Discoveries from China World Cinema

The star courtesan is a sought-after title. These two women will do anything to get it.

A slim and capable girl, a beautiful girl, was robbed by bandits to a small town in the west and was rescued and taken in by an honest herdsman "cousin-in-law". The beautiful girl, who was like a jade, was soon spotted by the "cousin" concubine Tang San. However, on the eve of the wedding, the helpless Xiu girl slept on the bed, and the "cousin-in-law" came to her at this time. Because of his dark hatred of Tang San, he was attracted by Xiu Girl's beautiful face.

Spring is here, and the cuckoo leads the children to fly to the mountain village as in previous years, calling "cuckoo", "cuckoo", wanting to remind people to sow grain seeds quickly. Its cry attracted good-natured ridicule from many animals and birds. They all said that it was late this year, and people had already sown the grain seeds, and now the seedlings have grown.

Cao Fei explores a virtual metropolis within the online platform Second Life. The work blends real and fictional elements of Chinese identity and urbanism to comment on capitalism and development in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. Marxist iconography intersects with modern corporate structures, creating a dystopian yet whimsical reflection on 21st-century economic realities.

In the early years of the Republic of China, in Wuhu Town, a certain place, Tushanmen’s head, Huangfeng Daxian, cast a spell for evil enemies, driving evil and disasters, attacking Qinglanmen and his town. Qingyimen sacrificed the rituals to resist the destruction of the people.

Shui is an old Alzheimer patient suffering from memory loss and behaviour changes. Ha, as a personal care taker of Shui, stays together with him and takes great care of his daily lives. However, while his bad temper has turned into raging, Ha could not take it anymore and she runs away. Without Ha by his side, Shui is losing his only support. The neighbour seeks help from Ha’s son Leong to persuade Ha. During Ha’s absence, Shui is falling in love with Fang who looks a lot like Summer, but actually she is only looking for his wealth...

This film tells about the youth and passion in the reclamation of Dachen Island; singing and romance; storm and struggle. The vivid characters and touching deeds of the film convey to a feeling: the times are changing, but the spirit of pioneering will not change.

Lily is a young girl, who appears to be introverted, melancholy and timid. She couldn't decide where she should stay during the summer vacation of high school. Then, she took a coin and threw it into the air to decide whether to go to her mother's or father's place. Ever since junior high school started, she has used coins to decide on her "home" every summer vacation. Lily, who stayed at home, lost every day of vacation to boredom. One day she was in the paragliding field and met a girl named Lili who was bold, free and self-assertive. Her life turned upside down with the curious love of adolescence and girls' fooling around with each other...

After the founding of the kingdom, Emperor Ancestor named eighteen meritorious officials as the "Dragon Guardians", whose title has been inherited for generations, with the mission of guarding the safety and security of the royal family. More than a hundred years later, the new emperor has been on the throne for quite some time, but because of the power struggle in the imperial court, he is always forced to languish in the pile of ugly girls, and the emperor has no choice but to run to the marketplace brothel "Zang Xiang Ge" to choose a concubine, but unexpectedly met with the evil forces of the jianghu - Dongfang Bu Ai

Bullied and outed at school, Li Yang faces cruelty from peers and teachers—until Feng Xiaoao’s friendship becomes the light pulling him out of darkness.

The film tells the story of a shocking and unsolved case caused by a school drowning death case. The film depicts the story of the police's spirit of fighting wits and courage with Abe, a patient with split personality, after a series of investigations.

In this sequel to 2012's "Kepong Gangster", Cindy is caught by Gang 27 and forced into prostitution in order to pay her father's debt. Billy Ng rescues Cindy and kills the owner of the brothel. The son of the murdered Gang 27 boss returns from Australia, not only to become the new gang leader but also to seek revenge against his father's murderer. Soon he hatches a plan where Billy will be fighting for control over Gang 390, leaving his rival gang in chaos.

The film is based on the secret line of communication established by the Red Fourth Front Army and the Kuomintang leftist generals in May 1933. It tells the story of the patriotic general Yang Hucheng who sent a special envoy Feng Zhi to the headquarters of the Red Fourth Front Army in northern Sichuan

Sultan, Lee Chun-saeng, and Cheong-cheong solve a murder phoenix case.

A demon spirit who has been cultivating virtue all his life, and has accumulated merit and virtue, but unexpectedly, the demon of evil thoughts, Chang Sheng, who considers himself to be an immortal, tries to control the entire demon world and causes misfortune.

In 1989, a group of avant-garde artists who had collaborated in private for years received permission to organize their own exhibition at the National Art Museum of China. However, one of the terms was to exclude performance artists from participating. The seven artists who were left out took action. At the opening ceremony, their lives changed as the sounds of gunfire rang out.

Nima Yangzhen is a postman at the post office of Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. She is a ordinary mother of a baby, but with professional skills and enthusiastic work attitude, Nima was recommended to participate in the selection of exemplary people in the autonomous prefecture. After winning she receives a job transfer order. She needs to leave her family temporarily to go to the remote Yunling Township to take over the job of the old post office director.

In this documentary film, Lina Yang gives the viewer a look into the often sad and frustrating lives of the elderly in modern China. Their sense of uselessness, and loss of hope, is vividly portrayed.

Jia Zhangke's short film for Greenpeace East Asia depicts the effects of air pollution in northeast China, a region frequently blanketed in dangerous levels of air pollution. 'Smog Journeys' traces two families from two different backgrounds; one a mining family in Hebei province, and the other a trendy middle class family in Beijing. Both face a similar fate. Air pollution is one of China's most pressing environmental and health issues. Greenpeace calls for a shift from coal to clean renewable energy, as well as short term measures that better safeguard people's health.

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Tells the story of the Ming emperor, Zhu Yuan Zhang, who sent Jin Yi Wei through time to the year 2015 to search for an elixir.

Can beauty be standardized? What challenges will a girl with non-standard beauty played by Yoko Raame face in a world where everyone is beautiful?

This film tells the story of the protagonist Gu Quan who was accidentally involved in a crime vortex involving money because of his friend's loyalty. However, when he realized that he was wrong, he retreated from the cliff in time and decisively gave up the hopeless friend. Through careful planning and hard tolerance, he finally stepped forward and bravely prevented a crime, defending with his own wisdom and hands Justice on earth.

Young master Liu Yunfei, owner of roasted duck restaurant, is very handsome and beloved by female fans. He fell in love with the sudden appearance of Xiaoxianer at first sight, and then confusedly took his own pig. Teammate Long Jiu embarked on the road to defeat Chen Xiu, the number one in the world; on the road, there was an entangled relationship with Chen Xiu’s daughter Chen Yuer. This wonderful relationship between a man and a woman and the humor of a group of people’s journey story.

A young girl with magical powers is trafficked to Shanghai by her smoke-addicted parents to become a dancer. She became famous in the French Concession with her iron fist. She became famous in the French Concession for her iron fist and became a person of high moral standing.

After six years of being ordered to go undercover in a gang, Xing Jiangfeng is tired of his undercover life of crisis and dreams of finding his true self. A conspiracy for power leads Xing Jiangfeng into a death trap, and his recovery becomes a moot point.