KNITTING Dir: Yin Lichuan, China, 98mins, 2008, Chinese with Chinese and English subtitles.

Daping hates Haili. Haili strode out of nowhere into her apartment, her life, and her promising relationship with Chen Jin. Though Daping tries to be a kind and honest person, Haili bullies her mercilessly. Then one day, Chen Jin disappears, leaving Daping pregnant again and not knowing how to survive. Haili has also experienced many hardships and difficulties in her life, and might be just the person to help Daping in troubled times. Although her mocking attitude doesn't change, there's still a chance for a bond to form between these two women's hearts

Director's Statement: This is a moving film full of humanism. Created in the style of traditional realism, the film focuses on social reality. But society is only the background for a vivid depiction of people and their stories. The film unfolds from a female perspective and deals with female themes. Yet it expands from these themes to demonstrate humanism and express my understanding of life compassion and forgiveness, as well as pay tribute to the protagonists' tenacity.

About the Director: As an important member of the poetry society "Xiabanshen (Lower Half of the Body)", she is praised as the leading female writer of the generation of "post-1970s" and "the cool generation". In 2006, she wrote and directed her first film The PARK, It is rapidly making her "one of the ten most eye-catching young directors in the new Chinese film power" (Variety).

SCREENING TIMES:

19/03 周五(Fri) 19:30 +cocktail party +(Q&A) 20/03 周六(Sat) 16:00(Q&A) 21/03 周日(Sun) 16:00 24/03 周三(Wed) 21:30 27/03 周六(Sat) 16:00(Q&A) 28/03 周日(Sun) 16:00