Filmless Festivals and Dragon Seals: Independent Cinema in China.

The article discusses the changes in the Chinese independent film festival scene and reviews the challenges faced by the Beijing International Film Festival. The author offers an “update from the ruins,” as government censorship, an absence of institutional support, and finds hope for the future at the Shanghai International Film Festival, the Pingyao Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon International Film Festival, and the West Lake International Documentary Film Festival.