Beginning at 3:00 pm this afternoon, Kunming will host its first-ever international film festival - BigScreen 2007.

As co-organizer of BigScreen with partner CinaOggi, GoKunming will be posting daily schedules during the five days of the festival – which will be held at Yuansheng Studio in The Loft (创库) art compound at 101 Xiba Lu. The festival is free and open to the public.

Here's the schedule for day one of BigScreen:

--3:00 PM--

Opening Ceremony


--3:30 PM TO 6:30 PM--

Out of Competition

Amateur (03:10 - Lasse Gjertsen – Norway
Hvordan passere en veibane/How to cross a road (00:30) - Lasse Gjertsen – Norway
Sweet Memories (01:30) - Lasse Gjertsen – Norway
Skafandr (02:59) - Alexander Timofeev – Russia
Century Railway (85:00) - Feng Xiaohua, Zeng Tao – China (Documentary)

Videoart & Experimental Films

Reality (03:30) - Silvia De Gennaro – Italy
Roppongi Blues (02:30) - Marina Chernikova – Netherlands
Dies Irae (10:00) - Jean-Gabriel Périot – France

Short Films

La pianta (14:00) - Antonello Novellino – Italy
Record of Labour (6:21) - Mika J Ripatti – Finland
Cyn (05:00) - Alex Ferrari – USA


--8:30 PM　ＴＯ 11:30 PM--

Animation

Child's World (3:00) - Alexander Timofeev – Russia
Mater (7:20) - Paolo Bonfiglio – Italy

Long Documentaries & Movies

Living in a perfect world (70:00) - Diego D'Innocenzo / Marco Leopardi – Italy (Documentary)
The Definition of Insanity (85:00) - Frank Matter / Robert Margolis – USA (Movie)