The Ball State University Chinese Film Festival aired its last film Wednesday.
Jackie Buckrop, the associate dean of the college of communications, information and media, said the festival is in its fifth year, and this year had better attendance from last year.
There were about 40 people who attended the film on Monday, about 45 on Tuesday and more than 100 on Wednesday, Buckrop said.
"We were up against a lot of other events," Buckrop said. "That's what's great about Ball State. There is always something going on."
Three different films were shown that illustrated different Chinese film studios, she said.
"The point is to introduce students to different types of film and compare film styles, storytelling and cultures," Buckrop said. "We try to make sure that we have different Chinese film studios each night."
Buckrop said most students viewed the films for language, history or sociology classes, but any teacher could offer the films for credit.
Buckrop said Monday's film was called "Mao Zedong, 1925," Tuesday's film was "A Sigh" and Wednesday's film was titled "Narrow Lane" or "Narrow Lane Celebrities."
Buckrop said she chose the films by reading small descriptions of the films available. Students marked their favorite three and then she picked the three with the most votes, she said.
Wednesday's film, "Narrow Lane," was the first film permitted to criticize the cultural revolution in China, Buckrop said.
"This is the second time the film has been shown in the United States and the first time with subtitles," Buckrop said.
Sophomore Amy May said the film was hard to follow, and she had trouble understanding what was going on.
"It was confusing," May said. "The same subtitles were still on when different people were talking."
May said the film was different from American films because it jumped around a lot.
"It was definitely different," May said.
Buckrop said if students liked the film, there was a collection of DVD's in Bracken Library and the films shown in the festival would be in the library also.
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