Discoveries from China World Cinema

A marriage scheme backfires on a group of friends, involving them in a world of money laundering and murder.

In a turbulent time in the Ming Dynasty, the Imperial Bodyguard solves humans' cases, while the Jinwu Guard takes charge of ghosts' and monsters' business. Eunuch Wei seizes great power and suppresses dissidents. Colluding with the monster Huo Feiyuan, he framed up Feng Tingzhang, the Director of the Grand Court. Zuo Changgeng, Feng's disciple, accidentally gets involved in the Jinwu Guard's monster hunting as he investigates the treasury's theft case. Though despising the Jinwu Guard, Zuo Changgeng has no choice but to ask the Jinwu Guard for help to save his master. Yi Shuihan is an upright half-human and half-monster member of the Jinwu Guard. Zuo and Yi work together and investigate in the humans' and monsters' worlds, before they gradually see through Eunuch Wei's intrigue. But the Jinwu Guard is framed up and then controlled by Eunuch Wei, and Yi and Zuo fall into Huo's trap. It turns out that Huo is the mastermind behind everything to destroy the Qianyuan Formation that ...

This was the much-anticipated perfect vacation for everyone. On the luxurious spaceship St. Freya heading toward the moon, we could enjoy this rare and relaxing journey to the fullest — or so we thought. Mysterious shadows, sudden weightlessness, disappearing items, glaringly faulty alibi... Is the culprit among us?

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The young Fong Sai0yuk went to Hangzhou City with his father Fong De to buy goods from Guangdong. After arriving in Hangzhou, Fong Sai-yuk fought with the thunder tiger in the bazaar because he did not succumb to the overlord Thunder Tiger in the city. Fong sai-yuk and Qiu Ming, who was rescued by the artist she was rescued, were chased and killed by Mrs. Li Xiaohuan from Lei. Later, through a remote tavern, she wanted to return to Hangzhou to retrieve Qiufu ’s body. Cut off the poison and poisoned the people, Fong Sai-yuk and Qiu Ming, and the second brother Fong Meiyu who had run away from home to Hangzhou, and the father and daughter of the remote pub Jin's father and daughter jointly exposed the Leifu conspiracy.

Throughout ten years of a key era in Chinese and Hong Kong history, a girl becomes fixated on a fellow commuter who she observes regularly. While the two never speak to one another, the girl captures her appearance and life changes during the years through various means such as photos and drawings.

In 1999 A.D., a legend of a zombie dug out of an ancient tomb spreads through a small town in Sichuan. A boy who accidentally becomes incontinent during swimming lessons is labeled a “little zombie” and subjected to collective humiliation. Instead of doing him justice, his teachers attributed it to his “unlikability”. Years later, he entered the entertainment industry as an actor, and his teacher died of blood cancer. In a dream, he meets his teacher, who wants to reconcile with him, but he is obsessed with how to become as “likeable” as his teacher asked him to be. With this in mind, he approaches some entertainment stars. It turns out that all of them live with their own scars, and not all of their hatred can be found in themselves. One of the stars teaches the man a spell that allows him to travel through time and space, to fight against the past, to be brave when courage is needed.

The story of four simple men living in Black Well Village in rural Yunnan province who decide to finally run the criminal Xiong Brothers out of their homes.

A commercial short film co-presented by FIRST Film Festival and Vivo, revolves around the protagonist Zhuang Shu in director's previous TV mini-series "Why Try to Change Me Now", focusing on the northwestern small city of Qingcheng in the 1990s, telling the story of the unexpected encounter between two pairs of fathers and sons on the Spring Festival. This brief reunion made the children grow up a little. "Whether facing family responsibilities or facing the challenges of life, we are still led by the universal desire of 'dreaming'. Dreams are the instinct of existence and also guide us to our truest self." Director Zhang Dalei explained the meaning of the title.

In 2030, with the rapid development of science and technology, we ushered in a "fast" society, with increasingly fierce competition and poor communication. Molly (played by Chen Sinuo) is a special 11-year-old girl. She is fascinated by plants and has a magical imagination, but she is introverted and timid, and it is difficult for her to make friends. Under the guidance of her botanist father (played by Wang Qianyuan), Molly imagines different people as animals with personalities in order to break the communication gap. However, the unexpected disappearance of my father broke the original harmony of the family. A year later, my mother (played by Jiang Qinqin) almost gave up the search and rescue. Molly, who firmly believes that her father is alive, decides to find a way to find her father together with her useless robot Aru. There, she will face the challenges that must be overcome in life...

The film tells the thrilling story of Wu Feng, who struggles to find his long-lost daughter and survives multiple deaths in order to faithfully carry out his late employer Sarang's deathbed mission.

In the eyes of the world, Sun Xiaohu is missing. In reality, he's a wandering spirit that can only appear to and interact with his twin brother, Sun Xiaotu. With his brother's help, Sun Xiaotu joins the police force in order to find out what really happened to his brother, but they soon discover they're just one part in a much bigger plot.

A fiction about the founder Mingquan Yang, and the early ages of Quanjude Restaurant, the most famous Peking duck restaurant. Yang bought the Dejuquan restaurant and changed the name to Quanjude according to a fortune teller, hired cooks from the Forbidden City, and invented a special recipe of roasted duck.

The soaked soil, Taking the shape of a mountain, Our river, Flows into yesterday's late sun, Fish try to shun their reflection, Bubbles wrapped the words filling up the fish tank, Fish die in between the gaps of language; Banana leaves brush away the dust on the table, Lungs that refuse to be cleansed, Thermos is a container for storing the shadow of the mountain, The inner shell broken, The mountain walks away in the night; Everything is collected into a shriveled wooden drawer, Bamboo baskets piled on the concrete floor, swaying, The grey soil flowing, Filling up all the old boundaries The dried earth needs no expression, All decisiveness and hesitation lie underneath the smooth surface

During the Republic of China, warlords fought each other. Imperialist powers supported warlords to fight proxy wars. In this way, they gained the most benefits. Zhang Qiufeng and Zhang Qiuyun became the tools of the East and West respectively. In the process of assassinating Governor Yu, they gradually understood their own life experience and the cause of their father's death. Under the hatred of the country and family, the two brothers fought a desperate battle with the imperialist powers.

Based on the novel of the same name by Shanghai writer Sun Ganlu, which won the 11th Mao Dun Literature Prize

Several modern city men and women get lost and puzzled on their way chasing happiness.

During a Phoenix Grand Prix, Wu Luo, an oriental beast that had disappeared for 20 years, reappeared, bringing great disaster and panic to the city. Wu Luo was injured in the attack and hid in a cave to recuperate. Zhang Xiaozao, a young racing genius, was overconfident and led a team of four to risk a sneak attack on the injured Wu Luo, which instead triggered a more serious crisis. Faced with the blow, Zhang Xiaozao, with the help and encouragement of weapons expert Lai Daozhang, not only improved his combat effectiveness, but also regained his lost confidence. At the critical moment when Wu Luo was about to destroy Phoenix City, Zhang Xiaozao stepped forward, turned the tide, successfully saved the entire city, and eventually became a new generation of city hero.

"Taxi! Taxi!" is a social comedy set in the metropolitan city-state of Singapore, told through the encounters of two characters who are in what is widely perceived as the most sociable profession on the island taxi drivers. Inspired by famed blogger Dr Cai Mingjie's real life accounts as a taxi driver in his bestseller "Diary Of A Taxi Driver: True Stories From Singapore's Most Educated Cabdriver", the movie follows the trials and tribulations of a retrenched microbiology scientist, Professor Chua, as he turns to taxi driving after several failed job attempts. Along the way, he befriends (although they didn't quite start off as friends from the get-go) a veteran taxi driver, Ah Tau. The two men, who appear to be polar opposites of each other in every aspect from educational levels, personalities, attitudes toward life and even the languages that they speak, eventually find themselves interdependent and influencing each other in ways that they probably had never imagined

Special policeman Yuan Hai Yang turns undercover and breaks into the counterfeit money gang alone. He partners with his future father- in-law , and the two of them fight criminals in the jungle!

Young archaeolog Wu Tian, a passionate and righteous man, discovered a Loulan bronze mirror in the desert. In order to protect the treasure of Loulan civilization and prevent it from falling into the hands of foreign tomb robbers he traveled to the tomb and uncover the secrets of the thousand-year-old mysterious "ghost army" legend.

In 1945, Japan is defeated in its war of aggression against China. During a panic retreat, a baby boy is abandoned, but is adopted and grows up to become and eminent monk. Thirty years later, he visits China and meets his real mother who is now elderly and weak.

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)

A remake of the award-winning Iranian film Children of Heaven, Homerun is a drama about two poor siblings and their adventures over a lost pair of shoes.

On the way to Beijing poor student Li Xiuyuan meets professional demon catcher Yin Pingzhi who imprisoned soul of three-year old white dragon Xiao Qinglong. After accidental mistake white dragon essence entered in Li'body and student take two sets of souls. But Li Xiuyuan continues his journey to the capital and befriends a depressed female demon hunter, Sansheng, who is at the bottom of the list. At first, Sansheng wants to catch the Dragon Demon to fulfill his wish to be in the top ten, but after getting to know Li Xiu Yuan and the Little White Dragon, San Sheng is forced to take a closer look at their relationship.

In the quiet and remote mountain village, a film crew came, and the son of the forest guard Zhang Dashan was fortunate enough to become an extra actor. During the period, Zhang Dashan inadvertently discovered that the crew was actually a scorpion who was making a movie. When it was actually an international criminal gang that had stolen Chinese national cultural relics, he just prevented the theft of the gang. The film tells the story of the small person standing at the crucial moment, the film is full of positive energy.

A family was killed in Xiaoliu Village. The Public Security Bureau sent an investigation team to discover the suspect. Unexpectedly, there was someone else behind the suspect.

Journalist Gou Yujia (played by Niu Zhenhua), laid-off female worker Cheng Fen (played by Ding Jiali), individual business owner Lv Dou (played by Wang Jinsong), and wealthy man Lao Cha (played by Ju Hao) are members of Class 1025 at the driving school, practicing under the guidance of Coach Hou, a retired soldier. As time passes, they gradually understand each other's habits. This period of time at the driving school is filled with twists and turns, but all challenges are overcome, and the covert and overt struggles among the five end with the smooth passage of the exams. The experiences at the driving school bring out the joys and sorrows of these five individuals, and besides learning the rules of driving, it seems they have also learned the rules of survival.

During the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, Ding Wu and Jiang Huang were a pair of brothers in the Jingyiwei. One had a pregnant wife and was trapped in the tea, rice, oil and salt; the other fell in love with a woman in a youth house and was waiting for a chance to rise to the top in the ordinary workplace. The two are ordered to investigate a serial murder mystery case, leading to a major corruption case.

The movie "Dead Silence" is adapted from the fantasy novel "Zi Buyu". The movie tells the story of blacksmith Lu Li, who after several demon slayings, constantly gets rid of his inner entanglements and becomes a real night wanderer

The film is a moving portrayal of renowned Chinese composer Xian Xinghai's impoverished childhood in a lowly "Danjia" fishing village in Macau at the turn of the century, and his mother's struggles to bring him up with love despite the hardship. It is also a heartening tale of young Xinghai's fight for success, from the awakening of his musical talent at the bottom of Macau society, to the blossoming of his musical flair in Singapore.

After an accident, Yue is the sole caretaker for his older brother, Chao, and has been for 20 years. Zhi, his girlfriend, urges him to do something with his older brother or all of them are going to be miserable. Question is, will he actually be able to?

Chinese Painter Fang Henshui's artpiece Heaven Bali was sold for 10 billion RMB in audition. The old painter comes back to China from Indonesia and hides himself in ShuangQuan Town. Fang Hengshui's student Rome, Pretending to be a cultural industry investor, saying he wish to change the country with art. Actually, he is trying to get Fang Henshui's original manuscript and authorization to sell the painting. The distrust of Mr. Shui and the villagers hinders Rome's plan, until Rome's daughter's appearance. Under the influence of this town and the old painter, they start to get to know each other. Her long-parted daughter gradually helps Rome to win back his teacher's trust. As the plan gets closer to success, the already-changed-by-daughter Rome struggles. At this time, the debtee Wu Fugui has come to town, the plan to change country with art gets more and more crazy...

The story is based on the 57th episode of Journey to the West - "The Real Sun Wukong", in which Sun Wukong is trapped in a mysterious cave by the Yellow Eyebrows Monster. With the help of his best warrior, the King Bull Demon, he sets up a field of life and death for the little demons to fight for their lives, and when they die, he takes their spiritual power and pours it into the mud to create the Six Eared Macaque Monkey, which tries to replace the real Monkey King. The monkeys disguised as monkeys in Mount Huaguo and spent their days with Sun Wukong. He is accustomed to fighting alone and is forced to join forces with other demons to save himself, but he gradually realizes the true meaning of the word "Great Sage". In the end, Sun Wukong is reborn from his stone heart and escapes from the cave in a duel with the Yellow Eyebrow Monster.

The gorgeous big boss of The Bund, Ying, decides to end her career and live a peaceful life. But the various sects in the jungle are competing for the title of the best martial artist in the world. While Ying left for her hometown to celebrate her birthday, her master got murdered. In order to avenge her master's death, she returns to Shanghai with her younger sister and kills the gangsters, but she is falsely accused of killing her master and destroying her ancestors. How can she avenge the death of her master and punish the evil and promote good?

An old retired puppet master has his quiet life disrupted his 6-year-old American grandson, who barely speaks Chinese.

The film follows three characters on a tour of the remote Yunman province of China where they travel with a horse to deal with legal disputes in mountain villages. Government policy is forcing the retirement of "Auntie" Yang (Yang Yaning) and she will have to separate after years of professional partnership from Feng (Li Baotian). They are accompanied by her replacement, recent law school graduate Ah-Luo (Lu Yulai).

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Where is home? For a group of Chinese students studying and working in Tokyo, it might be the Nankokute restaurant whose manager has been in Japan for years without ever managing to obtain a residence permit. The cook left his family in China and hasn't yet managed to have them brought over to join him and one waiter's father is sick while the other's is a violent alcoholic. An engaging fresco of everyday life with touching moments and an authentic, natural atmosphere.

Before I turned 30, I felt like I was on a countdown. There is a traditional concept that turning 30 brings. It’s supposed to be a time when big things happen. But when I turned thirty I realized, nothing happened at all. The term “middle-aged woman” has a unique power. Women between 30 and 50 often lose a little bit of the childishness and chaos of their 20s. They’re relatively more organized and relatively sure of themselves, but at the same time face some of the biggest life challenges. As a stand-up comedian, I’m fortunate that my job makes me think about a lot of perspectives and attitudes, and forces me to create ideas, which in turn end up contributing to me being a more complex person. I like complexity. The world is not black and white. There is no point in having only one ray of light, if it is like a rainbow with many paths, it’s definitely more interesting.

Lu Xiaoxi, the granddaughter of the Old Shipwreck, has been suffering from poisonous compulsion since she was a child. Many years ago, old man went to Sword Mound (Tai'a Jianzhong) in order to save her granddaughter's life and violated the ancestor's precepts, but failed to obtain the antidote. Lu Xiaoxi grew up using medicine to protect her life, but she couldn't stop the poison from getting into her bones. Uncle De, who raised her, was always looking for a way to start a trickery. The young marshal who wanted to get Tai'ajian secretly investigated and learned of the origin of the shipwreck family and Tai'ajian tomb.

Our Darling Coach is a Hong Kong Comedy starring Kent Cheng