Discoveries from China World Cinema

When Gu Dabai gets involved in a huge crisis, he has to pretend to be his best friend's significant other, who is a legal UK citizen. While dealing with the immigration process, Gu meets his new neighbor, Hermione.

A tragic romance set in the Tibetan plateau.

Wu Qionghua, a house maid, is abused by a cruel warlord until she joins a troop of women soldiers.

Wei Yi (38), a stingy suona player from Sichuan Folk Orchestra, reluctantly takes in his neighbor's 6-year-old son A Yu. Through their unexpected bond, the miser gradually transforms.

Obscure HK horror film centered around the world of gambling. Not to be confused with the fantasy-comedy The Gambling Ghost starring Sammo Hung and released the same year.

During the Anti-Japanese War, Yang Haotian, a soldier of the New Fourth Army, is leading his fallen comrades back to his unit when he meets Qin Yu, a Nationalist intelligence officer who is being pursued by the Japanese at Lost Cloud Ridge.

A blind man's master told him that after he has broken 1000 strings on his Banjo, he can open the Banjo to get a script for his eyes. After 60 years he broke the 1000th string.

Chu Tiankuo, who was born as a gangster, was framed to participate in the gambling king competition to win the golden mask. During the competition, he was framed and rescued by a princess of an alien tribe and accidentally got the clue of the golden mask. Unexpectedly, the various people who were looking for the mask got the news and waited for an opportunity to move. A peak confrontation immediately kicked off at the border. During the confrontation, Chu Tiankuo also accidentally learned about his father's experience. For his father and his own mission, Chu Tiankuo resolutely threw himself into the battle.

Sanzhe, who was released from prison, broke into the lives of a family of three, and the fate of the four people was intertwined.

Yu Feng and Liang Liang's puppy gets gravely injured while defending them from the neighbour's large and aggressive Tibetan Mastiff. The arrogant owner of the Tibetan Mastiff, however, refuses to take responsibility, and the police aren't of much help since no people were hurt. When push comes to shove, Yu Feng vows to fight for justice for his puppy.

Two roommates living in an all-girl dormitory. They fall in love with each other.

Assassin bride flirting with a handsome general! He Lian was instructed to marry General Murong, only to steal the thing that matters the most to him. But General Murong found out that the flirty girl who took his breath away was the person who rescued the assassin from his camp and caused him a great deal of embarrassment! What goes around comes around. This time, he finally gets a chance to turn the table. He Lian is good at pretending to be delicate and helpless. How will the general beat her in this round?

The film was created by a small Chinese animation studio named Wolf Smoke as a test bed for a new style and process. Kung Fu Cooking Girls is an eight and a half minute short that combines three things that most men love: beautiful women, Chinese food, and kung fu.

At the close of the Cultural Revolution, a group of young idealists battle for the right to return home and restart their lives after years of toil on a state run re-education farm in China.

Fang Bingbing, who was obsessed with martial arts from childhood, was given a secret martial arts book by chance and has since become a "hutong bully". After winning the championship, he tries to enter an international Muay Thai competition, but he is instantly KO'd in the audition. Once a culinary god, Papa Mo is betrayed by his partners, his business fails, he loses his sense of taste, becomes destitute, owes huge amounts of money to loan sharks and spends his days getting drunk with alcohol. To encourage his father to reclaim his former culinary glory, Mal sets out to help him regain his confidence. To help his father and daughter, who are kind enough to take him in, Fang Bingbing reveals his "gift" of having a special sense of taste. Thus begins a hilarious and inspirational comedy about a kung fu fighter with martial arts dreams and a Thai culinary god who turns his life around to reach the top

During the Ming dynasty, Japan invaded China with an army equipped with guns. The union chief of the martial arts clans revealed in his deathbed that there is a rare book containing secrets that will make a person immune to gunfire. His last words sparked the clans to contend with each other to find it. Also in search of the book were the Japanese who dispatched a team of ninjas to go after the book. The imperial court also secretly intervened in this dispute. The emperor secretly dispatched a Kung fu Master and ordered him to find the book within seven days.

For wedding planner Zhang Yang, tying the knot is out of the question as he seems to bring doom to whomever he falls in love with. That's until he meets talent agent Lin Chuchu.

A veterinarian vanishes from a pig farm, possibly linked to an evil ghost killer who terrorized the area 20 years ago. As new victims emerge, a police officer investigates the farm family's suspicious behavior, uncovering darker secrets.

The romantic comedy “Tuhao 520” or “Love Without Distance” is the newest film title that centers on the lives of China’s billionaires. The film attempts to dissect before the audience via creatively crafted scenes the meaning of "tuhao," which is a famous Chinese expression describing rich people who lack some grace and elegance.

500 years after taking the holy scriptures from the West, Tang Monk passed away and the Golden-Winged Roc was in turmoil in the Three Realms. In order to save the three worlds, Sun Wukong descends to earth with the relic of the Buddha in his mouth. In the process of gathering his disciples Sha Wujing and Zhu Wuneng

The film is adapted from Kong Ergou's novel. The film reflects more than 20 years of social changes. The film tells about a northern underworld organization headed by Mei San and Zhao Hongbing, from 1986 to 2006.

In this sentimental family drama, a talented young boy is encouraged to pursue a singing career by his priest. Unfortunately, his father is against it.

Somewhere in the majestic Chinese highlands of our days: The Pandas' survival is severely endangered as the bamboo is becoming scarce, and humans continuously expand into their habitat. And laziness being one of the Pandas' most significant character traits, what the community now requires is someone to rouse them. Manchu, with the help of his friends, stands up to all the trials. The group has nearly reached their destination when suddenly the humans unleash the floods of their newly-built dam, aimed at the Pandas' valley!

The Public Security Bureau intercept a telegram notifying foreign agents to retrieve the "110 secret". Shi Yan, head of the Reconnaissance Section, starts a campaign of counter-espionage, but one of his agents is soon killed on board a train.

Fantasy adventure as the fairies face a new foe.

Going to the end with you is my greatest wish. The carefree late summer (played by Xu Ruohan) and the gentle and restrained early autumn (played by Zhang Kaitai) have witnessed each other's beautiful green years and spent many unforgettable moments with each other. They have the tacit understanding of childhood sweethearts and the courage to resist reality. His love is vigorous, and her love is unwavering. Perhaps the road to true love is not smooth. Misunderstandings and misses once brought two lovers to the edge of separation. But how can the right person get separated?

Inspired by the myth of Cthulhu, it tells a fantasy adventure story triggered by a mysterious quantum mechanics experiment.

In 1946, to prevent the Chinese civil war, Zhou Enlai who represented the Communists held a talk with the Chinese Nationalist Party, and George C. Marshall, who represented the Americans at Plum Village in Nanjing. A lost notebook stirred the already turbulent peace talk. The ripples alert the three sides and a battle of spy and anti-spy began. Many historical figures like Zhou Enlai, George Marshall, Chiang Kai-shek, Soong May-ling, He Yingqing, Chen Cheng, and Hu Zongnan are depicted in the movie. Other fictional persona such as the ace agent Xiong Huiquan, the female journalist, and a secret spy who belongs to the Confidential Bureau adds tension to the critical moment.

The mysterious Lu family villa, also known as the Butterfly Mansion, is a notorious haunted house. Physiotherapy therapist Li Han and the scheming Awei move in one after the other. Afterwards, a series of bizarre events unfold: a woman in a red dress with a blood-stained headband wanders the rooms; a distorted, eyeless boy screams in agony… Awei's greed grows wildly as he sees greater profits, while Li Han is plagued by nightmares every night and unexpectedly stumbles upon a shocking secret of the wealthy family. Meanwhile, a life-or-death game is quietly being set up within the Butterfly Mansion. Who will be the lamb to the slaughter? Who will step into an even deeper hell?

The 2024 Honor of Kings Co-Creation Night is the ninth anniversary celebration party of "Honor of Kings" held at the Beijing National Speed ​​Skating Arena (Ice Ribbon) on October 27, 2024, with the theme of "Welcome to Honor of Kings". The event reviewed the development of the game in the nine years since its launch through celebrity performances, e-sports events, IP content releases, etc., and for the first time set up innovative links such as the "Glory of Kings" trial session and the "Star Break" all-star performance competition. More than 30 artists including Yang Mi, Zhou Shen, and the Times Youth Troupe (Ma Jiaqi, Ding Chengxin, Song Yaxuan, Liu Yaowen, Zhang Zhenyuan, Yan Haoxiang, He Junlin) participated in the performance, presenting diversified programs such as singing and dancing, magic, and e-sports stage plays.

The legendary Black Butterfly travels in the Qing Dynasty doing good.

As the main vocal of a band, Jiang Siwang (starring Aaron Kwok) is always the “coolest dad ever” to the eyes of his young daughter Jiang Lu. On the day right after Lu’s ninth birthday, Siwang accidently falls into the water when trying to save a puppy, and disappears from Lu’s life since then. But the magic happens because of love. Siwang mysteriously gains an “extra life” to be with his daughter: he transforms into a dog and returns to Lu, who has become an adult with a very different personality, now going through tons of crises in both her career and marriage. Even as a dog, Siwang will try the best in his way to protect his dearest darling.

Following a woman’s search for truth after being cheated in a romance scam.

At the end of the Yin Shang Dynasty, King Zhou was tyrannical and the people were in desperate straits. The God of Heaven and Shen Gong Bao wanted to take advantage of the chaos to destroy the mortal world by using the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation. In order to fight against the evil forces, Jiang Ziya gathers Yang Jian, Nezha and other immortals to join forces to save the mortal world.

In the rising populations of Tomboys in China, one rise up to develop a "Love Formula" App to find true love. Will the Love Coach, Do, played by Simon Twu, be able to save the world in helping people finding True Love?

A young girl named Yishu believes she has no luck at all and she blames her name for it. One day she starts receiving phone calls from people thinking that she is the popular singer Tianyou. It turns out that someone has leaked 600 phone numbers of famous people to the internet and Yishu's phone number got mixed up in the bunch. She finds it annoying at first but soon she receives a text message from Xiaowen, who is the singer in an amateur rock band. He wishes to write a song for Tianyou and wants Yishu -who he thinks is Tianyou's assistant- to deliver the song to Tianyou. Tianyou is a popular singer, but hasn't had a hit number lately. Because of this she gets pressured by her cruel agent into recording an album that she doesn't want to record, because it doesn't contain any good songs. This decision gets her into a lot of trouble...

Great modern day actioner from Hong Kong

In a small Chinese town some years ago, two childhood friends contend with the harsh realities of a nation drastically transitioning from Socialism to Market Economy. A young boy looking for guidance accidentally gets entangled with local hoodlums. His neighbor and classmate, a decent young girl, tries her best to help him with his studies while staying afloat amid the chaos of modernization herself. They dream of a future where they can both leave the confines of their town, but an unexpected accident redirects their fates to something else entirely.

Master Wan (Miao Tien) tries to bully some poor villagers into selling their land to him so he can mine the land for gold. Luckily for the villagers, they have a hero named Luk Ho Yen (Wen Chiang Long), who is able and willing to fight Master Wan and his lackeys.

Gu Yan and Lin Zhouyun become involved when their spouses are abroad.

17-year-old high school student Li Jinjin (played by Zhuang Dafei) and his mother Li Qingtong (played by Chen Haoyu) have always had numerous conflicts. By chance, Li Jinjin returned to his mother's high school years and broke into her friend circle, the "scrap metal band". When Li Jinjin, who was determined to change his father against the sky, met Li Qingtong and her friends, who were full of emotions and righteousness, their living conditions were constantly changing but full of laughter. A humorous journey of youth is quietly beginning

During the chaotic rule of Qin Shi Huang ruled China, his Qin Dynasty is about to be usurped by Zhao Gao. For a time, heroes came together to guard the Ding Qin sword that could stabilize the country, so as not to fall into the hands of the enemy., Ji Lian a loyal subject of the Qin Dynasty did not retreat from the untold fighters sent by the wicked Zhao Gao, and vowed to stick to the last moment of life to safeguard the sword and the Qin dynasty.

He Wei and Xiao Feng are a perfect couple. Xiao Feng has a younger sister, Xiao Ke, who needs regular life-sustaining medicine. One day, Xiao Ke accidentally discovers that the man who murdered her parents is her sister's husband, He Wei. Xiao Feng becomes pregnant and when she has to leave town on business, Xiao Ke invites He Wei back to her home.

San mao (3 hairs) was a very popular Chinese comic strip first published in 1935-37, continued from 1948 into the 1990s, about a young orphan boy struggling with life in Shanghai.