The inaugural CineCina — officially, New York’s only Chinese cinema-focussed film festival — wrapped about a week ago. Featured in this report are just some of the fine narrative and documentary films from across the Chinese diaspora that played as part of the program, including: the fest’s Opening Film, an intimate documentary account of one family’s experiences over a four-year period (Lu Qingyi’s Four Springs); two debut features from relatively new talents (Cai Chengjie’s The Widowed Witch and Mei Fang’s Mr. No…
