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The "Gang of Four" wants to stop a troup from performing the "Yellow River Cantata".

The film follows the rise and fall of a family in Shanghai. Once wealthy and capitalist, the family unraveled during the Cultural Revolution in the 1960s and 1970s. Their home, once a French concession mansion, was converted into a multi-family dwelling.

A young girl from the city is sent out to work in a village of Dai people in China's cultural revolution. Here she learns to enjoy being young and gains a new outlook on life.

A group of misfits race for love in a passionate underdog story, overcoming adversity to find hope and self-discovery.

The story of an autistic family who, with the help of all walks of life, made unremitting efforts and persistent struggles for their dreams.

Wanyu (Yuan Quan) has married into a wealthy family but is irresistibly drawn into the world of the movies and famous actor Ah Chuan.

Escaping a dubious past, Liang Renwei and his pregnant girlfriend Pomegranate return to his home village. The couple plans to remain until the child is born, then see what opportunities arise. While he takes a job enforcing the One Child Policy quotas, she begins to see faceless ghosts of the past.

Go on an enriching journey from Mexico to Spain, onto Austria and then to China via Greece in these five moving short films where gay men overcome various obstacles in accepting who they are, and where they are going - things can only get better. The 5 short films are: If They Knew [Berak baleki] (2021); Xutaj (2022); Boom and Bloom [Neuzeit] (2022); Sexual Distancing (2022); And We Collide [潮汐平行时] (2021).

Chen Ziyi, a small-town girl, came to Shanghai to study makeup and hairdressing. By chance, she was introduced to the self-media industry by an uploader she admired and unexpectedly became popular. On the way to pursue traffic, she encountered conflicts with other uploader who tried to control the traffic and were eventually swallowed up by it.

After being born from an egg, Kuafu discovered the sun and began to chase it. During his journey, he met monsters such as Dou Ying and Xing Tian and solved their problems.

Go Home tells the story of an old Peking Opera master, Zhang Jin He (Liu Pei Qi of The Story of Qiu Ju), whose life changes when a young boy shows up on his doorstep. With blue eyes and vaguely foreign features, the boy is apparently the product of a mixed upbringing, and though the boy doesn't realize it, Zhang Jin He is his grandfather! Zhang Jin He initially tells the boy to go home because the boy brings him a painful reminder of his daughter, who left him to marry a foreigner. Still, others convince the aging Perking Opera master to take in the boy, and though they fight initially, the two eventually form a strong, quiet bond. But when the boy is called home, will either be willing to let go? Director Li Chen Sheng uses gorgeous cinematography and evocative locations in modern China to bring the subtle intimacy of Go Home to the screen.

A Chinese adaptation of a 1970 play by Dario Fo, with some changes to the original script. Staged in 1998 by Central Experimental Theater Company, directed by Meng Jinghui, one of the most outstanding avant-garde theater artists in contemporary China.

Never broadcasted feature film by Chinese documentary filmmaker Kang Jianning.

At a gathering of notable figures in Tianchang County, the songstress Xiliu was about to reveal a secret to Judge Bao when she was suddenly killed. Judge Bao knew the culprit was among the guests that day. During the investigation, he discovered that Tianchang was in the midst of a long-planned rebellion. Following the only clue left, he repeatedly searched Puning Temple and ultimately uncovered the rebel base and the entire insurgent force.

Perfect Life, the second feature by Emily Tang (Tang Xiaobai), at first revolves around Li Yueying, a young woman in the cold north-east of China. In a world where no one is waiting for an untrained, inexperienced woman, she knows that in order to fulfil her dreams she will have to resort to her own stubbornness and selfishness. Her father deserted her mother and the money saved by the family is destined for her younger brother's studies. When she stops working for a shop making artificial limbs in order to take a job as a chambermaid, she attracts the attention of a mysterious criminal, Mongol. Then in the editing, the documentary story of Jenny from Hong Kong starts to emerge. She thought she had her life perfectly worked out, but when her marriage breaks down, she also finds herself in financial problems and has to fight for the custody of her children.

The feature film "The Composer" tells about the life and work of the Chinese composer Xian Xinghai in the Soviet Union, including during the evacuation to Alma-Ata, as well as about his friendship with the Kazakh composer Bakhytzhan Baykadamov.

Wei Li is the product manager of an Internet delivery company. His mundane life is carved up by excessive overtime and all-nighters. His wife operates a dance studio, and his adolescent daughter is busy preparing for the high school entrance exam. This seemingly rather peaceful life has been shattered by a sudden accident…

This international co-production involves an American teacher struggling to connect with cultural difference in China’s remote countryside.

Among the Kazakh people living on the grasslands of China, a fatal accident leads to a conflict between two families.

On a cold night, psychology student Liu Kai took Jing Huan, a paranoid schizophrenia patient, to a mysterious frozen lake she had often dreamed of. The lake reflected an “8” shape, causing Jing Huan’s expression to change, unsettling Liu Kai. During an internship at a psychiatric hospital, Liu Kai’s classmate Xie Ni, who was in a relationship with him, became interested in Jing Huan, a former factory cashier who developed mental illness after embezzling funds. Xie Ni wanted to study Jing Huan’s condition for a thesis and asked Liu Kai to help her, even arranging for Jing Huan to stay at her home.

Huang Yan, a terminally ill crematorium worker, accidentally mixed up two sets of ashes during her work. When she confessed the truth, neither family wanted to swap them back. Only Yao Xue, the daughter of one of the deceased, believed Huang Yan. The two embarked on a wild and absurd journey to return the ashes, where they came to understand life anew and chose to live bravely in the face of death.

Little Ansgar loves and dreams only of winning a horse race one day. Unexpectedly, his family receives a beautiful riding horse named Alec as a gift, and he has to share the horse with his brother in the Hangar. One day, Flick gets seriously injured.

During the WWII Japanese invaders carried out a "sweep" on the Jizhong Plain. Progressive young man Ye Cheng returned from studying in Peiping and joined the tunnel construction in the native village. Faced with incomprehension and doubt, under the leadership of Political Commissar Ma, Ye Cheng became the new leader for villagers

At a small town in the west of China in 1935, the county magistrate's funny accent raised a series of misguided affairs, deduced a bizarre and absurd story with one and another climaxes.

Xiao-Li is a devoted housewife and an active member of her local Catholic church in the farmlands of southern China. Her faith is put to the test when her husband is hospitalized with respiratory illness caused by unsafe working conditions.

Based on the true story of a man who was wrongfully charged with murder.

In a commune at the Xiaoliang river, two ideologies clash: how should the river be used?

One river, three generations, countless failures. In the late 1950s, a group of people living along the Qiantang River fought against fearsome tides for their respective beliefs.

Camel Collar tells the story of Li Sulan who, after release on completion of her prison term, returned to her village. To her disappointment, all her kith and kin were nowhere to be found. Because of her special status, she was unable to reconcile with her daughter. Bieke, a kind Kazak herdsman, took her in. Then Li started her new life herding camels. Her life was full of challenges, but Li Sulan not only tamed camels, but was also engaged in the camel milk business. In addition, she became a good teacher and helpful friend of some naughty children. The deep love between mother camels and their baby camels, and the naïve and lonely children awoke her maternal love. She decided to confront her daughter, whom she has not seen for more than 20 years. But could her daughter accept her natural mother?

In a small canal town, a rapist lurks in the shadows. A schoolgirl, a young woman and a young couple, all seem unable to cope with both the visible and the hidden dangers they all face from their morally corrupted compatriots.

The true story of a band of laid-off workers from state-owned companies who set out to risk their own fortunes in the private sector and then find out that success ain't what it used to be. After getting laid-off from a state-owned shipbuilder, a middle-aged worker uses all of his savings, borrows some money, and then convinces a group of friends who are in similar circumstances, to join him in an apartment decoration/construction business in Shanghai.

During the Ming Jiajing era, Deputy General Du Shiqing journeys to Baoding to expose the crimes of Madam Yan, sister of the treacherous minister Yan Song. He rescues Lin Xiuying from Yan’s son Cheng Xiniu, whose death in the struggle forces Du to help Xiuying pursue justice. When Madam Yan’s retainers avenge her by murdering Xiuying’s father, the upright magistrate Tang Cheng bravely hears the case despite political pressure. Through clear evidence and fearless judgment, Tang Cheng exposes Madam Yan’s abuses and sends her to the capital for imperial review.

A confused and depressed 25-year-old white-collar woman meets a desperate and feeble 38-year-old book critic man. She has talent that makes him jealous, but she doesn’t seem to notice it herself. He has matureness that she admires, but he doesn’t seem to care about it. Sometimes close and sometimes distant, they attempt to establish a relationship not possessive, yet mutually comforting. However, the loss of distance makes them eventually become strangers. Five years later, the woman has become a novice writer. She brings her debut work — based on her previous experiences — to meet the man and try to put an end to the past.

Hao Hai embarks on a treasure hunt with his friends to fulfill his grandfather's dying wish. They search for a hidden treasure inside an ancient Yuan Dynasty painting. Along the way, they uncover a touching love story, find a priceless artifact, and grow personally, undergoing meaningful transformations.

In his journey of study, young Song Ci, a forensic medical scientist in the Song Dynasty, becomes entangled in a murder case. Still inexperienced, he faces the peril of making a critical mistake. A mysterious traveler comes to his aid, unraveling vital clues hidden on a red oil paper umbrella that prove instrumental in cracking the case. Inspired by his own shortcomings, Song Ci doggedly pursues the truth, forging a legendary path as he unravels the mystery.

A grown up recalling her childhood life, living in a “kampung” before it was demolished for developments. She recalls the good and bad times of living there. When comparing the past and the present, she noticed that things have changed, but life goes on anyways. She learned to appreciate the random flowers in life although some of them might not even have a name.