Discoveries from China World Cinema

The film is a stage documentary of Zhang Jie's three closing concerts of "Wei · LIVE -" Yao · Beidou "tour held at the National Stadium - Bird's Nest in Beijing in August 2023. The tour started in Suzhou in October 2021 and ended in Beijing in August 2023, with a total of 13 cities, 23 performances, and a total mobilization of over 900000 people.

Li Mei is a little-known screenwriter, with no famous works, no successful cases, only her so-called "screenwriter's perseverance" and a husband who loves to cheat. Hao Jinjun, this love-hearted husband, is ready to divorce Li Mei, because he feels that he really loves and looks forward to it. However, he was wrong. When he saw his old classmate Bai Hua, he was attracted by Bai Hua's beauty. When Hao Jinjun was about to pursue Bai Hua, Bai Hua died. Hao Jinjun did not call the police because he believed that it was Li Mei and Qi Panpan who killed Bai Hua, and they were also his loved ones. A few days later, the police discovered Bai Hua's body, and it was Hao Jinjun's son, Hao Jiangang, who was in charge of the investigation of this case. Will he find out the truth of the incident, and what choice he will make in the face of family affection and justice.

The story of a village amidst the winds of change, with Aunt Guo a female member of the Communist Party as the center. This multi-level display of Chinese farmers of different thinking style and perplexing relationships, reflects some of the major changes in China's rural areas from land reform to the people's commune being established in this historical stage.

Guo (果, eng. fruit) —Old Beijing dialect, originally referring to girls. Later, because of the word GROUPIE , Guo was borrowed by Chinese rock musicians to refer to girls who follow the musicians.

Tai Chi guru Zhang Sanfeng deciphered the eighth-level mystery box, broke the border-less mind and magic skills and wiped out the stories of martial arts scum.

Ling Ke (played by Wang Peigen), a young man from a small town who returns home upon learning that his father was assaulted. When he confronts the attackers, he is unexpectedly drawn into a dangerous "black-on-black" crime. Through this encounter, Ling Ke uncovers clues tied to a murder case from twenty years ago, propelling him onto an uncertain path in pursuit of justice.

When self-quarantine and social distancing become the norm in post-pandemic time, people interact in a sensory virtual reality called SUNDAY. When the government terminates SUNDAY's server for public health concern, a SUNDAY couple's relationship is at the verge of breaking down.

In the Republic of China, old Shanghai gambling, the society is dying. Qingyue (Wei Haishan) was chased to the No. 41 casino by Yan Zi (Yuan Zhongfang), one of the four kings. The magician who was performing on the stage was rescued before he escaped. After the Qingyue learned that the magician was actually the South gambling king He Zhongqian, he was trained by him.

Actress Wen Qing was trapped in a small spaceship and broadcast live to the outside world, staged a real survival show. Under the triple test of space, villains, and audiences, she found that the ultimate way to get rid of the predicament is to put aside the pretense of hypocrisy and calmly face the truest self.

Public Security Bureau officer Li Xiao inflitrates a gang that is holding up trains in the 1980s.

About the Chinese communists who fought boldly and selflessly against the Kuomintang.

There is a legend that the secret of the rise and fall of Murim is hidden in a seven-story stupa. The path of painful trials begins for the young knights of the Hero Association who jump into it. They complete their mission through assaults such as the scorching sun and pouring rain, but discover that everything in the Budo Tower was a conspiracy. And the culprit behind everything was one of them...

When war breaks out between the Song and Liao armies, the wizard of Liao sets up an unbreakable barrier to defeat the Song forces. With General Mu Guiying's arrival, the Song army's hope renews.

In sprawling Chongqing, the quiet life of a divorced taxi driver erupts after he gives a ride to a mysterious woman coming home after two decades. Reigniting his sexual desires, she also releases his suppressed angst about his paralyzed mother and rebellious gay son. Shrouded in dark tunnels and deep fog, he sees no light ahead. This mesmerizing drama, at once gloomily real and luminously surreal, evokes a time when dreams are lost, and no hope can be found.

A couple separate when the successful husband takes 3 mistresses. The wife becomes successful on her own.

Love blooms quietly in the mountains, but when the world around them says no, will A Ren listen to his heart or his heritage?

Working as a secretary for a legal office, Xiaofen records clients detailing the sordid aspects of their lives: divorce cases, medical malpractice suits, financial corruption and old-fashioned personal revenge. Xiaofen starts to question her own relationship with her boyfriend (Deng Gang), fresh out of prison and looking to get into trouble again with his gambling habit. While Xiaofen deals with the overwhelming social malaise surrounding her, rumors spread of a disaster at the local chemical plant, threatening to poison the entire city.

The story follows Gao Cuilan, who, in order to obey her parents' wishes, agrees to participate in a matchmaking event. However, things don't go as planned. Not only does she fail to find a husband, but she also becomes the laughingstock of Gao Village. Her father, Mr. Gao, devises a plan and stages a scenario where a mountain bandit kidnaps her. However, on the way, things go awry, and they encounter Zhu Ganglie (also known as Pigsy). By mistake, Zhu Ganglie ends up sending Gao Cuilan back to her family, leading to a series of love-hate entanglements between the two. Eventually, the monk Tang Sanzang and his companions arrive at Gao Village and "subdue" Zhu Ganglie, who then becomes a disciple and joins them on their journey to retrieve the Buddhist scriptures from the West.

When messenger Li Haolin returned to his hometown to visit relatives, in order to save his ten-year relationship, he decided to confess his love to his ex-girlfriend again before she completely became someone else's wife. However, he went to the wrong wedding venue and bumped into the bride Lu Shiyi who was exposing the groom Song Xiaotian's cheating at the wedding venue. However Lu Shiyi didn't know that the USB flash drive evidence in her hand had been exchanged with Wang Mazi, who was about to use it to sell trade secrets more than ten minutes ago. After a series of misunderstandings, the three of them embarked on a journey that made people laugh.

Ten years ago, Zhang Yifan, the captain of the rescue team, took his family to the beach for a holiday. Unexpectedly, a typhoon broke out. On the way back, he encountered a car accident. Zhang Yifan tried his best to rescue the injured, and did not want his son Zhang Yitian to be accidentally killed by a landslide. Over the past ten years, Zhang Yifan, who was deeply remorseful, was depressed, quit his job as a rescue team, and opened a car repair shop. Son's death made him nervous....

The film tells the story of Mao Zedong's leadership in Sanwan Village after the failure of the Autumn Harvest Uprising in 1927, which created a whole new set of strategies for military governance, such as "building branches on companies" and "equality between officers and soldiers".

When a murdered body of a highschool girl is found naked with a strange mark on her forehead used to prevent the vengeance of her spirit, Detective Khan from DSI is assigned to investigate the case. The dead girl is brought to Dr. Nicha at CIFS in Bangkok to find more clues and identify the body. Meanwhile, C, a former teenager's heartthrob is involved in this case when he begins to search for his lost ex-girlfriend. When the ghost is trying to connect to the living, Detective Khan starts to believe in something supernatural that leads him to the truth.

Taiwanese successful actuary Chung Wen Kai lives a life free of any unnecessary risks, or calculated ones if any. Wen Kai plans to pay Sandra, his rich girlfriend who has been away in Singapore for a business trip, a surprise visit on Valentine’s Day. Wen Kai also plans to propose to Sandra. What Wen Kai did not plan for was to have lost the diamond ring at the airport. Wen Kai also did not plan to meet Haney Goh, whom Wen Kai will “partner” reluctantly in order to buy a new diamond ring for Sandra at couple-only 50% Valentine’s Day special discount at a jewellery shop in Singapore. While stepping out of the jewellery shop, the “couple” are robbed and Wen Kai loses all his valuables including a phone which Haney took to throw at the robbers. Feeling sorry for Wen Kai, Haney decides to help Wen Kai in completing his goal to propose to Sandra.

Short prequel to Fog Hill of Five Elements from 2016

Born in Beijing tells the story of 'petitioners': citizens who feel themselves wrongfully treated by the local authorities and seek settlement in the capital. There are thought to be more than 100,000 petitioners in Beijing. These people, harassed by 'interceptors', brave terrible conditions in their battle against injustice and corruption.

A perfectionist poet falls for an energetic Chinese man who teaches her the importance of life's imperfections.

In Close-Up, Jia explores the counterpart to the wide shot. Four elevated surveillance cameras scan a busy traffic intersection, capturing the steady stream of cars, bikes and pedestrians that cross it. Amid all that bustle and movement, a fifth camera with a long telephoto lens picks out one individual. A man with a bandaged hand. A wide shot changes into a close-up. Visitors have the freedom to choose their own context and focus. They can even tell the story of this man. HD video installation on 5 screens, colour, silent

In the chaotic world of the Three Kingdoms, Zhao Yun, who should have been living in peace, is drawn into the chaos of the war.

Teacher Fen Ti returned to the primary school to do research for a thesis and found that a boy named Si Ba Niu Niu and a girl named Mao Ye often played alone. By paying attention to the two children, Teacher Fen Ti gradually discovered the reason and was deeply moved. The two children also regained confidence through the attention they received.

Showing off his love of visual aesthetics as a painter, director Dan Duyu combines elegance, exoticism and oddity into a grand big-budget package with New Arabian Nights. Dan's vision is definitely not bound by the source material, but his magical and music-filled version of the orient turns out to be not so different from how Western storytellers would imagine it.