In the beautiful Yunding Village, the young village chief, who is passionate about the people, encountered a series of thorny issues during the preparation of an international mountain marathon race in the village. He will make choices and insist on behalf of the collective and individual. Faced with the temptation of interest, the test of family ties, and the doubts in the ears, Fang will struggle to cross the thorns under his feet and run forward for his dreams.
In the beautiful Yunding Village, the young village chief, who is passionate about the people, encountered a series of thorny issues during the preparation of an international mountain marathon race in the village. He will make choices and insist on behalf of the collective and individual. Faced with the temptation of interest, the test of family ties, and the doubts in the ears, Fang will struggle to cross the thorns under his feet and run forward for his dreams.
In the Chinese town of Fuyang, four brothers go about their day-to-day lives, their destinies shaped by love and challenges.
A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.
Based on the writer/director's childhood, FARMING tells the story of a young Nigerian boy, 'farmed out' by his parents to a white British family in the hope of a better future. Instead, he becomes the feared leader of a white skinhead gang.
A polyptych of interconnected stories in different time-zones, shifting between a Yunnan village, a campus, and the Gobi Desert.
An unrecognizable, charred corpse discovered in a remote mountain village in China connects three local stories.
Teased by hallucinations, Shu, a slacker living in a rural village, struggles with an ever-loosening grip on reality. Yet when one of his visions manifests as real, his fellow villagers come to regard him as a clairvoyant. Can Shu genuinely see into the future? Is he actually just a basket case? Or is he perhaps more lucid than he seems, and pulling a fast one on everyone?
On the edge of the Gobi desert in Northwest China, Lang returns to his hometown after being released from jail. While working for the local dog patrol team to clear the town of stray dogs before the Olympic Games, he strikes up an unlikely connection with a black dog. These two lonely souls embark on a journey together.
Mouse desperately wants to join The Midnight Clique, the infamous Baltimore dirt bike riders who rule the summertime streets. When Midnight’s leader, Blax, takes 14-year-old Mouse under his wing, Mouse soon finds himself torn between the straight-and-narrow and a road filled with fast money and violence.
A street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.
Early morning silence is broken by screeching tires as a helicopter bears down on a speeding vehicle. Taking a quick corner, the team tumbles out into the woods as their car pulls away. Now they must make their way through the thick of nature and thick gunfire to accomplish their mission. Not a single word of dialogue is spoken throughout the entire film. Instead, the music, sounds, images and deeply truthful acting turn a simple plot into an intense experience. Passion and intrigue keep building to the very end.