Silk Road Movie Podcast

In the latest episode in an ongoing series by the Silk Road Movie Podcast focusing on female Chinese filmmakers, we have an exclusive interview with writer director Bai Xue, whose film The Crossing won awards and acclaim around the world. James chats with Bai Xue about The Crossing and about her career, discussing the fresh, dynamic approach and stunning visuals which helped make it such a hit. Following a young girl smuggling mobile phones across the border between Shenzhen and Hong Kong, the film marks Bai Xue as an exciting new talent, and as a director to keep an eye on in the future. 

For the first episode of the Silk Road Movie Podcast, we introduce the Silk Road Movie concept, focused on bringing the very best in Chinese cinema to audiences in the UK and beyond, through film reviews and discussions, and exclusive interviews with Chinese filmmakers and industry talent. 

In this episode, James also picks and talks about five key Chinese films which have had an impact on him, and which give an idea of the kind of films the Silk Road Movie Podcast will be covering. Join us for our first journey along the cinematic Silk Road to China!

For the first in an ongoing series of episodes about female Chinese filmmakers, we're very excited to present an exclusive interview with writer and director Yang Lina, one of the foremost female filmmakers working in China during the last twenty years. James talks to Yang Lina about her latest film Spring Tide, which has been a huge hit online in China, and about her career, which has seen her work in both fiction and documentary, winning awards around the world for her films. 

Thanks to Jan Siegal for the English reading of Yang Lina's answers. 

James is joined by Jacqueline Wang of the UK film distribution company Modern Films to discuss female Chinese filmmaker Cathy Yan, writer and director of the award-winning film festival favourite Dead Pigs. The episode is one in an ongoing series by the Silk Road Movie Podcast focusing on female Chinese filmmakers, and also covers other directors, as well as Yan's move to Hollywood with the big budget DC comic book blockbuster Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey. 

In this episode James and Andy chat with director Lin Zhenzhao, one of the biggest names in Chinese online filmmaking, talking about his latest film The Enchanting Phantom, which is a remake of the Hong Kong classic A Chinese Ghost Story, and which has been a massive hit in China. The episode also covers the rise of online filmmaking and audiences in China, and Lin's other works, including the hit creature feature Snake and his Wong Fei-hung martial arts thriller The Unity of Heroes.