Discoveries from China World Cinema

The film tells the story of Yang Naifan (Ruan Lingyu) who runs from her arranged marriage to be with her true love, Li Zuyi (Jin Yan). The film details the poverty she must endure for breaking with tradition.

In the 1960s, Guo Xiaolu and Su Lingfang met for the first time. They should have grown up together because of an accident. The never-arriving letter allowed the two to embark on a different life trajectory and opened the fate of a lifetime. The reunion after a long absence coincided with the prosperity of the two. Ding Mengmeng (Li Tingting), Wang Xiaomo (Wang Xiaokun) and Wang Qingwei (Xu Weihao) were also accompanied by them. As the years passed, the fate of a generation was ups and downs in the torrent of the times. After Guo Xiaolu reunited with Su Lingfang after life and death, they made an unexpected choice.

Is the person you least want to miss still by your side? After failing to drift in the north and frustrated in love, Qin Huasheng returned to his hometown Chengdu. He unexpectedly met with Lin Wen, who was also emotionally hurt, and gradually the two got closer because of similar experiences.

A Gobi Desert ostrich farmer indebted to the local mob agrees to take care of a kidnapped boy until the father provides the ransom.

1999 film

A corrupt factory’s illegal grave-digging unleashes a deadly two-headed python, provoking a brutal snake attack on a nearby town. As security officials and factory leaders attempt to exploit the creature for profit, ordinary workers are forced to confront human greed and fight for survival when nature strikes back.

New fantastic adventure about the judicial investigator Di Ren Jie. This time he investigates the strangest event: A grave robber who opened the cursed coffin with the golden dragon emblem and turned into a zombie.

1976, Chongqing, 14-year old Dou was in hospital. He falls in love with a pretty nurse, Jiahui. Jiahui belongs to Gang, a mobster, who is brutal to her. Dou is becoming Jiahui’s protector, her Moonlight Warrior, but Jiahui and Gang leave for Japan. 20 years later, Jiahui returns to China, Dou recalls his childhood dream.

'Agent Number Two' Lee Kwok-wai of the resistance troops Red Rattlesnake sets off for Guangzhou to assist Agent Number One in rescuing their comrade Pang Yau-lan from the puppet army. Lee approaches his former lover Lam Ying-tsi, the mistress and trusted aide of the puppet commander Wong Tai-wai, who has fallen prey to the lip service of the beautiful and smart songstress Pak Lai. Following the vandalism of the arsenal, Pak is quick to point the finger of blame at a spy at work. Lam combs their home for clues and finds Lee's recording devices. Furnishing Lee with misleading information, Lam has Lee and associates arrested. Pak appears to their rescue, revealing herself as Agent Number One. The dauntless spy sabotages the enemy's ammunition and communication network, captures the commander before joining her comrades to celebrate a successful withdrawal. (Synopsis based on audiovisual materials)

Chinese comedy

When a kingdom gets cursed by One-Eye (Ian Hecox), it's up to Freddy (Anthony Padilla), Frog Princess (Ambyr Childers) and Ababwa (Jon Lovitz) to make things right again. The mighty frogs set off on an adventure to stop the curse, and things begin to get harder along the journey. Join them on their mission to save the kingdom!

After discovering a sacred stone in the mouth of a deer he just killed, Taibei, a young lonesome Tibetan cowboy, embarks on a long and difficult mission: to bring it back to the holy mountain of Buddha’s handprint. His journey turns sour as an obstinate woman, Joan, and a psychic yet dumb elf, Pu, soon decide to join him. Not to mention the two violent brothers on his tale, who are on a revenge quest.

It tells that after the shooting of Hou Yi, Jin Wu Pui Yu turned mulberry into golden lotus, and fell into the world attached to a small travel doctor Zhang Huaisheng. Meet Zhang Huaisheng and the hidden silver fox Chen Xiang. After Jin Lian gradually awakened, one person and three foxes have a love story in the past and present.

Zhang Yingxiong’s father died due to a fight with demolition worker Lu Zhiqiang, so Zhang Yingxiong decided to revenge for his father. But during the “revenge”, he gradually start to have a special feeling for Lu Shanshan, Lu Zhiqiang’s daughter.

On the birthday of the empress Wu, she suddenly encountered a five-clawed golden dragon appearing in the palace hall, and a series of mysterious incidents also occurred in the city. Di Renjie was ordered to investigate when he was in danger. He never thought that a huge conspiracy would be involved behind these mysterious incidents. Facing the crisis of life and death and national turmoil, how will Di Renjie meet the tricks and solve it easily?

The first days of 2020's lockdown seem to drag forever for a group of tourists trapped in a Thai hotel. In strict confinement and as the big day of an unexpected event approaches, emotional entanglements, tensions and long kept secrets rise to the surface.

Ma Liu has a happy family, but a paternity test leads him to learn that his son may not be "his own", and in a fit of grief, he and his wife Niu Yun engage in a battle of wits.

Director Norman Luo and choreographer Bruce Law, along with the four protagonists Eric Tsang, Shawn Dou, Shin and Wang Bojie attended the event. As the first Chinese action film to focus on racing, "Racer Legend" tells the tale of three racers played by Shawn Dou, Shin and Wang Bojie, who all belongs to the same team of racers. Eric Tsang portrays the coach of the team. The famous singer Shin, who makes his film debut in this film, sang the theme song of the film at the press conference. Eric Tsang, the supervisor who also acts in the film, revealed on the set that Shawn has grown up to be mature actor, having developed his acting skills since he was the young actor who played in "Under the Hawthorn Tree".

Tian Feifan, who has extraordinary memory and can sense other peoples minds, was secretly attracted by entrepreneur Liu Shenyi, and he arranged it into the beauty company as his wife Wang Yaqin. Tian Feifan turned from a rookie in the industry to a fashion goddess with super powers. In the process of growing up, Tian Feifan completed many incredible tasks because of his extraordinary memory and his telepathic ability.

Tu the Rabbit must regain his lost Kung Fu that was bestowed by the Master, and with his heroic friends, take on an evil lord that is terrorizing the people with the secret of “Martial of Fire”.

A voyage through modern day Beijing in the taxi of the womanising Dezi. His aimless drifting between destinations and women is much like Beijing's own search for identity between perishing ancient values and an uncertain future.

The son of a boxer who was killed accidentally trains with the man who killed his father.

It tells the story of Chen Zhen, a little man in Shanghai in the late Qing Dynasty, who transformed and grew up after going through hardships.

Ye Hui and Jiang Man were originally a loving couple. One time Hui received a 1000 dollar bonus, and his colleague Zhu Ge-Kong paid a plan to hide the bonus in the shoes and prepared to spend it on his own. After Man found out, he took the money away, and the two quarreled about it. , Hui asked for a divorce in anger, but he was not allowed to move away, so he only hung a tent in the bedroom as the "Chu River and Han Jie". After that, Huichang fought with his wife, even pretending to have brain cancer, and tricked Man into taking care of him. , Unexpectedly, it was seen through by Man again. Manager Hong of Hui Company and Manager Mei of Man Company reunited, and the two companies merged together, and Man promoted the director, making it difficult for Hui and Kong. After the manager of Man Demei persuaded him, he witnessed the affection of others’ husbands and wives. Deeply ashamed, reconciliation with Hui is as good as ever.

After falling in love with Han Liren and giving birth to an "illegitimate child", Han Liren abandoned her and married a rich girl and cheated her out of the child. Huang Su then left the country, changed her name to Lin Luping, and became an actress. Sixteen years later, Huang Su was so popular that she was invited to perform in Shanghai. The young actor she worked with, Han Chen, was withdrawn and hated everyone, and everyone discriminated against him because he was an abandoned "illegitimate child". On stage, Han Chen played Lin Luping's son and was very successful. Later Lin Luping finds out that he turns out to be her biological son who was cheated away by Han Liren years ago. At this point, the theater owner Han Liren appears and wishes to get back together with Lin Luping, but is rejected by Lin Luping's mother and son.

A young ballet dancer flees her home, finding refuge with San, a street orphan. An unexpected accident changes everything. Fueled by a desire to uncover the girl’s past, San embarks on a quest for vengeance, ultimately finding herself ensnared in a perilous predicament.

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

In a Southeast Asian country, the Chinese geomancer Chen Wuji, in his quest to find a cure and save lives, fell victim to the trap set by a tomb-robbing syndicate and lost his life. After Chen Wuji's three disciples, Xiaoman, Dashu, and Bailu, learned the truth behind the scenes, they devised a strategy to unravel the conspiracy of the tomb-robbing group. In the end, they collaborated with the police to bring the tomb-robbing syndicate to justice.

An island resort with stunning scenery is struck by a sudden tsunami, and along with it, a giant shark! The shark and the frightened tourists are about to face each other in a duel to the death!

Xu Zheng plays a psychologist in "In-laws." When he decides to visit his girlfriend's parents, he discovers that his future father-in-law is one of his patients. Hilarity ensues after they meet.

Gao Yi'an and his first fiancé broke up due to huge financial pressure during the preparation of the wedding, resulting in Gao Yi'an no longer trusting in love and marriage. He began to fear marriage, but he also yearned for marriage, which caused him to suffer from the "fear of marriage" mentality.

No Money No Talk is a Hong Kong is a Hong Kong Drama starring Bill Tung

A young woman in modern-day Shanghai whose chance encounter with a stranger moves her to divulge a deep-seated secret. In atmospheric flashbacks she is shown in an old house filled with mementos of the Jewish population who were given asylum in Shanghai during World War II.

The film is inspired by the story of Hao Wanzhong, a policeman in Ordos, Inner Mongolia. Following his career, through the inner workings of a modern Chinese police department in Inner Mongolia. While rising through the ranks Hao Wanzhong successfully solves difficult cases. His story carries us through vicious murders, corruption, and social unrest, against a backdrop of majestic winter landscapes, opulent cities and the raw industrial districts of this remote region of China. Hao's obsession with detective work leads to his meteoric rise from beat cop to district police chief, however his maniacal dedication comes at a cost, a cost to his family and ultimately leads to his death. - Written by Sean O'Dea

Continuation of the epic fantasy based on the medieval novel "Shan Hai Jing"

Set against the background of unregulated coalmining in northern China, the protagonist Guansheng must deal with an unquiet conscience when his mentor, Zhongmin, dies in a mine explosion. Zhongmin's ghost returns with a request which motivates Guansheng out of his lethargy but which will try him to the depths of his soul. (Adelaide Film Festival)

Ximei came to Guangzhou all alone, she wants to find her own bright future in this big city, but she was always refused in the strange city. Finally, she found a job in a restaurant, and met a group of friends such as Pangniu, Qiangzai and so on. Pangniu loves to Qiangzai, but Qiangzai loves Ximei, so Ximei has fallen into a triangular relationship. Director Jack and Designer Xue’er will work together to complete a children's clothing advertisement, Xue’er has the habit of painting on banknotes. If the banknote can finally return to her own hand, then her wish can come true. Jack and Xue’er came to the orphanage to find the advertisement starring, and Xue’er chose Bingbing, a rebellious and lonely boy. Afterwards, Jack learned that Bingbing is actually the illegitimate child of Xue’er. Once an accident, Ximei got a cash with Xue’er’s painting. This scene happened to be seen by Jack, and this banknote linked all of them together.