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Shocking Kunfu of Chenzhen

During the warlord period of the Republic of China, Japanese tried to provoke trouble in Fengtian. Chen Zhen fell into the trap of his opponent and his family fell into ruin. Chen Zhen once had a marriage contract with Meng Ruhui's daughter Meng Qingqiu, so he was taken in. In order to revitalize the family business, Heshengtang, Chen Zhen began to work hard. By chance, he became a "deacon" at Dasheng Pawnshop, and worshiped the old beggar, a master in the world, as his teacher. After hard training, Chen Zhen was upgraded from an iron disciple to a golden disciple. Meng Ru secretly colluded with the Japanese and helped Japanese forces enter Fengtian. In order to prevent foreign invaders from conspiring to protect Fengtian, Chen Zhen went to the martial arts arena opened by Funakoshi Yoshiki, risking his life to challenge Japanese martial arts masters, and finally defeated the Japanese.

Shocking Kunfu of Chenzhen

NR 2020
One Day

We follow a man of advanced age walking along a misty mountain path in China. In one shot he carries a bag; in others he carries sacks of rice, or timber, or large buckets of water. He’s filmed in the morning, in the evening, and at night. The seasons change as we walk with him, through the bleakness of the winter, or on a fresh spring morning. The low-key atmosphere, the subdued gray-green hues of the surroundings, and the absence of dialogue and music all lend this film a refreshingly understated feel. A space is opened up in which the viewer can listen to the sound of the wind, the man’s footsteps, the birds. There is time to wonder who the man is that we are following, where he is going, and what his life is like. Only at the end of his journey do we find out a little more about him. One Day is a minimalist take on a journey that allows the viewer room to reflect on what we do with our time.

One Day

NR 2020
Wuqiao Circus

In Wuqiao, a small Chinese town, the inhabitants are dedicated to circus. For decades, different generations have been presenting themselves as clowns, magicians, acrobats and tamers. During the holidays of Chinese New Year, the Wuqiao Acrobatic World turns into a big playground for spectators. Surrounded by Buddhist temples and Taoist sculptures, artists create their own space of circus tradition, imagination, illusion and reality. Backstage life is melancholic. "Wuqiao Circus", a film about circus life fragments, performative existence and the love for playfulness.

Wuqiao Circus

NR 2020
Fated Calamity

Unreleased Hu Jie film. Shot in Shandong and completed in July 2020. This film takes as its point of departure the 94-year-old Mr. Liu Yuxuan's being labeled as a Rightist in 1957 at the Qingdao Federation of Literary and Art Circles in Shandong. Mr. Liu graduated from the English Department of National Central University during the Republican era (1948), and he has kept a diary for 70 years. We follow his diaries and his correspondence with his wife as its main thread, presenting his experiences from 1958 to 1962, when he was first sent to the Qingshuibo Reform-through-Labor Farm and later to the Wangcun Mining District for re-education through labor. The film shows the process by which a free intellectual is “remade” into a socialist “new person,” in both spirit and body. It conveys that this is an inescapable karmic burden / fated ordeal in the destiny of this nation.

Fated Calamity

NR 2020
Between Earth and Sky

Li Yang Village, which has been hunting for a living since ancient times, has been banned from hunting because of the changes of the times, and is about to face relocation for various reasons. The few remaining traditional hunters, Qin Lang and Shi Bo, are determined to stay because of guarding and inheriting. The difference of villagers' values and family crisis, inner persistence and self-entanglement ... After a series of difficult and contradictory events, everything finally returned to the original calm.

Between Earth and Sky

NR 2020
The Most Beautiful Teacher

All the flowers in the mountains are called mountain flowers, and there is no professional classification for them. Like all the people in this village, in the mountains, information is not available, transportation is not easy, even if they die, not many people know their names, they are collectively called "villagers". When Wu Yingxia, the only teacher in the village, died, her adopted daughter, Hao Huilan, took over her mother's legacy and supported the school. The young and beautiful Hui Lan of course wanted to go out and see the outside world, no one wanted to be a "mountain flower" in the village for the rest of her life, and the meagre salary of a teacher did not help to fulfil her wish.

The Most Beautiful Teacher

NR 2020
The Monster Pagoda

Poor scholar student Jiang Liu was ordered by the invincible master demon Zhong Zhongwei in imminent danger and assumed the mission of slashing the demon and eliminating the demon to save the world. On the way to kill the demon, the little snake demon has no words to follow the river, and in order to protect the river from being seriously injured, the two people's feelings rose sharply. Eventually, the river grew into a generation of demon masters, in order to save the troubled Silent, sacrificed his life.

The Monster Pagoda

NR 2020
Rainbow Cruise

Many people lack knowledge of sexual minorities, and even hold prejudices about and discriminatory attitudes towards them. This public welfare documentary focuses on the life stories of sexual minorities. The characters are at different stages, including those who have come out, those who are married, and those who are waiting for the legalization of gay marriage to obtain certification. This film promotes knowledge of sexual minorities in society, advocates for healthy living, and helps exual minorities realize their self-identity, hoping to reduce the occurrence of social prejudice and enhance understanding, trust, and tolerance between people.

Rainbow Cruise

7.0 2020
The Fruit Garden

Ramila and her father, Lokman, went on an outing to Hurxide's orchard. On the way, her father taught her to drive. Ramila had been suffering from diarrhea and relieved herself in the wild many times on the way. However, the two chatted and joked, in a very happy atmosphere, and the daughter expressed the hope that her father would find another life spouse. After a while, they arrived at their destination, an orchard run by Hurxide. In the orchard, Ramila felt that Lokman was having an affair with Hurxide , who turned out to be her father's girlfriend to-be. However, Ramila, who had hoped her father would remarry, felt a little disappointed. On the way back, Ramila did not want to sit on her father’s right to fasten the safety belt on the excuse of hot weather. Lokman sensed his daughter's mood. Just at this time, Lokman picked up a wild rooster on the road and brought it to his daughter. Night was coming, the car was driving forward, just like the endless life.

The Fruit Garden

NR 2020
Export My Love

In China, it is hard for a divorced or widowed woman to find a good new husband, especially for those who have kids. For thousands of years, this phenomenon has been rooted in the profound Chinese culture. Though losing something, if not all, those women are still longing for love, one of the only things that can provide warmth to them. They want to give their descendants a family with a father who can fill in the gap of fatherly love. Export My Love is a cross-continent love-seeking story between the East and West. Shot in both China and America, this documentary follows four Chinese women who try to pursue love by finding U.S. husbands. Although they've never been to the U.S. before and most of them cannot speak English, they try their best to overcome these barriers and start new lives.

Export My Love

NR 2020
Jungle Girl Restart

Gu Xiaoqin’s factory exploded and a fire took the lives of 99 people in the workshop. Gu Xiaoqin came to a virgin forest to redeem their lives in search of a "lunatic" time restarter invented by scientists, but just stepped into the jungle, beasts, traps, men in black The appearance of Gu Xiaoqin and his teammates died one after another. Gu Xiaoqin, who woke up again, found that she had entered a space-time vortex. Can she find the time restarter to go back to the past? How many secrets her teammates have remained unknown? What is hidden in the repeated pursuit of the man in black? How to avoid the dangers of beasts is Gu Xiaoqin will face one by one.

Jungle Girl Restart

NR 2020
The Execution of the Thinker

The film's director, Hao Jian, has spent more than ten years interviewing many of his relatives and comrades, and has filmed a large amount of material related to the life of Yu Luoke. The film uses a combination of documentary interviews and montage to document and describe his life. The filmmaker also interviews several generations of Chinese thinkers, including Liu Xiaobo, with whom he considers the ideological significance and persona of Yu Luoke in Chinese history, providing a profound reading and interpretation of Yu Luoke as a thinker, rebel and human rights pioneer from multiple perspectives.

The Execution of the Thinker

NR 2020
Handscape

Contemporary Shanghai, summer. Xia Qing, a boy who has been wearing Cochlear Implants due to hearing impairment, has a deep love for dancing. He gains so much joy just from copying Martha Graham’s hand gestures in a dance magazine. A kid with a precocious nature, he sometimes paints his pinky nail red just for that glimpse of beauty. Yet all these passionate pursuits are misunderstood and questioned by his single, deaf mother. Given the opportunity to audition for his favorite dance company once in a blue moon, he has no choice but to return to his body--He seeks his mother’s approval and longs to overcome this obscure self-identity crisis, through the silent language on his fingertips.

Handscape

NR 2020