CINEMA OF THE PEASANTS (CNN/ A Song Collective)
[instigator/ Curator]
Con Nha Ngheo (CNN) Cinema, roughly translated as PEASANTS CINEMA, is a community moving-image program curated by independent filmmaker Mai Huyen Chi. Built around screenings, talks, workshops, and mentoring activities, CNN Cinema (Peasants Cinema) promotes the work, the practice, and the moving-image artists across the genres from fiction and non-fiction narrative films to other non-narrative forms of experimental films and video arts.
Having its eyes on authentic and accessible filmmaking, CNN aims to nurture a space and community for grassroot independent filmmaking, one that is freed from budget, reputational, aesthetical and political restraints - at least in the mindset.
Recipient of PURIN's Film Related Activities Fund, Summer 2023
Time: 26-27/08/2023
Location: D.Hải Châu, Đà Nẵng city.
We made a booklet for CNN#2, link below
"In this edition, the works might differ greatly, brimming with mystery and abstraction. They might not be easy to love or understand, and at times, they might not seem related to each other. However, if you're willing to explore, to expose yourself to something you haven't seen or heard before, just as our artists and filmmakers have boldly ventured into uncharted territories within themselves, we believe that hidden behind those enigmatic, unfamiliar exteriors, there's always something valuable."