UCCA Art Cinema present Story of Film: An Odyssey, an epic 15-part, 900-minute worldwide guided tour of the greatest movies ever made! The film is made over five years on six continents, covering 12 decades and a thousand films. Based on award-winning Mark Cousin's book of the same name, the film explores to story of cinematic innovation and how film-makers are influenced both by the historical events of their times, and by each other. It spans from the first steps of silent cinema, the emergence of Hollywood and the star system, to the artistic evolution of film in Russia, Japan, Germany, France, Italy, Britain, Scandinavia and the USA.

Interviewees include filmmaker Alexander Sokurov, Tian Zhuangzhuang, Tsai Ming-liang, Gus Van Sant, Lars Von Trier, Win Wenders, Abbas Kiarostami, Bernardo Bertolucci, Ken Loach, Jane Campion and many more.

5.18
19:00-21:00
Episode 1: Birth Of The Cinema (1900-1920)
Episode 2: The Hollywood Dream (1920’s)
5.19
16:00-18:00
Episode 3: Expressionism, Impressionism, Surrealism: Golden Age Of World Cinema (1920’s)
Episode 4: The Arrival Of Sound (1930’s)
18:30-20:30
Episode 5: Post-War Cinema (1940’s)
Episode 6: Sex & Melodrama (1950’s)
5.20
18:30-20:30
Episode 7: European New Wave (1960’s)
Episode 8: New Directors, New Form (1960’s)
5.25
19:00-21:00
Episode 9: American Cinema of the 70’s
Episode 10: Movies To Change The World (1970’s)
5.26
16:30-18:30
Episode 11: The Arrival of Multiplexes and Asian Mainstream (1970’s)
Episode 12: Fight The Power: Protest in Film (1980’s)
19:00-22:00
Episode 13: New Boundaries: World Cinema in Africa, Asia, Latin America (1990’s)
Episode 14: New American Independents & The Digital Revolution (1990’s)
Episode 15: Cinema Today and The Future (2000’s)

UK Now is the largest ever festival of British arts and creative industries to take place in China. Coinciding with the London Olympics and the 40th anniversary of China-UK Ambassadorial relations, the Festival will bring British and Chinese arts institutions, artists and art lovers closer together. In collaboration with British Council, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA) will present a series of art experience events in music, architecture, design, visual art, dance, literature and film.

Partner: British Council