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Sand and Sea (shot in 1989) was a collaboration between filmmaker Kang Jianning and Liaoning Television producer Gao Guodong. That film depicted the lives of two families: one living in the Ningxia desert and another, a Northeastern fishing family, living on a remote island. For the 2003 broadcast version of Life — which aired as part of the 'The Weight of Time' series on Chinese TV — Gao did not participate, thus this film is only about the desert family, headed by father Liu Zeyuan. Since 1989, Kang has remained in contact with the family and returned to film them multiple times over the years. Kang's filmmaking largely consists of striking landscape shots of the desert and rather tortured interviews with reticent family members, who often provide one-word answers to Kang’s audible questions. Kang himself also appears, and is an important catalyst to drawing out responses. The filmmaker emphasizes a deep connection to place, as opposed to an eventful or dramatic narrative.

Short film by Gao Shiqiang.

Xiao Xue is nineteen and lives in a town in northern China. During the day she works as a sales assistant in a fashion store. At night she accompanies her boss on his various social engagements and activities. She makes herself useful as a hostess when he invites his friends out, joining him on outings to karaoke bars and nightclubs. Xiao Xue sees all of this as an opportunity to improve her standard of living. But then, out of the blue, she falls pregnant and this changes her life in an unexpected way.

I and other person, we exercise the daily movements by moving each other's body.

short experimental animation

Documentary about the four people make a living by performing barehanded rock climbing in the Swallow Cave.

In September 2004, three doctors from the paediatrics department of Ningguo People's Hospital jumped ship to take up jobs at the soon-to-open private Huatai Hospital. 　　The remaining seven doctors managed 41 inpatients, in addition to outpatient work. 　　After the opening of Huatai Hospital, the number of inpatients in the paediatrics department of Ningguo People's Hospital gradually decreased. As the hospital implemented a variable salary, linking wages to departmental income, the hospital only paid half of the basic salary, and the money the doctors earned was theirs only after paying departmental expenses. The decrease in patients directly threatens everyone's income. Faced with fierce competition, a poor practice environment and incompetent and ineffective management, people in the paediatrics department were on edge, but no one wanted to leave, and under the leadership of the head of the department, an exhausting battle without a winner began.

For thousands of years, the Kucong tribe have lived in the primary rainforests of the Ailao Mountain and led primitive hunter-gatherer lifestyles. However, things changed in 1949 with the proclamation of the People’s Republic of China. A series of programmes were initiated to get the Kucong tribe to leave the forests and mountains, however, such initiatives did not go down well with the Kucong tribe. During the 50 years between 1958 and 2008, the Kucong tribe has been relocated from the forests five times; all five times, they escaped back to their homes in the forests. In 2008, the government decided to resettle the Kucong tribe for the sixth time—will they leave the forests this time?

Film by performance artist Yang Zhichao from the Wen Pulin Chinese Avant-Garde Art Archive.

The documentary takes a close look at the present situation of rural education in China. The story takes places in a over-crowded and under-funded middle school in a poor rural area of Yunnan. The school has a student population of 1,700 which is much larger than the school can handle. The film records the daily school life which includes school duties, classroom teaching, morning assembly, staff meeting, student counseling and public services, etc. The film shows the typical school life teachers and students face every day. The documentary employs the observational approach; there is no voiceover or interview.

Short documentary from a 2002 graduate of the Beijing Film Academy. Showcased at the 2002 edition of the Toronto-based Worldwide Short Film Festival (WSFF).

Nightingale, Not the Only Voice follows the lives of three artists, including the film’s director, on their shared journey through real and psychological oppression to self-discovery. Tang Danhong examines her past—particularly her relationship with her parents—and looks at the painful, formative moments that inform her current psychological state, her life, and her art.

Hong Kong's massive and unprecedented public protests and demonstrations in early July 2003 are documented in July. The film shows individual and mass reactions to the proposed national security legislation. It preserves the speeches, songs, chants, posters, and banners, as well as the atmosphere, for those who were there, and introduces them to those who were not. As such, July is a record of events that could not occur anywhere else in China.

Facing the threat of being shutdown, an elderly home turns to a sensual ballroom dancer, Ru Ping, to partner up with their caretaker Xiao Liu and teach him how to dance. Sparks fly but will it be enough to save the elderlies' lifestyle?

Forgotten in the waves of China's economic boom is the 1979 War with Vietnam and the veterans who fought in it. The filmmaker takes a pilgrimage to Ma'an Shan, site of some of the heaviest battles, as he seeks out old veterans, their memories of war, and the lives they lead today.

Huangyangchuan township, Gulang County, Gansu province. In a village, two members of a family died in accidents in a short period. People took it seriously, they decided to rebuild the old temple in the village, hoping it could bless them with peace. In the ceremony after the rebuilding was finished, the figure of Buddha, the picture of Chairman Mao, the Taoist and the country shamen, gathered together…This film documented the details of this ceremony, hoping to reveal the common status of Chinese people’s religion.

A cell phone is with a girl for three and a half years and is dissatisfied with the girl's stubborn personality and oversleeping. Still, it likes the girl. One day, the girl meets a college student working at a bookstore. The cell phone gets jealous of her new companion begins to feel increasingly alienated.

In 2004, Liang Xuan produced a flash short film which was the prototype of the animated film Da Yu Hai Tang, which won the DIGIID Award of Intel 2004 China Digital Festival.

This is a story about 7 college students to graduate. Filming their trace for 2 years, it recorded stories about graduation and starting business in different major and family background. This film is to deepen into the vast social background and examine their life experience and social relationship in the round. 　　At present, problem of employment of college students has already become a hot topic in society. It also has great significance with educational reform and economic crisis around the world.

After 5-years' observation and recording, the director screened the entire process of villager autonomy of Dongpo Village in the suburb of Chengdu under the background of urbanization and the promulgation of organic law of villager committee. The film focuses on the villagers’ growing participation in political life and the running of their village.

This is a documentary about the father of a miner. In 1955, more than 300 young people from Shanghai came to Sanlidong Coal Mine in Tongchuan City, Shanxi Province with the hope and dream of supporting the construction of the Northwest. After 50 years, most of the builders of that year were gone. In the land where black coal is buried, the fate and breathing of the miners are always stirring. The film uses 15 clips to record the old miners, the deceased and the era that is still living in the area, witnessing the tenacity and dignity of life with a group of miners. They are: Shu Guoqi, Gu Longxiang, Shen Longgen, Wang Zhengxiang, Yao Hongchang, Ge Dengfa, Zhang Baisheng, Lu Rongchu, Zhou Shougen, Luo Shijun, Ding Fuzhen, Tong Guang, Gao Zhangshun, Chen Yixiang, Zhu Yongsheng.

China's first film was made in 1905 when great changes were taking place in Chinese society. Films, as vivid records of the times, have, since then, recorded all the happenings of China in the century: From national liberation movements and social changes to the fate and daily life of ordinary people. Films enrich people's lives and inspire their spirit. To mark the 100th Anniversary of the Chinese Film industry, this documentary has chosen and highlighted the events and figures of milestone significance in "Chinese films and films of China" to probe how Chinese films have developed from entertainment to enlightenment through education and from propaganda to the market, and to show a centennial splendor and glory to the Chinese film industry

2006 Project by Zhang Peili

2007 project by Zhang Peili