Finding a 'peaceful corner'

Eight award-winning documentary films from the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) are showing in Beijing for the first time at UCCA (Ullens Center for Contemporary Art) Art Cinema.

On the first day, hundreds watched The Player, which won Best Dutch Documentary at IDFA 2009, and The Monastery: Mr. Vig and the Nun, winner of the Joris Ivens Award at IDFA 2006.

"It's a rare opportunity to watch documentaries at such an acclaimed documentary film festival in Beijing, which is very exciting for me," says Ding Bo, a student from Beijing Film Academy, who studies photography.