An ambitious collaboration between Chinese and Western filmmakers this multi-platform series will be a snapshot of China that embraces the rich diversity of China from a uniquely Chinese perspective. Using Chinese directors and crews we get to the heart of a China unknown to the West.

Project summary

THROUGH CHINESE EYES gets into China in a way you’ve never seen before. In an ambitious collaboration between Chinese and Western filmmakers this multi-platform series will be a snapshot of China that embraces the rich diversity of China from a uniquely Chinese perspective. Using Chinese directors and crews we get to the heart of a China unknown to the West. A central character will provide the narrative spine of each half-hour programme. Each story is not be just a descriptive "exposition" but a true narrative that reaches a dramatic conclusion. The narratives will be simple and taken from life challenges. The unfolding narratives will result in a story that gives the audience an insight into what it means to be alive today in China. There will be six filmmakers. Each director will have a direct personal connection to the story s/he tells. Either it will be their own story or the story of someone close to them.

Be it pandas or astronauts, mega-engineering projects or environmental catastrophe, miracle drugs or economic miracles, China is never out of the news. Yet for all the noise about China, it is rare to hear the authentic voice of China. THROUGH CHINESE EYES is an ambitious attempt to give the international audience a unique insight into the life of modern China. Conceived as a multi-platform project THROUGH CHINESE EYES will embrace television, the internet and mobile telephony. Mobile phone originated diaries will be woven into conventional filming to provide a unique documentary experience.

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