The 19th Annual ChinaFest is held during February 1-4, 2024
All film screenings are at Ukrop Auditorium, Inside Queally Hall, The Robins School of Business, University of Richmond; in partnership with Office of International Education on February 2nd and 4th.
142 UR Dr, Richmond, VA 23173
Date/Time/Film
Friday, February 2 / 5:00 p.m. /Yesterday Once More
Sunday, February 4 / 1:00 p.m. /Project Gutenberg
Sunday, February 4 / 3:00 p.m. /Dora Fugh Lee: A Biographical Documentary
Ukrop Auditorium, Robins School of Business
Friday, Feb 2, 5:00 p.m.
“Yesterday Once More”
Dir. Yoyo Yao, China, 2016, 108 min.
Introduction by Zhiang Fan, Junior, UR student.
Lin is at the top of her high school class. During a test, she resorts to cheating
and is spotted by Gao, a struggling student. When the teacher suspects that
students have been cheating, Gao claims responsibility. Grateful to not get
caught but feeling guilty for Gao’s troubles, Lin strikes up a friendship that
later leads to a date. Circumstances and time end the relationship, but after university, Lin plans a trip hoping to reconnect with Gao.
Ukrop Auditorium, Robins School of Business
Sunday, Feb 4, 1:00 p.m.
Project Gutenberg
Dir. Felix Chong, Hong Kong, 2018, 130 min.
Introduction by Jonah Reisboard, Senior, UR student.
A series of robberies and crimes involving exceptionally-sophisticated counterfeit money have the Hong Kong Police Force actively pursuing the gang of perpetrators. Through the extradition of former gang member Lee Man, the police are hot on the trail of Chow, the gang’s mastermind. As other former gang members turn up dead, Lee Man finds himself fearful of a similar fate.
Ukrop Auditorium, Robins School of Business
Sunday, Feb 4, 3:00 p.m.
Dora Fugh Lee: A Biographical Documentary
Dir. Samantha Cheng, USA, 2023.
Introduction and post-film discussion led by director Samantha Cheng.
Visual artist Dora Fugh Lee was born in 1929 to a Peking (Beijing) family with royal lineage, and grew up during an extraordinarily tumultuous era in China’s history: experiencing the abdication of the Emperor, twice; invasion of China by the Japanese; and World War II and a civil war between the Chinese Nationalists and Communist Party. Documentarian and journalist Samantha Cheng explores why Lee’s artwork is so compelling and how her life and evolution of art shed light on the Chinese and American experience.