Documentary short film from 1997. The film documenets the effects of the transformation from a planned economy to a market economy on the Taifuxiang Shopping Mall, a state-owned department store in Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province. It shows the anxiety and the pressure experienced by various staff members, from managers to ordinary employees, amidst the tide of reform.
Documentary short film from 1997. The film documenets the effects of the transformation from a planned economy to a market economy on the Taifuxiang Shopping Mall, a state-owned department store in Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province. It shows the anxiety and the pressure experienced by various staff members, from managers to ordinary employees, amidst the tide of reform.
Two married couples adjust to the vast social and economic changes taking place in China from the 1980s to the present.
The film explores the pursuit of the “Chinese Dream.” Driven by mesmerizing—and sometimes humorous—imagery, this observational documentary presents a contemporary vision of China that prioritizes productivity and innovation above all.
The original '70s TV family is now placed in the 1990s, where they're even more square and out of place than ever.
As a decades-old state-run aeronautics munitions factory in downtown Chengdu, China is being torn down for the construction of the titular luxury apartment complex, director Jia Zhangke interviews various people affiliated with it about their experiences.
A celebration of the universe, displaying the whole of time, from its start to its final collapse. This film examines all that occurred to prepare the world that stands before us now: science and spirit, birth and death, the grand cosmos and the minute life systems of our planet.
Chen returns to his school when he finds out that his martial arts teacher has died. When he learns that his school students are harassed by some hooligans, he gears himself up to save them.
Clinging to a smooth, curved surface high above a sentient abyss, a woman tries to cover the few feet back to safety without losing purchase and falling to her death.
Ming Wang is an impoverished Chinese prodigy who flees Communist China to become a pioneering eye surgeon in America. When tasked with restoring the sight of an orphan in India, who was blinded by her stepmother, Wang must confront the trauma of living through the violent uprising in his youth, the Cultural Revolution.
In Chengdu, China, a retired female opera singer named Master Chang takes in a trio of young tenants into her boarding home. The tenants include a rock singer and a college student who has run away from home.
A spurned lover seeks a rich man for revenge. A random onlooker — who witnessed the public assault committed by the rich man against the lover — seeks for monetary compensation for his smashed computer.