Dongnan Chen
Dongnan Chen is an independent filmmaker originally from Xi'an, China. Her first film, Sound of Vision, an experimental short following a blind person's exploration of New York, was nominated for an Emmy and premiered at HotDocs. In 2013, The Trail From Xinjiang, a portrait of three pickpockets from the far west of China, won Best Short Documentary at the Asian American International Film Festival in New York and was widely broadcast around the world. In 2021, Singing in the Wilderness told the story of a Miao ethnic minority choir in the highlands of southwest China. The film won the Special Jury Prize at both LAAPFF and Docs Against Gravity. Her latest short film, 14 Paintings (2023), premiered at IDFA, Sundance, and Xining First. Dongnan is a graduate of New York University and has participated in the IDFAcademy and the Sundance Story and Edit Lab.
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14 paintings
Duration: 48 minutes
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The Chinese village of Dafen was once a place where thousands of professional painters made reproductions of Western masterpieces. At the government’s instigation, these artists now paint their own original works. Their paintings hang all over China, in a wide variety of settings, from hospitals to museums, and from offices and commercial buildings to outdoor public locations.
14 paintings
Duration: 48 minutes
Subscription access
The Chinese village of Dafen was once a place where thousands of professional painters made reproductions of Western masterpieces. At the government’s instigation, these artists now paint their own original works. Their paintings hang all over China, in a wide variety of settings, from hospitals to museums, and from offices and commercial buildings to outdoor public locations.
