generous support of the 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 . Their funding enabled a full year of screenings, festivals, and community-based cultural work — and we are deeply grateful.

✨ 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬
We opened the year with a 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 in collaboration with , combining film screenings, Mahjong, karaoke, and shared meals across five days.
In April, 𝗣𝗹𝘂𝗺 𝗥𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝘂𝗿𝗺𝘂𝗿𝘀 returned to with a poetic revisit of classic films, with multiple screenings reaching full capacity.
June marked a high point with 𝗧𝗙𝗖 𝘅 𝗖𝗶𝗟𝗘𝗡𝗦: 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻-𝗔𝗶𝗿 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 in collaboration with , bringing together cinema, live performances, curated tea, and a late-night party with across two sold-out nights.
In July, the 2nd edition of 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱, co-presented with , welcomed over 𝟓𝟎𝟎 participants across screenings, workshops, and conversations.
August unfolded through an intimate 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗼𝗽-𝗨𝗽 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 with and the 𝟰𝘁𝗵 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝘅 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗱𝘂 · 𝗦𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗮𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 with .berlin , welcoming over 300 audience members to a fully booked cinema.
We closed the year with the 𝟰𝘁𝗵 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗖𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗺𝗮 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 (𝗜𝗖𝗖𝗪) at , welcoming more than 𝟳𝟬𝟬 audience members over four days of sold-out screenings and conversations.

💫 𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝
As our funding landscape evolves, CiLENS continues as an independent, collaborative platform rooted in care, openness, and long-term relationships.

Thank you to everyone who made this year what it was.
See you in 2026 with CiLENS.

12/11/2025

𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙚 𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝘾𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙢𝙖 𝙒𝙚𝙚𝙠 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝙍𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙥✨

What an emotional and inspiring journey — four days of films and conversations that reimagined the power of cinema as language, action, and future.

With over half of the sold-out screenings, this year’s ICCW brought together over 700 audiences across cultures to narratives of migration, q***rness, ethnic minorities, labor, belonging, and more.

This year, ICCW took place at 𝗠𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼 , the oldest independent arthouse cinema in Germany — a poetic encounter between a young, evolving festival and a historic space where time unfolds cinematically.

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🎬 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁-𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀:
– 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙝: 𝙃𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 — discussion moderated by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, author, and researcher Ian Johnson .
– 𝙒𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙈𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙: 𝙎𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙨 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙢 𝙄𝙄 — moderated by historian Dr. Yang Qiao.
– Berlin Premiere of 𝙓𝙞𝙭𝙞 — with editor Anna Magdalena and protagonist Xixi in attendance for a heartfelt Q&A, greeted with tears and cheers from the audience.
– 𝙎𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙨 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙢 𝙄𝙄𝙄: (𝙍𝙚)𝙬𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙃𝙚𝙧 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 — joined by filmmaker Pahriya Ghalip (Ada) , who shared openly about her creative journey and cultural identity.

Each conversation naturally continued in the lounge, where filmmakers, curators, and audiences lingered in deep exchange long after the screenings ended.

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Huge thanks to all our collaborators, partners, and everyone who joined us — your energy made this edition truly special.
As we look back on CiLENS’s three-year journey, we are reminded that cinema is not only a mirror of the world, but a medium through which the world can be reimagined and reshaped.

Reaching its fourth edition, ICCW also marks a moment of transformation. From its roots in the Sinophone world, our curatorial practice will continue to expand across Asia and its diasporas — moving between regions, languages, and disciplines to generate new dialogues and connections.

08/11/2025

ICCW 2025 Opening Party Recap

A beautiful night to begin the 4th Indie Chinese Cinema Week ✨
Thank you to everyone who joined our Opening Party with Jiā La — a night of live music, guqin, performances, and DJ sets that connected traditions, energies, and communities across the Asian diaspora.

The evening opened with ’s contemplative guqin performance — a meditative dialogue between ritual sound and time. followed with a powerful, unique sonic experiment blending voice, acoustic textures, and electronics.

The debut performance “Echoes of Ink” by and wove together healing sound and calligraphic movement, transforming the place into a space of resonance and ritual.

As the night deepened, three DJ sets brought a vibrant diversity of energies to the dance floor — from hypnotic basslines to cosmic frequencies — and we all shared such joy, movement, and togetherness.

Gratitude to all artists, friends, and collaborators who made it possible!

Photo credit: Shin .shinphoto

06/11/2025

𝗜𝗖𝗖𝗪 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗧𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁
𝗔 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗖𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗺𝗮

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𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 shared for the opening
To celebrate the start of the festival, director 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐠 𝐉𝐮𝐧 shared a heartfelt 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, wishing everyone a joyful screening and welcoming audiences into the world of Cinema

Set in a frozen northern town, Bel Ami follows Zhang Zhiyong, a middle-aged man who decides to come out after years of silence. He meets Xu Gang, freshly out of a breakup, and their encounter quietly ignites a spark between them. Meanwhile, A Ying and Liu Ying — a young couple — seek a gay man for a marriage of convenience, hoping to bring a shared child into their families. In this town, love becomes a vehicle for recognition, and beneath the passion simmers a biting social farce about identity and belonging.

Directed by Geng Jun, Bel Ami was nominated for 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟔𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐆𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 , and hailed as “𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐚.”

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🎥 Screening:𝐍𝐨𝐯 𝟗, 𝟏𝟕:𝟑𝟎 at 𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐨 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧
🔗 Ticket link via link in bio
Video edited by Shuowen SHEN

05/11/2025

𝐈𝐂𝐂𝐖 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰!

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Director 𝐖𝐔 𝐅𝐚𝐧 of Xixi has sent a 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 ahead of the festival’s opening, wishing the event a smooth start and sharing that the poem and bookstore featured in her film are located right next to the cinema hosting ICCW.

WU Fan, a Taiwanese director and producer, graduated from National Taiwan University and the EU’s documentary program. Her debut feature Xixi received the 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 at Hot Docs 2024, was selected for the@𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐦 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥, and nominated for 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 and 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚 𝐏𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬.

🎬 Xixi will be screened 𝐨𝐧 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟗, 𝟏𝟓:𝟎𝟎 at𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐨 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧, followed by an in-person 𝐐&𝐀 with the film’s editor .magdalenas and protagonist Xixi

🎟️ Tickets: €11 / €9
🔗 Ticket link available via link in bio
Video edited by Jianing LIU

04/11/2025

🎬 𝐈𝐂𝐂𝐖 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤!

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Four days, six features, fifteen shorts — Indie Chinese Cinema Week returns to Berlin ⚡️

📅𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟔–𝟗
📍 𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧

From tenderness to revolt, from memory to migration — ICCW 2025 unfolds voices that speak from within: poetic documentaries, radical fictions, diasporic reflections, and q***r reimaginings.

Join us for four days of screenings, dialogues, and encounters celebrating independent Chinese-language cinema.

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🎟 Tickets are going fast — secure yours now!

Festival Pass now available: access all 9 screenings and receive an exclusive ICCW gift set.（DM us about purchases and details )

👉 Book tickets now via link in bio!

03/11/2025

3 DAYS TO GO!

The 4th Indie Chinese Cinema Week kicks off this Wednesday!

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✨ 5–9 June at Kino Moviemento & Giri, Berlin

From opening night celebrations to six feature screenings and three short film programs, this year’s edition brings together voices across regions, generations, and forms — all within one week of independent Chinese cinema.

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🎟 Full schedule in slides
📍Moviemento Kino & Giri Berlin .berlino

02/11/2025

CiLENS Presents: The Secret of My Birth
《莉莉》
A Conversation with Li Jing

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CiLENS sat down with Chinese filmmaker Li Jing to discuss her short film The Secret of My Birth (莉莉) — a haunting coming-of-age story set in a humid seaside town in southern China.

Through the eyes of eleven-year-old Lili, the film reveals the quiet violence of son preference and the complex emotional world of a girl forced to confront her own family’s expectations.

When Lili learns that her parents are expecting another baby, a boy — something inside her begins to shift. What begins as childish jealousy slowly transforms into a chilling, instinctive resistance. Beneath the summer heat and the hum of cicadas, The Secret of My Birth unfolds like a fever dream of love and harm intertwined.
Drawing from her own memories of Beihai, Li Jing explores how tenderness and cruelty can coexist — not as opposites, but as reflections of systemic and generational patterns:

“Why can love and harm exist at the same time? I believe there’s something structural and deep-rooted behind it — that’s the real issue.”

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🎬 The Secret of My Birth (莉莉)
🇨🇳 Directed by Li Jing
🎞️ 2022 · 30 min · Cantonese with Chinese & English Subtitles
🌍 German Premiere

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🇩🇪 German Premiere at ICCW 2025
Part of (Re)writing Her Story 重写她声 · Shorts Program III

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🎟️ Don’t miss it on the big screen
Sat 9 Nov / 18:00–20:00 / Moviemento Kino 2
Tickets via link in bio.

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Interview ：Kexin XU
Editing / Translation ：Jianing LIU
Design ：Minu KIM
With support from CiLENS
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01/11/2025

CiLENS Presents: A Brighter Summer Day for the Lady Avengers: A Conversation with Birdy Wei-Ting Hung

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CiLENS sat down with Taiwanese filmmaker Birdy Wei-Ting Hung to talk about their short film A Brighter Summer Day for the Lady Avengers — a giallo-drenched feminist reimagining of Edward Yang’s classic, where the silenced heroine finally takes revenge.

Inspired by the vibrant yet repressed film culture of Taiwan under martial law, the film turns the memory of A Brighter Summer Day inside out — transforming tragedy into defiance. In Hung’s version, the girl who once met her fate in darkness now returns to the screen drenched in red, reclaiming the agency history denied her.

Through this “revenge fantasy,” Hung rethinks how women, both filmmakers and audiences, have always existed in cinema yet rarely in its written history:

“Since women filmmakers and audiences have always been there, we’re not written into history. That’s why I make revenge fantasies — to create a world that should have existed but was erased.”

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🇩🇪 German Premiere at ICCW 2025
Part of (Re)writing Her Story 重写她声 · Shorts Program III

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🎬 Read the full interview on our website: www.cilens-film

🎟️ Don’t miss it on the big screen
Sat 9 Nov / 18:00–20:00 / Moviemento Kino 2
Tickets via link in bio.

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Interview ：Kexin XU
Editing / Translation ：Jianing LIU
Design ：Minu KIM
With support from CiLENS
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31/10/2025

Re)writing Her Stories 重写她声

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Five shorts by women filmmakers opening cinematic spaces for new languages and subjectivities, carving a room of their own on screen and rewriting possibilities for the future. All German Premiere

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🎞️ Lineup
The Secret of My Birth 莉莉

Black Goat 小阿尼偷羊记

A Brighter Summer Day for The Lady Avengers 风流少女杀人事件

Her Times 她这样度过了一天

Ada 阿达
With Director of Ada present

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Saturday, November 8
20:00–22:00
Moviemento Kino 2, Berlin
Tickets via link in bio

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Music by Temple Rat

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