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During the Song Dynasty, Song Ci came to Changting County to take up a post, and focused on the study of autopsy in order to write the “Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified.” One night, a man and a women died at the same time, shaking up the whole county. When Song Ci heard about the case, he intervened the investigation and found that the case was very stage. While he found himself being cornered, Song Ci thought of the woman he hasn’t dared to meet for three years, the Changting County “All-rounded” Dan Qing. So Song Ci went to Dan Qing to enquire about the two recent murder cases, and asked Dan Qing to join the investigation. After a series of analysis, reasoning and visits, the truth is finally revealed.

This film narrates the tragic events that unfolded at Jiabian Gou Farm from 1958 to December 1960, resulting in the deaths of over two thousand individuals due to exhaustion and starvation. Originally a labor reform farm housing prisoners in Jiuquan City, Gansu Province, Jiabian Gou Farm was transformed in 1958 into a facility for re-educating labor inmates. It also took in over three thousand individuals labeled as rightists from Gansu, including university professors, county-level officials, military officers, professionals from various industries, and teachers from different schools. Amid the political terror of the Great Leap Forward, extravagant claims flourished, and an atmosphere of self-preservation and selective reporting of positive news prevailed. This environment led to instances of cannibalism being overlooked, even as people continued to starve to death.

Sun Wukong broke the alchemy furnace of Tai Shang Laojun, and the fragments fell into the country of Guizi, forming a mountain of Flames. Not only did it bring a never-quenchable wildfire, but also inadvertently opened the demon seal, and the demon king "heart demon" took advantage of the chaos to blend into the world. Princess Meiyue is a demon-slayer. In order to get rid of Princess Meiyue, the demon designed to force her third-generation personality , make her insane, and blame her for killing the king. Princess Meiyue defeated the demon with the help of her first partner Yuan Buxie.

Five years ago a Western virus swept the Central Plains, transforming people into bloodthirsty monsters. They were called "blood demon." Everyone knows that Ouyang Chun used his ancestral divine sword to kill the source of the virus, the "Demon Ancestor", but unbeknownst to him, his lover, Yue Qingyin's sister Peiru, became infected and a powerful new "Demon Ancestor". Ouyang Chun confessed that he had indeed killed many undeserving people to keep Peiru alive, but he had found a way to transform Peiru back into an adult and would turn himself in as soon as he had done so.

Screenwriter Guo Jia, forced by circumstances, drives back to the city late at night with her younger sister Guo Yan. On a remote mountain road, their car breaks down. Stranded in the wilderness, they are soon caught in a series of bizarre and deadly threats, where it becomes impossible to distinguish between reality and illusion.

As a model student in her elementary school, 11-year-old Lin Yuqi is assigned to give a speech about her family at the Parent's Meeting tonight. But after Lin finds out that she shares the same secret with a mischievous classmate, she starts to have second thoughts.

Shanghai mob boss, Liang Xiao Tang, has been murdered by his ambitious eldest son. After his death, his second son, Liang Jia Jin, is beset with great difficulties. To add to his troubles, he finds out that his girlfriend, whom he loves dearly, is actually a hitman planted by another mob. In the face of great adversity, Liang Jia Jin embarks on a journey to revive Tianhe Company, destroy the entire mafia, reveal his girlfriend's identity as a hitman, etc. through a series of detailed plans.

In the late Qing Dynasty, amid chaos and war, loyal postman Yin Hu sets out on a dangerous mission to deliver an urgent message, despite the fall of the empire.

The film tells the story of young musicians from three different nationalities pursuing their musical dreams and embarking on a journey of music, singing and dancing to reach the masses and feel life

When conducting archaeological research on family video materials from the last century, in order to obtain authorization for a foreigner to shoot a video in my hometown of Hangzhou, I embarked on a journey of searching the internet to find his contact information.

"Unlicensed" will be directed by Shen Rong, the screenwriter of 2016's most popular suspense crime-themed online drama "Remaining Crimes". With its sophisticated structure, it adopts a multi-perspective and multi-linear narrative method, and presents the audience in storytelling and plot construction Rich sense of participation and enjoyment.

During the Northern Song Dynasty old monk Zhishan adopted an abandoned baby with a scar on the baby's belly, "Son of Wang Wen of Dongchang". Zhishan discovered that the baby was half-human and half-fox, and decided to adopt him and teach him to be kind. He named the baby Wang Zi and taught Wang Zi to recite sutras and meditate daily.

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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.

In order to study the mysterious substances on the seabed, he followed his uncle, the geologist "Ironstone", dived deep into the Mariana Trench, accidentally was involved in the cave maze, came to the huge unknown world and discovered ancient creatures, and started an exploration of the undersea geocenter.

Sales wizard Ma Xiaoyuan (Yu Kening) is a hard actor with a lot of ideas, making a lot of money from his title as the heir of the Shadowless Sect. But The town is in danger when the demon king, who is trapped under the sword of the master of the Shadowless Sect, is about to come out.

Wu Xiaoxuan of the WeChat account of Pippi shrimp applied for a hotel attendant, but was eliminated by the hotel vice president Fan Ye because he was not a Virgo, and was humiliated by the hotel beauty appraiser Han Cheng. The accident made Wu Xiaoxuan the president of the hotel, and the revenge operation began. Wu Xiaoxuan was exposed by Fan Ye, but she unexpectedly received Han Cheng's support, and became Han Cheng's lover somehow. The two began a strange and forced love.

original ink painted animation by Wolf Smoke Studio Shanghai

Wang Jiacheng, a real estate salesman who is constantly being hit by life, meets the God of Wealth on the rooftop! After accidentally kicking the God of Wealth's magic weapon, he is faced with two choices: fix the magic weapon and be rich and prosperous, or don't fix the magic weapon and be thunderstruck!

Grandma asks herself, "Why do people live so long?" The next day Grandma disappears. Her grandson and the shoe repairer are frightened and start looking for her. It turns out that Grandma joins a religious procession to express her gratitude.

When a pandemic breaks out, Li You is given a long vacation while Xiao Xiao is forced to remain in a city that she does not know well. A strange atmosphere hangs over the urban landscape. The two of them wander the streets in search of fun things to do. Meanwhile, their emotions, state of mind, ethical values, and physical instincts gradually become tools of desire. Once they have indulged in their pleasures and their euphoria reaches a climax, what else is left for them to set their hearts on, apart from the marks they have left on the city?

An anthology film of seven short films made during the Training Camp of FIRST Film Festival 2021.

The 2021 installment of MIKU WITH YOU

In 139 BС Zhang Qian, official ambassador of Han Empire, led a diplomatic mission of more than 100 people to the Western Regions. One day Zhang and his guide Tang Yi were surveying a map as usual, but unexpectedly intercepted by the Huns on the way. The Huns captured prisoners for ten years, but it was only beginning of legendary Han expedition.

Cheng Die is a young music teacher living in a small town. Following an affair with a married man, she loses her job and has to leave town. She finds herself on an isolated island whose inhabitants cannot speak and where nothing is what it seems. She gets immersed in a dreamy experience.

Lost while visiting the graves of his ancestors, the protagonist finds his future self. Together, they embark on a journey of retracing the places their family would visit during the Qing Ming festival of tomb-sweeping. Inspired by the poetry and in memory of Yeng Pway Ngon (1947–2021).

The film tells the story of Wu Xiaoyue, a kung fu girl who travels to Tokyo to pursue the dream of a girl group, but accidentally encounters evil extraterrestrial creatures and plagues the earth. In order to protect justice and the stability of the human world, she joins forces with Onmyoji Hisou and the rookie policeman Fujima

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A young woman goes on an anonymous journey to her late husband's hometown Leshan, a small city in Sichuan province. There, she meets an old friend, a local theatre actress preparing for an adaptation of Bertolt Brecht's The Good Person of Szechwan (Sichuan). In a home-place unfamiliar, the traveling woman meets the imaginary. Ghosted by Shen Te the protagonist of the play, the actress loses the self at the intersection between fiction and reality. Unprepared, the filmmaker loses control of her camera. Together, they drift into a polyrhythmic experience of stasis.

At Tsinghua University's campus, four people are standing at the intersection of their lives. Among them, there are those who just passed the college entrance examination, the first-generation of post-00 college students who entered their favorite universities with twists and turns , some are leaving their ivory towers, PhD graduates facing difficult choices and some have returned from the United States to enter Tsinghua University. Young teachers are full of "viewing the sky" ideal but face challenges, there are old academicians who still stand behind lectern after their retirement. The film tells the life ideals of the four Tsinghua people and the eternal youth that belongs to this university behind them.

Filmmaker and activist He Xiaopei’s first feature-length documentary commences with an attempt at reconciliation with her mother, before taking the audience on a journey from the 1920s through to the 2020s. With a raw, DIY aesthetic, the film brings to life the experiences of three generations of Chinese women – He’s mother, herself, and her daughter – as they come to terms with political and social change. Combining interview, video essay, and home movie formats, the film offers a refreshingly irreverent perspective on historical experiences, while wryly documenting the potential of lesbian and polyamorous lifestyles to challenge established ideas of feminine propriety. Through intimate conversations, Bad Women of China demonstrates how women are unconsciously led to belittle their own desires, experiences and hopes.

Liu wants to sell his unprofitable travel agency business. One day, when one of his employees falls into a coma for a dubious reason, his family and relatives come to Liu, demanding a settlement. Meanwhile, Liu's ex-wife Tao Qing, a middle school teacher, is troubled by her lover who keeps on delaying their marriage, and his teenage daughter, while her son Yi Fan, who has no experiences or skills to show for or things he wants to do, happens to befriend a group of people who illegally drive cars. Director Wang Qi, who is visiting Busan for the first time with THE BARGAIN, depicts a dense narrative of a dispersed family that is struggling in the rapidly changing modern Chinese society and the wave of capitalism. The occasional handheld camera and close-up shots placed appropriately throughout the film add powerful emotions to the sober narrative.

It's a day of celebration, and this Chinese wedding has reduced parents to their most childish behaviors. The marrying couple are worn out with their parents' agendas and all of the wedding rituals. Can they survive the madness, with their love intact?

In the vast ocean, a giant shark mutated by chemical pollution wreaks havoc. Ruthless businessman Du Heng, seeking to seize a fishing ground, traps its owner, Lin Haiyang, in debt and has him imprisoned. Lin Haiyang’s son, Lin Kai, attempts a rescue but is captured alongside Pei Lu, a worker’s daughter investigating the pollution. As the shark grows more aggressive, Du Heng uses them as bait for a deadly hunt. Aboard a fishing vessel, a brutal battle unfolds where human greed and nature’s fury collide.

After hiding in the mountains for a century, a Miao ethnic village choir is discovered by an outsider and becomes a national sensation. Two young Miaos and all the villagers must reconcile their faith, identity, and love with the real world of China.

It was said that the Needle of GuiMen, an ancient medical heritage, was miraculous. It could bring the dying back to life and manipulate people as puppets, too. Everyone was eager for it. However, it had early disappeared, and no one was able to find its trace. But when the hearsay had almost faded away from people's memory, a treacherous serial murder case surprisingly involved the Needle of GuiMen and the mysterious sect behind it. Things went much fuzzier. The mantis stalked the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. So, who on earth was the true killer?

The Great Leap Forward of the People's Republic of China was an economic and social campaign led by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 1958 to 1962. Chairman Mao Zedong launched the campaign to reconstruct the country from an agrarian economy into a communist society through the formation of people's communes.

TONG Meimei, a psychotherapist, her father committed suicide when she was 3 years old, and lost her husband in a car accident when she was 40. Sunteck Yao, a mime actor, was raped by a strange elder after he went to school in the wrong bus when he was 12. As time goes by, how do they bring their pasts to live peacefully in the present? With the deepening of their relationships with the film crew, the influence of past experience began to emerge in the interaction, and the director was forced to show up from behind the camera and get involved in this unavoidable conversation.

Luo Luo’s intense fear of Covid-19 keeps her in the house during the pandemic. She listens to her father relate their family history, and spends time on Zoom with fellow Folk Memory Project members Wu Wenguang and Zhang Mengqi.

A propaganda documentary on Sino-France Diplomatic Relations, started from the stories behind 1958 film “The Magic of the Kite”.