ChinaFest: Film Screenings

The 2025 ChinaFest film program offers two matinee screenings:

2:30 p.m.
Giuseppe Castiglione in China: Imperial Painter, Humble Servant
Producer KPS and JBC, 2014, 26 min.
Jesuit missionary Giuseppe Castiglione of Milan, Italy set sail for China in 1714. After learning Chinese in Macau he adopted a Chinese name, arrived in Beijing, and was soon appointed as a Qing court painter. He skillfully used Western linear perspective and oil painting techniques, combined them with the Chinese aesthetics and traditional media, and developed his own distinctive style. So admired, Castiglione was given access to three generations of Qing emperors and to the royal family.

3:15 p.m.
Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong
Dir. Emily Ting, 2015, 78 min.
Lost in Hong Kong, American Ruby meets expat Josh. Their good chemistry is immediate and unmistakable, but Josh soon reveals he has a girlfriend, angering Ruby. A year later, they reconnect by chance. Josh, now a writer, credits Ruby with his career change. Both reveal they’re in relationships, including an engagement for Ruby. Despite it all, they spend the day together, rekindling feelings. Can their relationship move forward or is the timing just not right?