I am now 62 years old and find few institutions that want to accept a teacher or a student at my age. I want to improve my Chinese language competence beyond intermediate. For much of the last 20 years and before the last 5 years in China, I was an artist or would-be artist in Seattle. I worked at most of the International film festivals, for example, saw many films, and wrote short reviews on my own website. I did misc. crew on small and larger scale film and video productions, including one SIFF production. I took playwriting classes and directed and acted in the Seattle theater fringe. I have also been trained in TV production at a PBS station while at Bradley U. So I have always been interested in film and also educational video. But at present in China I need most the language skill... pk