Discoveries from China World Cinema

The story of Yeshe Dolma, and her turbulent marriage to a proud warrior, Jiacuo, across half a century.

An aspiring singer/songwriter, Hei, in his late 20s, has to decide whether to donate part of his liver to his estranged dad as requested by the dad’s gay partner, Oscar.

The play was adapted from Luo Guanzhong’s Ming Dynasty novel “Ping Yao Biography”. The film “Ruyi Tianshu” tells that during the Northern Song Dynasty, three foxes with different forms and ideas have been eager to snatch the heavenly books and cultivate them into immortals, and then entangled the human eggs with the books of the heavens, and the eggs are at this time for their mission. Still have no idea. In the process of entanglement with the three foxes, the egg is gradually growing, and there is a feeling of incompetence between the fox and the fox, and finally staged a world-famous aesthetic miraculous sadism.

Last days of poverty eradication in China. Zhao Lin, deputy secretary of the township party committee, took the initiative to invite Ying to work as the first secretary of the village. At the same time, Jiji Hebin came to Huopu Village to serve as the first secretary. They went from being happy enemies to helping each other, and eventually both villages completed the task of poverty eradication as scheduled

The daily life of ordinary people of Shanghai apartment building: an unemployed person who tries not to lose face by concealing the loss of his job, a singer without an audience, a driver, a teacher, but also the owner of the building and his prodigal son.

In 1918, shortly after the Soviet Socialist Revolution in October, the Red Army soldier Savelyev went to Moscow and was assassinated by counter-revolutionaries at a small station. The sons Vasya and Misha have just lost their mothers, and now they have lost their fathers, and they have no choice but to wander into Moscow. Lenin and Dzerzhinsky met the two children and took them in and took care of them.

China's first live-action movie shot in space, created and filmed by astronauts Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping, and Ye Guangfu using an 8K ultra-high-definition camera aboard the China Space Station. It will immerse audiences in the experience of China's space journey, showcasing breathtaking landscapes, life inside the space station, and the authentic inner world of the astronauts.

Winner of the Golden Rooster Award in 1982 for Best Film

A beautiful girl who accidentally met a handsome and heart-warming girl. The two became inseparable best friends, but due to the misunderstandings of the people around them, all kinds of sadistic emotional stories happened. It explores youth friendship and the troubles of youth, and also pays attention to young people's attitude and status towards growth and life. The first half is sweet and the second half is sadistic, completely displaying the "core of youth" in front of the audience, showing a different kind of youth and life.

A woman asks the hospital in which her father is due to stomach cancer to be allowed to return home to celebrate the New Year with his family. Part of the 2002 'Jeonju Digital Project'.

Resulting pic blurs the line between documentary and fiction as Yanagimachi explores the lives of a couple of groups of peddlers, and they appear to act out their personal dramas for the camera.

The film takes the "slow train" driving deep in the mountains and the conductor's boring work position as the carrier, through the main character Cheng Lu, Zhao Dapeng and to Pingping two young college students and young conductors

When Jia-Tai and his father discover that a Buddhist temple is a trap for kidnapping women and selling them into slavery, they are attacked by the gang led by Black Shark. Strong as they are, they are no match for his kung fu and Jia-Tai`s father is killed. His last message to his son is the find those who can teach him the magic legs kung fu, the only style strong enough to beat Black Shark.

A bus drives from city A to city B.

Since I was born, the moon has circled the Earth 9,125 times. We all grew older with each orbit, but the moon never seems to age. A story about my grandma, her death, and my childhood.

Li Gaocheng is the mayor of the city of Haizhou. One day, workers at the textile factory of which he used to be chief are in uproar. Indeed, the workers accuse the new managers of the factory are stealing money allocated to the plant. Initially, Li can't believe the men he selected are corrupt, but later he finds out more and more evidence are against them. Soon after, Li discovers the most senior backer of this scheme is the person who selected him as the mayor as well as his wife is involved in this conspiracy...

Freediving champion Jessea Lu nearly died during a world-record attempt. She revisits the site of her near-death in this documentary, facing past traumas and struggling back to life.

Su Wei's summer between high school and college

The Land of Many Perfumes

Sun Wukong was hit by the demon's successor, Huang Mi, who was confined while losing all of his magic power. Old monster Hoang Mi built a mighty army, set up the mortal arena, used mud to create Luc Nhi My Hau to replace the real Sun Wukong. Sun Wukong fell into despair and fell into despair. A person used to fighting alone is forced to ally with youkai to save himself. After one failure after another, he realized the true meaning of the two words "Great Saint".

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The story takes place on New Year’s Eve, December 31st 2019. This was an extremely bad and weird day for Du Yangyu (Feixiang Sun), a young academically-weak student. With his own personal development and possible redemption in mind, Du Yangyu decided to make a change…

Zong is a tow truck driver. He makes a living by towing away cars parked in the prohibited areas everyday. However, he feels his work is full of complaints made by the car owners. Lian, an art teacher, has a gift to see the distinct things in this chaotic world. She always feels guilty for her occasional illegal parking. One day, Lian and Zong encounter each other, and Lian's pure and simplicity turns Zong’s “emotion switch” on...

Liu Xiaotang was not talented since he was young, but still aspiring to become a hero like his father. After the Ying Gong’s death he continued to encounter failures but did not give up his efforts. Once he had the opportunity to investigate a series of bloody murders in Hongchen inn

The Min River is crucial for Fujian Province’s economy. In 1947, Lin Sen Guan, a Communist Party member and driver of the “Fuzhou” steamship, smuggled weapons and radios to a guerrilla base with fellow party members. The enemy, led by transportation inspector Wang Xun, sent spy Li Boguang to monitor them. Lin Sen Guan tricked Li Boguang, but the spy later discovered the weapons. Lin Sen Guan pushed him into the water, witnessed by helmsman A Wang, who refused to reveal the truth despite enemy pressure. The underground party decided to transport remaining weapons to the guerrilla zone. The “Fuzhou” set sail, followed by enemy ships. Near Luohan Tan, a guerrilla team unloaded the weapons. The enemy opened fire, but A Wang steered the “Minh River” into an enemy vessel, causing mutual destruction. The weapons reached the guerrilla zone, and Lin Sen Guan continued their underground efforts.

Three hundred years ago the evil planet Oz developed thousands of supernatural organisms that were locked in a black hole. Unexpected jolts cracked the wall of space-time and it fled to Earth. Some of them were assimilated by humans and lived in peace with them. However, some of them are dangerous aliens from outside the human race. The hero, Lan Jue, is a hybrid between Earth and an alien species, and he, along with Yusheng, a parasitic creature, and Sophie, a human girl, solve the various alien mysteries that they encounter on Earth.

Originally conceived as the film for government propaganda but couldn't pass the censorship. Five punks found Dong Jianguo, a millionaire wearing the dog chain being trapped in the trunk. They kidnapped the millionaire and started to konw the love story between Dong Jianguo and a woman called Bobo.

Based on three different places, the film portrays the infractions to which people living in modern day China are subjected due to rapid developments: in the deceptively idyllic Yangshuo in the rainy south; in the apocalyptic coal mining site of Wuhai in the parched north; and in Chongqing, the urban behemoth on the Yangtze River. The protagonists give their accounts of the unsurmounted past, the precarious present and their tentative steps into the future. The film thus paints a complex image of the mental state of the people in this complicated country.

The film is based on the life of Nisakhan, a folk artist from Kuche County in Xinjiang. It chronicles her lifelong dedication to preserving Kuche folk songs while confronting conservative forces and religious extremism in the old society, showcasing her artistic contribution of collecting and compiling over 300 folk songs. Through the tragic love story between the protagonist and Tursun, the film traces Nisakhan's life journey—how she used art to resist oppression and, after liberation, celebrated the new China through her songs.

Phoenix is a film that reflects the love life of modern people. Ji Tong, Chen Lang, and Ma Wen reunite after 10 years. Their lives have changed a lot: Ji is a down-and-out literati, Chen the owner of a small leisure center, and Ma is in jail. Ma asks his former lover, Tong Fei, to come see him on the same day that Chen and Ji visit. Tong's beauty attracts both men — Tong chooses Ji. Chen then pursues a relationship with an online lover, Xia Yi, but once the relationship is consummated, he doesn't know what to do. While at first, this film seems like a typical romantic drama, Ding Jiancheng and Xu Wei - as sixth generation purveyors of the avant-garde - are up to something more here, as is gradually revealed through the relationships between the characters.