China's Indie Filmmakers

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Gabrielle Jaffe, China's Indie Filmmakers and the Way of the Dragon Seal. More of them are developing scripts for art house-style movies that can win censors' approval, helping an industry emerge. But is artistic integrity imperiled?  Los Angeles Times, Dec 9, 2012
http://www.latimes.com/entertain ... ndie-films-20121209,0,7228298.story

Note:
(a)
(i) YANG Jin / The Black and White Milk Cow (2004)
杨 瑾/ 一只花奶牛
(ii) For his third indi film "Don't Expect Praises," Mr Yang raised 30% of his 1 million renminbi ($160,000) budget from Heaven Pictures, the report stated.
* Don't Expect Praises 有人赞美聪慧，有人则不
* Heaven Pictures (Beijing) Culture & Media Co Ltd  天画画天（北京）文化传媒有限公司 (founded in 2010)
http://tianhua.w12-e0.ezwebtest.com/
(b) The report said, "Yang's second film was a similarly shoestring, underground affair."
shoestring can be noun or adjective (as here).
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoestring
(c)
(i) WANG Xiaoshuai/ Beijing Bicycle (2001)   王 小帅/ 十七岁的单车
(ii) Lou Ye/ Suzhou River (2000)   娄 烨 / 苏州河
(d) The report averred, "Even if a film does receive a dragon seal, a wide theatrical opening is hardly guaranteed. Without a big-name star or a blockbuster story line, the chances of a film's being shown in China's megaplexes are bleak."
(i) megaplex (n; First Known Use 1986):
"a large multiplex typically housing 16 or more movie theaters"
(ii) multiplex (n, First Known Use 1985; but as adjective meaning "multiple," derived from Latin, has First Known Use in 1557)
"a complex that houses several movie theaters."
http://www.merriam-webster.com/d ... =0&t=1355185448

(e) The report also stated, "But three years ago, the first art house cinema in mainland China opened in Beijing: Broadway Cinematheque Moma."
(i) 当代MOMA百老汇电影中心  broadway cinematheque
http://www.bc-cinema.cn/aboutusStatic.do
("Broadway Cinematheque MOMA is located inside MOMA Linked Hybrid designed by renowned American architect Steven Holl")
(ii) WU Jing  吴 静
(f) "Karin CHIEN, the founder of dGenerate Films"
http://dgeneratefilms.com/team-dgenerate
(Team dGenerate [includes] Karin Chien, President)

錢 盈
(g) Lixin FAN / Last Train Home (2009)  
範 立欣 (Montreal, Canada-based)/ 归途列车