Contemporary Chinese Films and Celebrity Directors

Dr Shenshen Cai is a Lecturer at the Swinburne University of Technology in Australia. Originally from Beijing, Dr Cai completed her PhD in contemporary Chinese culture studies with the School of Humanities at Griffith University and has a broad research interest in contemporary Chinese literature, film, theatre and folklore studies.

• Introduction.- Han Han and His Debut Film The Continent: Identity in Flux, Cruel Youth,    and Broken Ideals.- Guo Jingming and His Tiny Times Film Series.-  Xu Jinglei: A Successful Actor-writer-director.- Zhao Wei and Her Debut Film So Young: Nostalgia for the Innocent Adolescent.-  Jiang Wen and His Signature Films: Let the Bullets Fly and Gone with the Bullets.- Jiang Wenli and Her Autobiographical Film Lan.- Conclusion.