3/21 & 23 JUE X ACW: 17 Gay Friends
[:en]My 17 Gay Friends is Moxie Peng’s sixth film. Peng is one of Beijing’s most renowned underground filmmakers: his 2012 documentary Micro Search was featured on iQiyi.com and viewed a million times. But My 17 Gay Friends is his first to use Dreamore, a Chinese crowd-funding site that allows anyone to back a project in exchange for rewards set by the creator.[:zh]《My 17 Gay Friends》是地下导演彭陌勰的第六部作品。但却是他第一部通过众筹制作的微电影。电影讲述了北京“同性恋”圈子中发生的故事,但是不同于以往以黑色基调描写同性恋的中国影片,My 17 Gay Friends是一部非常阳光的影片。影片真实地记录了导演的17位同性恋朋友的日常生活,并淡化了对同性恋圈子以往的许多偏见。[:]
3/21 JUE X ACW: China Heavyweight (Golden Horse Award)
[:en]Award-winning filmmaker Yung Chang (Up the Yangtze) returns to China for another riveting documentary on the country’s ever-changing economic landscape—this time through the lens of sports. [:zh]台湾金马奖得主张侨勇导演纪录片讲述了一个拳击教练和他的两个年轻徒弟的故事:齐漠祥是中国最早的职业拳击手,退役后一直在会理挑选适合拳击运动的孩子。拳击是他的信仰,为了拳击,他并不在意艰苦的条件和独身的生活。在他的精心调教下,门生何宗礼和缪云飞获得了一系列成绩,被选入省队,准备国家级比赛。齐漠祥虽然离开职业拳坛很久了,但他依然怀揣梦想,希望重新参加职业…[:]
3/16 & 22 JUE | Music + Art 2014: Wooozy Community Films Special: Vice presents Shut Up and Play the Hits
[:en]On April 2nd 2011, LCD Soundsystem played its final show at Madison Square Garden. LCD frontman James Murphy had made the conscious decision to disband one of the most celebrated and influential bands of its generation at the peak of its popularity, ensuring that the band would go out on top with the biggest and most ambitious concert of its career. The instantly sold out, near four-hour extravaganza did just that, moving the thousands in attendance to tears of joy and grief, with New York magazine calling the event "a marvel of pure craft" and TIME magazine lamenting "we may never dance again." Documenting this once in a life time performance and an intimate portrait of James Murphy as he navigates the lead-up to the show, the day after, and the personal and professional ramifications of his decision.[:zh]作为2014《觉》音乐+艺术节的活动之一,无解音乐网和联合VICE共同在上海和北京放映,附VICE制作的中文字幕。【关于纪录片】 三十五岁发行第一张专辑,四十二岁急流勇退,从只想在Club 与群众共舞,到一票难求的万人告别派对。《Shut Up and Play the Hits》记录了以James Murphy 为首的纽约舞曲朋克劲旅解散前后四十八小时。以双线叙事穿梭麦迪逊花园广场最后一场演唱会的盛况,与卸下LCD Soundsystem 光环后第一天的生活,企图在喧嚣落幕之后,摸索James Murphy 选择在巅峰引退的始末,从他对音乐产业和自我价值的强烈自觉与焦虑,一探LCD Soundsystem 最动人的核心特质。[:]
3/16 & 23 JUE X ACW Closing Event: Comrade Kim Goes Flying
[:en]Comrade Kim goes Flying is North Korea’s first “girl power” movie. It explores the story of a girl who’s trying to reach for her dreams, to carve out her own future. Comrade Kim Yong Mi is a North Korean coal miner. Her dream of becoming a trapeze artist is crushed by the arrogant trapeze star Pak Jang Phil, who believes miners belong underground and not in the air. Take a breather and settle yourself for this heartwarming story of an ordinary girl trying to make the impossible possible. [:zh]这部由Nick Bonner导演的朝鲜电影讲述了一个梦想成为空中飞人的朝鲜矿工女如何战胜霸权,最终实现梦想的励志故事![:]
3/11 & 12 JUE X ACW Opening Event: Yangon Calling–Punk in Myanmar
[:en] Yangon Calling is a documentary movie about the Burmese Punk Rock underground, directed by Berlin based filmmakers Alexander Dluzak and Carsten Piefke. For young Burmese, punk provides a way to stand up against the pressures they have to face in their day-to-day lives. In the 90′s, sailors brought the first punk rock cassettes into the isolated country. Since then a scene with several hundred followers has emerged in Yangon. [:zh]仰光的召唤,是一部关于缅甸朋克文化的记录片,由德国电影制作人Alexander Dluzak和Carsten Piefke导演。 影片中,Dluzak和Piefke通过六个星期与仰光当地年轻朋克音乐人的亲密接触,展现了缅甸朋克文化最真实的现状,以及其在青年文化中扮演的重要角色...[:]