Though home is Beijing, director Ning Ying is no stranger to festivals, participating here twice in the Forum and serving on juries in Locarno and Torino. 'We must judge the films very sincerely and try to be honest before the work of other artists.'
She studied music and the violin. 'At that time in China you could hardly see movies - only in the late 70s could we see Chaplin. But I passed the exam for the Beijing Film Academy in 1978 and later went to the Centro Sperimentale in Rome on a scholarship. At first, I was not used to the freedom and felt lost. I went to the cinema, paid for one ticket and sat through Death in Venice five times! It touched me so much. I spent a lot of time at retrospectives - I'd leave my violin at home!
'Since the mid-80s, Chinese films have begun to travel abroad, thanks to the reformist movements. When I get home, I'll finish my new script and see what the financial conditions will be for shooting, and also if it passes the censorship that is one of the procedures of our industry. It will be set on a train passing through China today. I'm interested in showing the present - how we are and why we behave like this - just as in my previous films, Full Fire and On the Beat. Before leaving, I'd love to see Siegfried and have a night in a beautiful theatre.' PB
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