Tuesday, December 8, 2009
The Confucius Institute at the University of Kansas received a grant for more than $5,000 from the Kansas Humanities Council. Kevin Liu, associate director of the institute, said the grant would help pay for the 2010 Kansas City Chinese Film Festival.
Liu said the institute’s mission was to promote understanding of Chinese language and culture. Liu also said that at the University, the institute offered community programs and language classes on several levels to illustrate that Chinese was a critical language and provided opportunities to succeed.
“Cinema and films are accessible to many people,” he said. “You don’t have to speak the language to understand the film.”
The grant, which is for $5,615, will help pay for distribution and screening rights for the films, promotional materials, and venue costs. Liu said this was the third annual film festival the Confucius Institute had put on. The festival runs on five Saturdays, from Feb. 27 to March 27, and will screen films from all different genres.
— Edited by Megan Morriss
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