Aspen Ideas Festival

Lu Chuan is considered one of the most talented young directors in China. Lu’s most recent film, City of Life and Death, won him great international renown. Cinema Without Borders of his directing: “Lu Chuan’s a master at choreographing action sequences. Like Kurosawa or Scorcese... Read More →

Philip Kennicott is the art and architecture critic of The Washington Post, which he joined in 1999. He has served as chief classical music critic for the Detroit News and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, where he also worked for two years as an editorial writer. In 2006, he was an Emmy... Read More →

Fan Lixen is a film director and journalist. His debut feature documentary Last Train Home deals with the world’s largest human migration by millions of factory workers every year during the Chinese New Year. Last Train Home won the 2009 Joris Ivens Award, was selected in the world... Read More →

Louie Psihoyos is executive director of the Oceanic Preservation Society and director of The Cove. The documentary film has won over 70 awards globally from festivals and critics, including the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2009. Psihoyos is widely regarded as one... Read More →