女人世界 – Chinatown-Cha-Cha

synopsis
故事梗概

The 92-year-old previous nightclub dancer Coby Yee decides to get back on stage again after joining the senior dance troupe Grant Avenue Follies. Together they go on a tour for the last time, bridging once isolated Chinese communities in the US, Cuba and China.
作为旧金山唐人街黄金年代的亲历者，一群七旬至九旬的美国华裔舞者再度走上巡演之路，从美国、古巴，最终来到中国，谱写出一曲海内外华人世界交汇的动人乐章。

The film delves into the diasporic Chinese world, presenting the vibrant flower of life that blooms as Chinese people, as ethnic minorities, grow in vastly different cultural environments.
影片进入到离散的华人世界，呈现了华人作为少数族裔在迥然不同的文化环境下，生长开出的一朵绚丽的生命之花。

- Pingyao International Film Festiva | 平遥国际电影展推荐语 |

Female group portraits often revolve around a family-like life, depicting the flow of women's lives and emotions across generations. However, there is also a group of women who are not bound by kinship, but come together because of their love for dance, becoming each other's family-like existence. As the debut feature film of director and visual artist Luka Yuanyuan Yang, it portrays exactly this kind of story.
女人群像往往围绕一种家庭式的生活展开，描绘代际间女性生活、情感的流动，但是也有这样一群女性，她们并非以亲缘为纽带，而是因对舞蹈的热爱相聚成为彼此堪比家人的存在。作为电影导演、视觉艺术家杨圆圆的长片处女作，描绘的正是此类故事。

- Helen Shi | 石梦

Luka Yuanyuan Yang has been trying to clear away the mist of reality, reconnecting the past with the present, and constantly breaking down barriers and fences between people through the power of stories.
杨圆圆一直在尝试拨开现实的迷雾，重新连接过去与当下，用故事的力量不断打破人与人之间的隔阂与藩篱。

- Sophie Shaw

The project feels so compelling is less due to any ostensible shared 'roots' between the artist and her subjects than a result of the copious care and love with which Yang treats them in lens-mediated space.
这个项目如此引人入胜，与其说是因为艺术家与她拍摄对象之间表面上的"共同根源"，不如说是因为杨圆圆在镜头中介空间里对待她们的丰富关怀和爱。

- Alvin Li

Upcoming events
活动预告

MINT Chinese Film Festival

European Premiere of Chinatown Cha-Cha
Date: February 21 16:00 & February 22 13:30
Location: Keswick Alhambra Cinema

Garden Cinema, London

London Premiere of Chinatown Cha-Cha
Date: March 8, 16:10 (screening) & March 16, 15:30 (Screening + Q&A + Book Signing)
Location: Garden Cinema, London

Cleveland International Film Festival

Date: March 29, 5:05pm ET (Screening + Q&A + DANCE IN HERLAND Book Signing)
Location: Playhouses Square

University of Pennsylvania
Academic Screening Chinatown Cha-Cha
Date: April 1 Program includes:

Feature film screening
Director’s talk

Production Timeline

2018
Encounter | 相遇
Director Luka Yuanyuan Yang meets the protagonists of “Chinatown Cha-Cha” in Las Vegas, and the film enters the pre-production phase

导演杨圆圆和《女人世界》的主角们相遇在拉斯维加斯，影片开始进入前期筹划阶段
2018
Start Filming | 开机
“Chinatown Cha-Cha” officially begins filming in Chinatown, Havana, Cuba
《女人世界》在古巴哈瓦那的唐人街正式开机
2019
Filming | 拍摄
Filming in San Francisco, Las Vegas, and Hawaii, USA
在美国旧金山、拉斯维加斯、夏威夷拍摄
2019
Filming | 拍摄
Filming in China. Pictured is Luka Yuanyuan Yang’s collaboration with a dance troupe at the Shanghai Bund Art Museum, in the form of video installation + performance.
在中国的拍摄。图为杨圆圆与舞团在上海外滩美术馆的合作，形式为影像装置+演出。
2020
Post-production | 后期
The film enters post-production
因为疫情，拍摄计划被迫终止，影片进入后期阶段。
2020
Film Venture Capital Conference | 创投会
Participates in CNEX CCDF-11 (2020)
参与CNEX华人纪录片提案大会（2020 CCDF-11）
2020
Film Venture Capital Conference | 创投会
One International Women’s Film Festival – WIP Program (2020)
山一国际女性电影展 – WIP创投会（2020）
2021
Kickstarter | 发起众筹
“Chinatown Cha-Cha” initiates crowdfunding for post-production funds, with the crowdfunding video receiving over 500,000 views in a week.
影片为筹措后期资金，发起众筹，众筹视频首周的浏览量超过50万次。
2021
Film Venture Capital Conference | 创投会
Doc Edge Rough Cut & Doc Edge Pitch
2021
Film Venture Capital Conference | 创投会
5th Beijing Documentary Week “8-Minute Pitch” Top 10 Proposals

第五届北京纪实影像周 “提案8分钟’ 十佳提案
2021
Film Venture Capital Conference | 创投会
Pingyao International Film Festival WIP Program – Jinji Huayi Award
平遥国际电影展WIP单元 – 金鸡华益奖
2023
Film Venture Capital Conference | 创投会
Aranya Wave Film Festival – WIP Project Award
AWFF海浪电影周·WIP制作中项目年度荣誉

Screenshot
2023
Film Venture Capital Conference | 创投会
Beijing International Film Festival WIP Project Pitches
北京国际电影节项目创投WIP项目
2023
Awards | 导演获奖
Luka Yuanyuan Yang receives the Bvlgari Avrora Award: Inspiring Women
导演获得宝格丽闪耀之辉奖项
2024
Film Festival | 入围电影节
Pingyao International Film Festival – Hidden Dragons (September 2024)
平遥国际电影展 – 藏龙单元（2024年9月）
2024
Film Festival | 入围电影节
Hawaii International Film Festival – Official Selection (October 2024)
夏威夷国际电影节 – 主竞赛（2024年10月）