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Set in 1930s in Northeast China. Three friends attend the high school in Japanese puppet regime in Manchuria. They are forced to study Japanese and learn to live as conquered people. They see that their patriot teacher is arrested, revolutionists are killed, family members are persecuted. They determine to envisage nationalistic pride and make up their minds to fight Japanese aggressors.

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.

One night, the arrested Communist Party cadre Wang Guochi defected and provided information about the county party committee's meeting at Brick and Tile Kiln at 4am. Upon hearing this, the director of the fake police station, Luo Baiqian (Yang Dezhi), urgently discussed with his subordinates, Captain Wang (Li Lanfa), and Inspector Zhao. The former believed that the army should enter immediately without delay, while the latter was originally a Communist Party member Jiang Wanhe (Zhao Erkang) who had infiltrated the police station. He agreed, saying that there might be fraud, while thinking of countermeasures, Subsequently, Luo Baiqian decided to divide his troops into two groups to attack the brick and tile kiln.

The story is about an impoverished elderly scholar and a young girl who cares for him briefly in return for guqin lessons.

A boy is kidnapped but it is a case of mistaken identity.

The bear ushered in a bumper grain harvest year. When it happily spread out pancakes to celebrate, it was harassed by a group of mice. After some pursuit, the clumsy bear became defeated by the mice in frustration.

At first there's a trail of mysterious killing by a girl who seems able to turn into a tiger, then there's a wizard who uses as weapon some poisonous centipedes. The victims must be immediately buried or, as the wizard says, "they return as ghosts". Then a multitude of subplots including a whorehouse, body doubles, some martial arts fighting and a song...

A family movie directed by Jinjing Chen.

Four friends grow up around the sea, experiencing the Cultural Revolution

First Moon (37 min., 1987) looks at lunar New Year celebrations in the Chinese countryside.

Taiwanese film, nominee of 17th Golden Horse Awards

A Tibetan college student is escorted down a treacherous mountain road by two soldiers/cadres. On the way, they pick up a sick hunter by the roadside.

The thousand-year-old White Snake and Green Snake in Mount Emei, Sichuan, got bored, turned into charming girls, Bai Suzhen (Li Bingshu) and Xiaoqing (Fang Xiaoya), and traveled to Hangzhou's West Lake. Bai Suzhen catches a glimpse of Scholar Xu Xian (Lu Boping), who's suave and good-looking, and falls in love instantly.

The Dragon Pearl Agriculture, Industry and Commerce Joint Company is established in Longjiazhuang Village to help the people get out of poverty.

Ge Lan, a second-year student of Ningjiang Middle School, has a such a good voice that her music teacher Ye Xiulian thinks she will have a promising future. Ge Lan's parents however, are not interested teacher Ye's suggestion to let their daughter to study music. Teacher Ye does not give up, but uses every mean she can to make Ge Lan interested in music.

Set in the 30's Shandong Province, China, this film shows story of a young couple. The husband devotes himself to the revolution, and the wife takes care of the whole family and goes through a lot of difficulties.

A college student researches the story of 8 brothers who flee Hebei province in the 1940's for the forests of Heilongjiang's Great Khing'an Mountains.

Feature film directed by Tang Huada and Yu Benzheng, starring Wu Haiyan and Ding Jiayuan. The film tells the story of actors from the film studio who went to live on the Yangtze River passenger ship, "Chaoyun," and hear a story about the joys and sorrows of brothers and sisters with different surnames that happened in the Three Gorges.

Hunan boy Zhu escapes from local tyrants chase, joins the Hunan troop and gets promoted soon. The superior recommends Zhu to the military school where he meets undercover CCP Cheng Kang. Zhu participates in the Northern Expedition after graduation and joins CCP later.

Iconic performances that portray love with profound passion. Meng Jiangnu, found as a baby in a gourd, was cherished by the Meng family. Emperor Qin Shi Huang unified China but ruled with tyranny, conscripting millions for labor, including Fan Qiliang, whom Meng Jiangnu married after he saved her life. Fan was later conscripted again, leading to Meng Jiangnu’s legendary weeping at the Great Wall.

The film revolves around the complex relationships of four families in the early 1980s China.

A country woman abandoned by her husband lives her own life successfully in a struggling way.

Short animated version of the Chinese folktale, Nüwa Mends the Heavens

Zhuang Li goes into business, is tempted away to a job created for her by a boyfriend and returns to her own business.

Student film by Zhang Yuan, shot on 35mm film.