Brent Huffman and Xiaoli Zhou pose with Zum Kang Tashe, also referred to as the Rinpoche (left), a direct descendant of the seventh Dalai Lama and devoted animal lover and activist.

A Lion in the House is nominated for an Independent Spirit Award along with the work of David Lynch and Robert Altman.

Xiaoli Zhou translated former Vice President Al Gore's presentation used in An Inconvenient Truth for a Chinese audience.

2006 Seattle International Film Festival Screen "A Lion in the House." "Six years in the making, this extraordinary documentary follows five
patients from Cincinnati's pediatric cancer ward as they and their families cope, adapt and ultimately come to terms with their illness. The filmmakers avoid unnecessary sentimentality, allowing the human spirit to shine through brightly."

The China Research and Exploration Society In 2006 German Camera teamed up with CERS to produce documentaries in remote areas in China. "The mission of CERS is to EXPLORE remote regions of China, conduct multi-disciplinary RESEARCH, CONSERVE nature and culture, and EDUCATE through dissemination of results in popular channels."

"What If..." Wins a College Emmy 2004

"The Weight of the World" to air on Al Jazeera's program "Witness" in 2007.
The program also aired on Current TV and PBS in 2005.

"Welcome to Warren" wins an Honorable Mention from AFI/Discovery's
Silverdocs 2004

Our Near Death Experience shooting "Damming the Angry River" on China
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"The Women's Kingdom" wins a prestigious Student Academy Award: USA Today and Indiewire

 

 

 

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"Two Million Minutes: A Global Examination" was featured on Good Morning America.

Brent E. Huffman was cinematographer and Xaioli Zhou producer on the documentary about high school education.

A Lion in the House Wins Primetime Emmy:
"A Lion in the House" won a Primetime Emmy in the nonfiction category. Brent E. Huffman was an editor and shooter on the four-hour-long documentary that follows five children as they fight cancer with the help of their families.

Damming the Angry River was a part of the Emmy Winning Season of Natural Heroes - the first national television series of independent films on the environment.

The Women's Kingdom is now being distributed by Women Make Movies.

Brooks Institute

Brent E. Huffman and Xiaoli Zhou will show a retrospective of their work at the Brooks Institute of Photography in Ventura, California. The filmmakers will also give a lecture about documentary filmmaking entitled, "Telling Stories about the World to a Worldwide Audience."

Wildlife Asia Film Festival

A selection of German Camera's documentary films featuring endangered animals and vanishing ethnic minority tribes in China will screen at the Wildlife Asia Film Festival in March 2007. The festival, held in Singapore, is Asia's premier wildlife and environmental film festival.

Bust Magazine is doing a story about the German Camera Production "The Women's Kingdom," China's only matriarchy, where girls rule while tourists drool. By Xiaoli Zhou & Brent E. Huffman

PBS' Frontline/World "When filmmaker Brent E. Huffman took a six-month assignment in remotest western China, he knew it would be no ordinary adventure. There with his Chinese-born producer wife, Xiaoli, to film endangered wildlife and minority cultures, Huffman kept a diary and captured images of the beauty of China's last untouched wilderness as well as some of the most polluted, decimated landscapes on the planet." Part 2, Part 3, Part 4.

"The Women's Kingdom" is nominated for a 2006 International Documentary
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PBS the Oscar Goes To... We are delighted to report that one of our FRONTLINE/World Fellows, Xiaoli Zhou, has won a Student Academy Award for her documentary, "The Women's Kingdom," which we debuted on this Web site last year. To notify Xiaoli, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences had to track her down in China, where she and her husband Brent Huffman are working these days, making films about China's remote, wilderness areas."