Beginning this week, Cinema on the Edge: The Best of the Beijing Independent Film Festival 2012-2014 will bring a selection of narrative, documentary, animated, and experimental films by independent Chinese filmmakers to New York City. The program runs from August 7 – September 13 at venues including Anthology Film Archives, Made in NY Media Center by IFP, Maysles Cinema, Asia Society, Columbia University, and UnionDocs.

Cinema on the Edge is organized by Karin Chien, Shelly Kraicer, and J.P. Sniadecki and features a number of filmmakers in person for discussion, including Li Luo, Wang Wo, Huang Ji, Zhu Rikun, J.P. Sniadecki, Zou Xueping, and Li Xinmin, with introductions by Cinema on the Edge curator Shelly Kraicer.

To learn more, visit the program’s website at www.cinemaontheedge.com.