Thames River Yunnan Film Festival
(Feb-2025)
OBA is delighted to share the success of the 2025 Thames Bank Chinese Yunnan Film Festival, held on 15th February 2025 at the King’s College London. The event brought together an engaged audience of film lovers, students, cultural scholars, and members of the Chinese and UK creative communities for a meaningful exploration of Yunnan’s cinematic stories.
The screenings featured a carefully curated selection of films that highlighted the diversity and evolving identity of Yunnan Province. From sweeping documentaries like China: Beyond the Clouds to the much-anticipated preview of Ao Yang Bai by director Dong Jilan, each film offered a unique window into the region’s traditions, landscapes, and contemporary challenges.
Other standout screenings included:
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Herbarium of Bazi Collection & Botanical Garden
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Tea and Horse Trail
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Shanren: Into the Mountains
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Tisese: A Documentary on Three Mosuo Women
The success of this event reflects a growing interest in regional Chinese cinema and its power to bridge communities through storytelling.
Supporting "Tide" New Youth Contemporary Art Exhibition
(June-2023)
OBA is proud to support the "Tide" New Youth Contemporary Art Exhibition ( Young Artiest 【潮汐】新⻘年当代艺术展) hosted by Chinese Student and Scholars Association, Goldsmith, University of London. We believe in the power of art to inspire and unite communities. As a artist supporter, OBA has collaborated closely with the event organizers to enhance the media exposure of the exhibition.
Mirror Garden // Cloud Forest @ London
(In progress)
The world’s leading contemporary art museum The Hayward Gallery at Southbank Centre commissions the global premiere of the monumental installation Cloud Forest, created by internationally renowned multidisciplinary artist and Oscar winner Tim Yip. Cloud Forest is an outdoor kinetic pavilion who’s canopy is made of recycled plastic in a ground-breaking process and a group of sixteen bronze sculptures.
The Southbank Centre is the most popular art venue in Britain. Covering an area of 11 acres, it has restaurants, bars, street food markets and spectacular riverside scenery.
Tim Yip's Talk @ British Museum
(coming in Sept-2023)
Embodying his aesthetic concept 'New Orientalism', Tim Yip's work draws upon ancient cultures to reshape thinking about the future. Whether that be in projects such as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), the Athens Olympics handover ceremony (2004) or his rendition of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring (2019) with director Yang Liping, the Academy Award-winning multi-threat leaves onlookers awe-struck through his approach to art, costume design, theatre and more.