Discoveries from China World Cinema

Life of a Vietnamese girl married to a farmer in the countryside of Taiwan.

A man is released from prison and saved by his roommates after a suicide attempt. When he visits a bar and sees a Russian woman performing the classic song "Blue Train," he is inspired to go off in search of his ex-girlfriend.

A pair of sisters in an accident, into a strange state of life and death unknown, mysterious and treacherous events occurred one after another.

A pair of lesbian lovers who have broken up looking for lost memories and awakening the power of true love. Xia Xue and Wei An meet again through time and space. Facing the pain of the past, they can only rewrite the ending if they love each other and face each other again.

This was the much-anticipated perfect vacation for everyone. On the luxurious spaceship St. Freya heading toward the moon, we could enjoy this rare and relaxing journey to the fullest — or so we thought. Mysterious shadows, sudden weightlessness, disappearing items, glaringly faulty alibi... Is the culprit among us?

China. Mid 90's. HONG Tao, thirty years old, moved from the countryside to Beijing where he works in a fancy restaurant. He lives with a strange secret since the cultural revolution. Back then, his father was a famous Mao's portrait painter and he was obsessed by the leader's representation. He started tattooing Mao's portraits on human skins. HONG Tao, oppressed by this heavy inheritance, wants to hide it from the world. But a new wave of unscrupulous antique collectors will do anything to get their hands on them.

Famous martial arts action film director, martial arts instructor, and actor Liu Jialiang. His father, Liu Zhan, was Huang Feihong’s disciple. Liu Jialiang has learned martial arts from his father since he was a child, with the mission of inheriting authentic martial arts. He has participated in more than 400 martial arts action films over the past 60 years and is a master of authentic martial arts films in the history of Chinese martial arts films.

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During the final months before Hong Kong's return to China, an ambitious young female reporter stumbles upon a murder scene.

In the early years of the Republic of China, Uncle Jiu, with his two apprentices, is involved in a bizarre murder case when a centuries-old blood coffin sinks into the Yellow River.

Working at a nightclub in Chengdu, a transgender Chinese woman receives an unexpected visit from her cousin informing her that the mother she has brushed aside, has died. As the only "son", she feels obligated to return to her birthplace for the sake of her family, even though she'll have to hide her true self from those that once shared her past.

Director Lydia Han examines the passage of time and the profound life questions that surface when we're in that limbo between a sleeping and waking state - something we're all a little too familiar with, in this era of uncertainty.

This art film is a puppet film, which tells an absurd story that happened in a western country. From today's perspective, it has certain political metaphors. The blonde and the silver-haired are a pair of poor orphans. They have beautiful singing voices, but they can only live by begging in the bustling metropolis. The radio station is going to hold a singing competition. The blonde and silver hair become the lucky ones.

After the defeat of the Japanese, the leadership of the Communist forces are invited by Chiang Kai-shek to "discuss the state of affairs" in Chongqing, with the goal of avoiding civil war.

A mysterious woman frequents tea shops and other places looking for the right man. A cup of green tea will show you the way to find your true love.

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.

The film tells about Shanghai during the Revolution of 1911. The patriotic martial artists Huo Zhenshan and He Dachuan worked together to burn the smokehouse, and attracted an axe to help them. He Dachuan was rescued by Huo Zhenshan. Twenty years later, Huo Zhenshan opened a martial arts hall in Shanghai to promote Chinese martial arts and search for He Dachuan's descendants. In the face of the challenge of the black market boxing, Huo Zhenshan defeated the opponent but refused to receive the bounty, so that the stone that came to watch the battle was respectful. The big disciple Huang Jinpeng secretly colluded with the boss of the boxing and killed the master. Stone and Huang Jinpeng found each other's life in the contest. It was actually a child who had been separated from He Dachuan for many years. The two men defeated the boxing manager and teamed up the black market.

A group of losers trying to kidnap the famous conductor Herbert von Karajan.

Huang Shen, Lin Wei and a group of their coworkers went to Mangshan to find news to save the newspaper company they work for, from bankruptcy. Instead of the news they encountered a giant snake raised by Aunt Mei. The group was attacked several times, but were also rescued by a mysterious person, and then lured to a foggy forest which they can't escape. Huang Shen must do his best to help everyone survive and defeat the snake.

When an elegant female singer meets a handsome bartender, how will she and him choose? VogueFilm and CHANEL present a short film by Angelica Cheung, starring Wang Zibo and Zhou Xun.

Years ago the mermaid Xi Yin saved the Imperial guard Yan Lie. They fell in love, but the mermaid returned the ocean. It was rumored that the mermaid has a magical treasure, and Imperial concubine Shen Mei wants to claim this, at any cost.

In the early years of the Republic of China, Jiushu Master and Apprentice in Jixiang Town practiced medical treatment, and there were successive murders in the town. The victims all died of certain diseases after being bitten. It was finally found that the murderers were some poor people called witch werewolves who hid in the mountains in order to avoid the disaster.

When his aspiring-celebrity sister becomes trapped in a criminal scheme within an entertainment company, a devoted brother teams up with local police to uncover the truth and take down the powerful underworld behind it.

On a summer night in 1975, a military train sped through the north-east of the country.

A story of four couples that met during their wedding photo shoots.

Qing Ping is her mistress's best and most obedient weapon. However, she is also harboring deep feelings for her. When Bai Wei gives her the latest assignment, can she complete it?

20 year-old Lynn is told she needs English classes, flight attendant school, and a go getter-attitude. She perseveres along this path of upward mobility until she finds out she's pregnant. Indecisive and running out of time, she tells her boyfriend she's had an abortion and instead returns to her feuding parents and their failing clinic to try and figure out what's next.

Years of war have plunged the population into poverty, and the Céline faction is forced to return to looting graves to get money for food for those in need. Jiang Yu, along with his uncle and a group of scientists, goes to another grave, unaware of how many dangers await them.

The film takes the life-and-death cooperation between the anti-drug police dog "Lal" and the dog trainer Chen Feng as the main line, and tells the story of his journey against transnational drug lords.

Centuries after the snake demon was sealed away, young waiter Luo Xiaotian encounters the mystical Chengying Sword through its loyal donkey and must navigate a series of trials to master its power and stop the demon from wreaking havoc.

369 by Zheng, Runqi is raised by his father Li, Jinlong alone. His father's biggest hope is that 369 can enter a university and find a decent job after that. However, 369's grade was always at the bottom and he escaped from class at Grade 11, resulting in his expelling. His father could only be contacted every connection he had, hoping that 369 could learn some skills and get independent. 369 hated every job introduced by his father. He failed and failed again in almost 8 years and was laughed at by his neighbors. So 369 decided to go to Shenzhen to escaped from the town and all those derision. 369 became an internet celebrity, which was considered as the violation of his father's hope. The relationship between them was going to a total rupture.

A 2014 Chinese animated comedy adventure family film part of the film series based on the animated television series Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf.

Having left Yunnan, his native city, Yu Zhao moved to Beijing, where he has lived for more than thirty years. Since his retirement, his only occupation has been helping his son in the house and looking after his grandson. When Yu Zhao returns to Yunnan with the intention of starting a new life, he finds that things, his relatives, friends and loves of the past are no longer the way he remembered them. Everything has become colder and more routine. The people he knew now have their own lives and the dream of a new love disappears too. Gradually Yu Zhao realises that Yunnan is no longer his true home, and he decides to return to Beijing.

The film tells the story of Lei Xiaojun, a telecommunications scammer, who tries to restart his operations after his base is destroyed, but his business does not go well. His attempts to collaborate with other criminal groups are also unsuccessful. Meanwhile, the anti-telecom fraud team repeatedly fails to capture Lei Xiaojun during their operations. In the end, they take advantage of his greedy nature to finally apprehend him.

The spirit ginseng baby helps a teenage tenant to pay his debts to the greedy landlord with a high quality ginseng, but the landlord wants to catch the ginseng baby and present him as a tribute to the emperor.

Chinese film directed by Cao Baoping.

The mother of a murderer awaits and prepares to meet her son. The true story of a man who killed six Shanghai policemen after suffering police beatings as a punishment for riding an unlicensed bicycle. This film was produced as a part of the Jeonju Digital Project.