Looking for films in the catalog ?

• Feature films: search subject keywords "feature films China"; "feature films Taiwan" or "feature films Hong Kong".
• Documentaries: search subject keywords like "documentary China"; "documentary Taiwan"; "documentary Hong Kong".
• TV drama: search subject keywords like "television plays Chinese"
• Search director as author and limit the format to "video" in the advance search.
• Search film titles in Pinyin, consult Wade-Giles to Zhuyin to Pinyin Conversion Table if needed.

Film studies and criticism

• "Motion pictures--China" or "Motion pictures--China--Hisory"
• "Motion pictures--China--Hong Kong" or "Motion pictures--China--Hong Kong--History"
• "Motion pictures--Taiwan" or "Motion pictures--taiwan--History"

Selected internet resources

Film Studies in general:

• Asian Film Connections (Asia Pacific Media Center, Annenberg Center for Communication, University of Southern California, CA, USA) Key features of the Website include: (1) A list of all films made in China, India, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan from 1998 on, including basic information such as synopses, filmmakers, cast, length, format, and availability of prints. (2) Eight to fifteen highlighted films and directors from each country, with detailed information and video clips. (3) A list of all internationally awarded films of each country from 1988 on Reviews, essays, interviews and filmographies, plus reprints from Asia's leading film journals, such as Cinemaya and Movie/TV Marketing. (4) Press kits and contact information. (5) Links to other relevant websites.
• Bibliography of performing arts in the east in Western languages
• The Chinese mirror: a journal of Chinese film history
• Chinese Taipei Film Archive (in Chinese & English) Dedicated to the preservation of Taiwan's film heritage: news; events; collections; publications; links
• The Database of Taiwan Cinema (in Chinese) New films; filmographies; bibliographies; index to major events; statistics; history, etc.
• Guide on the study of Media from MCLC (Modern Chinese Literature and Culture)
• Hong Kong Film Archive (in Chinese & English) Archive functions; public access facilities; programs & seminars; exhibitions; archive collections; newsletters & publication
• Hong Kong Film Critics Society Reviews & essays by members
• Hong Kong Movie DataBase Searchable by title or name & by English or Chinese
• The Illuminated Lantern Features on Hong Kong & Asian films, topically organized; reviews; yearbooks
• Official China Media Guide (A Complete Listing of Media Approved by the Central and Local Governments of the People's Republic of China

Documentaries:

• Bibliography of documentary film in China from Paul Traynor
  
• China Independent Documentary FilmArchive
• China Documentary Films (in Chinese and English) New documentary films, direcotrs, reviews & essay.
• dGenerate films : reviews and introductions of independent films from scholars.
• fanHALLfilms 现象网 (in Chinese): Information of independent film.
• Ji Lu Guan Dian (记录观点) Viewpoint (in Chinese): the Taiwan Public Television Station website devoted to Taiwan documentary film.

Film Festivals in Hong Kong, Mainland and Taiwan:

Hong Kong:

• Chinese Documentary Festival 華語紀錄片節
• Hong Kong Film Award 香港電影金像獎
• Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards 香港電影評論學會獎
• Hong Kong Independent Short Film & Video Award 香港獨立短片及錄像比賽

Mainland:

• Beijing College Student Film Festival 北京大学生电影节
• Beijing Independent Film Festival 北京独立电影展
• China Documentary Film Festival 中国纪录片交流周
• China Film Golden Rooster & Hundred Flowers Film Festival 金鸡百花电影节
• China Independent Film Festival 中国独立影像年度展
• Shanghai International Film Festival 上海国际电影节
• Yunnan Multi Culture Visual Festival 云之南记录影像展

Taiwan:

• Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival 臺北金馬影展
• Taipei Film Festival 臺北電影節
  
• Taiwan International Documentary Festival 臺灣國際紀錄片雙年展