Golden Jasmine Chinese Film Festival

A collaboration between the US-China Institute and Confucius Institute at Bryant University and the Rhode Island International Film Festival

CURRENT: Special preview screenings March through April in collaboration between the US-China Institute and Confucius Institute at Bryant University, the Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF).

Contemporary Chinese cinema is at the heart of the Golden Jasmine Chinese Film Festival.

The festival, which is free and open to the public is presented at Bryant University in partnership with the Rhode Island International Film Festival. The festival held its premiere screenings in September 2007.

Bryant’s Confucius Institute was the first China-funded institute in southern New England dedicated to the promotion of Chinese language and culture. This 10-year joint project between Bryant University and the Office of Chinese Language Council International offers resources to benefit students, educators, individuals, and businesses in Rhode Island and the region. Named after the revered Chinese thinker, educator, and philosopher, the Institute is managed by the U.S.-China Institute at Bryant University.

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Spring 2009 Programming:

Golden Jasmine Chinese Film Festival

Thursday, March 26th:
The Golden Jasmine Chinese Film Festival (GJCFF) is an initiative aimed at introducing authentic Chinese culture to American audiences. It is a collaboration between the US-China Institute and Confucius Institute at Bryant University, the Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF) and the Guangzhou Documentary Film Festival.  Programming features contemporary narrative and documentary films from mainland China. Free to the general public.

THE WHO, WHAT AND WHEN OF IT:
Program: “Colorful Seasons in China” and “One Thousand Years of Shaolin Temple”
Date: Wednesday, March 26th:
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Location: Bryant University; Room Papitto, Bryant Center, Smithfield, RI
Cost: Free

Thursday, April 9th:

THE WHO, WHAT AND WHEN OF IT:
Program: “Young and Restless in China”
Date: Thursday, April 9th
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Location: Bryant University; Janikies Auditorium, Unistructure, Smithfield, RI
Cost: Free

Thursday, April 23rd:

THE WHO, WHAT AND WHEN OF IT:
Program: Up the Yangtze
The documentary follows the lives of two young Chinese working on a luxury cruise ship that feeds the hunger of tourists to have a last look at the Yangtze River’s legendary valley. The film observes the astonishing transformation of China’s longest river as well as the human impact brought by the largest hy-droelectric project in history, the Three Gorges Dam.
Date: Thursday, April 23rd
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Location: Bryant University; Janikies Auditorium, Unistructure, Smithfield, RI
Cost: Free. Chinese food will be provided for $5.00/person. Come to experience a Chinese night with movie, food and souvenir!

And, coming in September 2009, Award winning Chinese documentaries from the Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival will be screened on through the partnership with the RIIFF’s Roving Eyes Documentary Festival.

About Bryant University:

For 144 years, Bryant University has developed the knowledge and character of students in order
to help them succeed. A unique integration of business, liberal arts, and technology defines the
Bryant educational experience. Located in Smithfield, R.I., the university has more than 3,600
full- and part-time undergraduate and graduate students. The university is accredited by NEASC
— New England Association of Schools and Colleges, and the College of Business is accredited
by AACSB International — The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Bryant’s
academic reputation is complemented by its business outreach centers that offer services to
businesses in this region.

For more information about this program, please contact:

Adam Short, Producing Director

Rhode Island International Film Festival™

P.O. Box 162
Newport, Rhode Island 02840 (United States)
Street Address: 36 Rhode Island Avenue, Newport, RI 02840

Office: 268 Broadway, Providence, RI 02903
Tel/Fax: (401) 861-4445 / 490-6735
adams@film-festival.org

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