She transformed the landscape of martial arts cinema, lifting female characters from the shadows of sidekick status into the fierce, commanding spotlight of lead roles.
Director Wei Shujun focuses on the spaces between plot lines, creating a unique narrative that invites viewers to engage with its subtleties.
NYAFF festival director Sam Jamier weighs in on the 1993 Chinese masterpiece, Farewell My Concubine, and why it is still such an incredible cultural phenomenon to this day.
Zhang Lu, renowned for his arthouse Korean films that often portray the lives of outsiders, discusses his latest film, "The Shadowless Tower," and what inspired him to highlight stories of Beijing locals as well as his childhood memories of the city.
At the New York Film Festival premiere, UNCAGED interviewed Liyo Gong about her shift from DJ and film editor to acting. Gong, known for editing Wang Bing's films, discussed her role as a second-generation Chinese character and delved into Daoist interpretations of serendipity in the film.
Award-winning Chinese documentary director Wang Bing joins the UNCAGED Podcast with documentary director Sun Ningyi to uncover the inspiration behind his Cannes and NYFF selected documentary Youth (Spring).
Writer-director Liu Siyi talks about how her own insomnia led to the initial drafts of her striking feature film debut Flaming Cloud, an exquisite homage to Disney movies and Chinese folklore.
