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This is one of the rare gems in early Chinese musical films that still exists today. Nancy Chan plays a naïve young woman who can sing and dance. Under the arrangement of her stepfather, she becomes a star and indulges in the glitz and glamour of the entertainment world before getting married to a wealthy heir in Nanyang. Yet her husband is cruel and unfaithful, leading her to divorce and return to her parents in Shanghai. She is set for a comeback to the stage. Her young daughter suffers from a serious illness. A remake of the Bu Wanchang’s silent film The Light of Maternal Instinct (1933), this film takes cues from Hollywood musicals, resulting in an elegant and lively fusion of camera movement and musical numbers. The film also reflects the harsh reality of China in the 1930s and the pathos of popular literature by combining morals, entertainment and social commentary to show that changes in the idea of femininity is a symbol of progress.

Heralded by the futuristic computer-generated cityscapes that have become a signature feature of his work, Lawrence Lek’s mini-opus Geomancer is less inclined to map the building blocks of the urban architecture of tomorrow than to try and summon up the spirit of our rapidly dawning age - one whose characteristics, Lek implies, include the growing ascendancy of the cultural phenomenon of Sino-Futurism. As the geopolitical axis tilts further to the East, and as once-dominant economic/technological models are cast into doubt, Lek alights on a longstanding tension between the place of the human and the role of the machine, sharpened by contemporary hopes and anxieties around the rise of East Asia, and by speculations that new forms of artificial intelligence, already outperforming mere mortals in matters of automation and aggregation, will challenge us in more creative skills as well. (fvu.co.uk)

A revolutionary model opera that focuses on ferreting out class enemies: those who did not belong the hallowed ranks of the gongnongbing 工农兵, the workers-peasants-soldiers.

Fairy Fantasia is the first Japanese fan meeting held by Kep1er. It was held on October 27 and 28, 2023 offline at Tokyo Garden Theater.

Based on the first dance drama in China to center itself on revolutionary themes, this famous piece of Chinese media history was adapted for the screen in 1961.

Small-town kid Boy K is fleeing his job at the duck-down factory when he stumbles into a motley crew of urchins boogieing on the pavement for likes and shares. This is gaga dance: a form of spirited freestyle championed in China by ‘the king’, Pink Hair. Boy K quickly becomes the rising star in Pink Hair’s crew, amassing thousands of subscribers. Will he win the affections of fellow gaga dancer B Girl, or cause trouble in his gang – and the gaga dance underworld beyond it?

Containing never-before-seen footage spanning 20 years, this monumental documentary tells the definitive story of the rise and fall of Chinese freestyle battle rap.

Film tells the story of the late Qin Dynasty and the early Han Dynasty. The Qin Dynasty sent Zhao Tuo to the south to fight in Baiyue. Zhao Tuo regretted that he had killed. For the sake of people he broke his sword, stopped fighting and seeking peace. In the end he become King of Nanyue, and with Han and Vietnamese people created a glorious history of harmonious future for Nanyue.

To pursue new career opportunities, Justin Lo decided that he should move his base to Beijing. Bidding an emotional farewell to the Hong Kong music scene, the singer-songwriter entertained his fans one last time at the Hong Kong Coliseum with two concerts in late January 2011. A number of top musicians and interesting artists participated in the concerts, including producer Mark Lui, guitarist Joey Tang, Justin's musician uncle Ted Lo, and guest performers C AllStar and Wan Kwong. The concert rundown comprised a variety of music genres and styles, including some re-arranged versions of Justin's most popular songs.

Tsai Chin unveils her music universe once more. The veteran Taiwanese chanteuse who has been active on the music scene for a quarter century performed some of her best loved songs live at Hong Kong's Coliseum during January 24-28, 2007. Now the live recording of this memorable concert is available as Blu-ray karaoke disc. Tsai devotees will be pleased to find such classics as "When Will You Return" (Track 33), "Evening Fragrance" (Track 7), and "Kiss Me" (Track 8) on this 34-track release. She also performs "Honey Sweet" (Track 19) and "Moon Representing My Heart" (Track 20) originally performed by Teresa Tang. The sound of one of Chinese music's legendary voices comes alive again on Tsai Chin In Concert Hong Kong 2007.

Dramatization of the life of blind musician ABing (Huà Yànjūn).

During the Ming dynasty, a poor worker family, working day and night, is still unable to pay its taxes.

All Chinese production by the NCPA (China National Center of Performing Arts)

Something has gone wrong for a typical Singaporean family. After a man loses his job and the respect of his wife and teenage son, he tries to reconnect with his family by taking them on a trip to visit a childhood haunt. Now abandoned and falling apart, the place is nothing like he thought it would be—especially not the ghosts of his past lying in wait.

Shot in gorgeous color, this fascinating communist flipside to fifties Hollywood music biopics chronicles the life and tragic early death of Nie Er, the composer of the PRC’s national anthem.

A film written and directed by Bruno Monsaingeon. Drawing on archival performance footage and interviews, The Art of Violin evokes the vast panorama of the world of the violin in the 20th century and its most outstanding performers. It is hard to express the explosions of joy occasioned by the discovery of long sought-out but undreamed-of archives, such as some silent - and later resynchronised - film footage, or the few brief moments of Chausson's Poeme played by Ginette Neveu, the silent yet moving (in every sense of the word)images of Kreisler and Ysaye, the awe of a young Menuhin, the superb single camera shot of David Oistrakh performing the cadenza from Shostakovich's First Concerto. Contributions from Ivry Gitlis, Ida Haendel, Hilary Hahn, Laurent Korcia, Yehudi Menuhin, Itzhak Perlman, and Mstislav Rostropovich, Produced by Pierre-Olivier Bardet & Stephen Wright.