James Mudge London, United Kingdom

Film Festival

Established

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CEO

Established

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A long-standing international film industry expert, having worked in film for over twenty years, James Mudge is the CEO of The Next Day Agency, a London-based production, distribution and communications company working between the UK, Europe and Chinese language speaking countries. The director of the horror film Fifty Six and the China-UK co-production Ganbei!, a series focusing on Chinese alcohol culture, James has served as a consultant on a number of Chinese productions. James is also working as producer on The Vanishing Time for Hong Kong director Shan Ng, The Old Civilian for writer director Kia Khalili Pir and on Unsavory Elements for writer director Tom Carter, and has several other projects in development. 

James is also the Festival Director of Chinese Visual Festival, a key cultural event based in London founded in 2010, which screens Chinese language cinema, working with the British Film Institute, King’s College London and other institutions. Screening independent documentary, fiction and art cinema, the festival has worked with directors such as Jia Zhangke, Stanley Kwan, Yang Lina, Cao Fei, Zhou Hao, Pema Tseden and others and with a variety of film festivals and organisations in China and around the world. James works regularly with cinemas around the UK to screen Chinese language films, and has carried out promotional campaigns for a number of high-profile Chinese film releases. 

As well as writing for a number of publications and websites on Chinese film, James gives lectures at academic institutions, is regularly interviewed by global media outlets including CCTV, The Guardian, and others, and was invited to take part in international co-production and critic events at Bridging the Dragon at Berlin International Film Festival and the Hainan International Film Festival.