The online schedule has been edited. If you download it again, you will see the subtitled films marked with an (E)

Jeff, how to know if there will be subtitles for the one not mentioned in your article? (can't find it on yunfest.org) I wanna see "Survival song" "Without You" "Wind Flowers Snow Moon" for example

Update: Wu Haohao (listed above in "filmmakers to watch out for"), turned up with English subtitle versions of his films.

Thanks Jeff, this is really useful. The program is like a jungle otherwise. There is no word to describe that MS Word schedule :-)

Not sure about voting, but I do know about the archive. Yunfest keeps an archive of films at the Yunnan Provincial Library, including many of the films from their previous festivals. You can't take them out of the library, but there is a small private screening room on the premises. Alternatively, you can catch some of the older films during the regular Sunday screenings at Yuansheng Theater, which should resume after the festival.

cool intro jeff - they all sound interesting, can't wait to see them!

maybe someone should post some info about how to access the films at yunnan library in a wrap-up piece.

will there be any people's choice style voting going on during the festival?

Dear Sir,

We are an Canada based solar company and we need partnet to build a 10MW solar park project here in Ontario Canada.

Solar Energy is about the future as well as the present. Solar energy is a clean, efficient and sustainable form of renewable energy and the greater Dryden areas just happens to be globally positioned to establish a viable solar facility. According to Natural Resources Canada's (NRCan) RETScreen map, the greater city area has the photovoltaic (PV) potential to generate 1200 – 1300 kWh/kW on a south-facing slope which is higher than the world's largest PV producer of energy, Germany.

The city recently completed the Economic Development Strategy and Implementation Plan which identifies Renewable Energy as a target sector for community diversification. To that end, the City is soliciting Expressions of Interest from qualified developers of solar-powered PV systems to construct a 10 Mw ground-mounted solar project within the municipal boundaries. The City has identified 100 acres of un-cultivated field gently sloping to the south, and within 80 metres of an approved connection point to the hydro grid, and with an additional 100 acres for similar development. The area known as Hatch's field is owned by the municipality and is located on the north side of Swanson's Creek bordered by Leach Road and the TransCanada Highway #17. The transformer station (TS) has the capacity to accept an additional 22.3 Mw.

To date the city has made application to Hydro One for Connection Impact Assessments (CIA) for two-10 Megawatt (Mw) PV projects at the site. In addition, the City of Dryden has been proactively preparing for the development over the past year and has completed the following:

§ Passed necessary bylaws for establishment of alternative energy development on the site

§ Made necessary amendments to the City's Official Plan to accommodate PV Parks, and

§ Stated its commitment to taking part ownership of a 10 Mw PV park development.

"The development of a solar park is not just about providing energy to the grid, it is also an economic development opportunity for our community. Qualified developers are being asked to submit a business plan and also identify potential for; employment opportunities (now and in the future) for the local skilled workforce, educational and training opportunities, government grant and funding programs, and new partnership opportunities" stated Mayor.

Requests for Expressions of Interest are to be submitted by April 1st, 2009 for review and evaluation. A short list of 3 proponents will be developed with whom further negotiations will be carried out toward the goal of selecting one proposal for final consideration. The City is hoping to see ground break in the spring of its Centennial year, 2010.

Your prompst reply will be highly appreciated!

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#21- 315 Traders Blvd
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good concert. it's a creative trio!

@CalMatt they have been naming the source from the beginning, but a real link to the original content would be better.

Yup. I got ripped off three times by the local government (that I know of). Go to them and politely complain, and ask for attribution. Emphasize the fact that they are violating Chinese law, and that everyone in China needs to follow Chinese law. I doubt you can get any compensation, but at least they can link to you and put a "courtesy of gokunming.com" at the end of the text they stole.

But with such a high-quality production, didnt anyone think about removing the log-in? Its more such things, than the blatant copying, that strikes my eye. Its not the first time Iv seen similar types of oversight in Chinese products and I always find it amazing... They took the time to edit the name from GoKunming to What' s Kunming (really bad kerning, by the way also), but didnt take the time to remove the login window...

China is the king of copying. No surprise there.

Excellent find Chris...though they are now listing GoKunming as a source for the articles they so kindly republished...someone must be reading, at least!

very funny newspaper indeed :-D

en.kunming.cn is a terrible website but well, they are trying. I read once a story about heavy snow in Shangri-La: they were actually republishing your story that was 1 year old!

Elsewhere this would be an unbelievable picture, but in China ....

My focus in this article was; "controlling sources of pollution ...." Does this mean, slowing it down, diverting it to another lake, or some other useless idea. Will the authorities have real power to strongly penalize the corrupt polluters -- or are they relying on one billion yuan every year?

I would surely love to be an auditor on the project.