Chinese film festival coming to MU in April

The Chinese Film Festival will take place at Millersville University April 15th through the 24h. The festival is sponsored by the School of Humanities & Social Sciences, The Chinese Executive Training Program, and the Humanities Film Series, all of which are fixtures at the school. The film Roots and Branches will be shown the 15 and will feature an opening reception in which Dr. Enyang Guo, Dr. Zen Shi, and Millersville Professor, Dr. Jill Craven will all speak. Other films to be shown include: Old Well, The Knot, Perhaps Love, and Still Life. “There is not much known about Chinese cinema in the U.S. It’s wonderful to have exposure and talk to people who have so much insight.” said Dr. Craven, Professor of film studies.

The festival is to be held in Myers Auditorium, McComsey Hall and is open to the public and all showings are free.

Zheng Yi, screenwriter of Old Well, will appear on the 16 to speak about his film, he is a well-known Chinese humanitarian that is a published writer; he is also a journalist as well as a screenwriter. Yi is invited on behalf of the Humanities Film Series. Other notable attendees include Dean John Short and retired state senator Representative Gib Armstrong.

Millersville has been the host university for the Chinese Executive Training Program since 1998 and has helped 83 Chinese executives learn about business in the United States. With what the executives learn in America they return to China and apply what they have learned to business and social networking.

When asked what attendees should take away from this festival, Dr. Craven replied, “An Appreciation of Chinese culture. It should create a cross-cultural understanding through the arts in an interesting way.”

The Chinese Film Festival is a great event and all are urged to attend this rare experience to see inspiring films and to learn about both Chinese cinema and culture.