Discoveries from China World Cinema

Summer, 1997. In a small community in southwest China, an 8-year-old tries to capture the thief responsible for stealing his grandma's bike and enters the moral quandary for the first time.

On a quiet day, Abin, a boxer who claims to be a friend of Zhong Lang, called the laboratory of St. John's University and asked Yu Shengnan to tell Zhong Lang that there was an important life-threatening matter to him.

Several young people fight for their dreams and loves in a modern big city.

Inspector Totsugawa of the First Investigation Division goes to Tsuruoka in Yamagata to attend the wedding of the son of Inspector Mukai, his former colleague who now works for the Yamagata Prefectural Police. While sightseeing at Mt. Haguro after the ceremony, he notices a young woman drawing him in her sketchbook. She introduces herself as Yuka Shiraishi and says she came to draw the Dewa Sanzan. Signing the drawing of Totsugawa next to the five-story pagoda with her initial, a 'Y' in the corner, she gives it to him as a present. The next morning, the corpse of a young woman who has been stabbed is discovered in a forest in Tsuruoka. When Totsugawa, on his way back, hears that a sketchbook signed with a 'Y' was found at the scene, he follows Mukai there. However, the body is not Yuka, the woman Totsugawa had met, and while no items pointing to her identity are found, the sketchbook is the same one Yuka had the day before.

During the Republic of China, the Jinmen Wharf revived, the Caoyun and Qinglong Gang fought for business. Qin Fan, the descendant of Bian Que magic needle, went to be a peacemaker, but accidentally killed two gang brothers. Qin Fan, who does not remember how he escaped from the prison, decided to personally find out the real cause of death of the corpse thief and his two gang brothers to prove his innocence. The whole dock is full of thick smoke. The foreigners' conspiracy to weaken the country continues to harm the people. Can Qin Fan escape safely? How will he stop the evil deeds of foreigners?

The film is adapted from the story of the second volume of "Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio" and "Ying Ning", which presents a stylish expression of the classic ghost legend. It tells the story of the demon-busting magician Prince Hsu (Huang Youtian) and Tang Wen (Li Xinze) who are entrusted with the task of creating a "Demon Suppressing Divine Weapon". In the process of tracking down the whereabouts of Gan Tie hammer, Prince Fu and Tang Wen discover Ying Ning's secret and start a fantasy love affair.......

“If I Were You” is the first Chinese romance comedy about mind-switching. Jimmy Lin and Di Yao play a couple who meet coincidentally and have a mind-switching experience after exposure to radioactive energy.

This early work of Hu Bo (director of An Elephant Sitting Still (2018)) was his graduation work at Beijing Film Academy. It features the self-redemption of a lumbago sufferer, which is a metaphor.

Jackie Chan and Arthur Huang are on a mission to test the Trashpresso, the world's first fully mobile plastics recycling machine, in the harshest environment of the Tibetan Plateau.

Based on the story of Dr Sun Yat Sen’s revolutionary efforts and his love affairs while he was in Penang in 1910.

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After the Spirit-Flower that guards the human realm exhausts its power and requires a new flower soul, the sinister Lord Hanlin seizes the opportunity to help the ancient demon Yu Beast invade. With a great calamity imminent, Jiang Chen and Qing Luan embark on a desperate quest to find the missing flower soul. Through shared trials and life-and-death tribulations, love blossoms between them—only for Qing Luan to discover that Jiang Chen himself is the very flower soul they seek. In a final act of sacrifice, Jiang Chen offers his life to reignite the Spirit-Flower, defeating the forces of evil. In the aftermath, Qing Luan keeps eternal watch over the reborn flower, guarding the realm they saved together.

A couple on a romantic vacation in Malaysia picks up a mysterious woman with a tragic past, and their trip quickly turns deadly.

Twenty years ago, the great witch sacrifice led the dark clan to invade the human race. Now, the dark power has awakened again, and the great witch sacrifice is about to make a move. In order to prevent this catastrophe, the sons of the God of War Zhang Ke, Yun Yun, and Fu Xii embark on a journey to awaken the God of War again. Zhang Ke also became the new God of War in the battle, and in the ultimate battle, he awakened the God of War Sword, which he wielded to end the great witch sacrifice, and led the human race to destroy the dark power.

The peerless swordsmith, Meng Yezi, suffered the calamity of family extermination from the traitor Zhao Han served in the court for casting the famous Hanguang Sword. He desperately saved his son Meng Yang and left him the unforged Chengying Sword. Twenty years later, Meng Yang grew up and tried to avenge his father. At that time, Chengying Sword had not been cast yet to compete with Hanguang Sword. Then, the emperor was dying, and by chance, Meng Yang was assigned to escort the prince Gong Zidu back to the palace to succeed to the throne. Meng Yang accepted the task to investigate the truth about his family extermination for avenge. However, he met a fatal disaster on the way...

Before he can get close to the real enemy, Manji faces challenges from two powerful opponents : Da Cang - a master of using body pulse, and Hai Wen Xiang - a sea witch who is extremely loyal to Kuiba. When Manji is unwillingly engaged in an intense battle with Hai Wen Xiang. Kuiba reveals its mysterious appearance.

Intellectual integrity is discovered in a thousand-year-old tomb, and the secret keys to immortality are revealed.

A group of criminals call themselves the "Northern Detachment". They commit several major crimes on the Beijing-Guangzhou Railway. The Public Security Bureau sends Ma Xiaolong after them.

Modern-day urban problems like unemployment and teenage depression come under the microscope. Husband and wife lose their jobs, and their daughter is under considerable stress studying for her college exams. Meanwhile, grandmother is having an unexpected romantic liaison. Will the family be able to pull together to solve their problems?

This story is about Snake King's descendants teaming up with animal protection experts to fight against a black market snake hunting gang bought by real estate developers on Snake King Island.

A slim and capable girl, a beautiful girl, was robbed by bandits to a small town in the west and was rescued and taken in by an honest herdsman "cousin-in-law". The beautiful girl, who was like a jade, was soon spotted by the "cousin" concubine Tang San. However, on the eve of the wedding, the helpless Xiu girl slept on the bed, and the "cousin-in-law" came to her at this time. Because of his dark hatred of Tang San, he was attracted by Xiu Girl's beautiful face.

Arts and drama students, Xiao-Wu, Mu Fan, Liu Si-Si and Lin Fei-Er rented a house with a courtyard in the suburds. It’s an old building with an ancient feel in it. It’s an eerie place. The locals avoided this place. During a quiet night, the electricity stopped. The four young men and women decided to play a game of Bunshidaba or Bi Xian.

In the distant future, the earth is affected by solar storms, the earth's core begins to melt, and then global volcanoes erupt. In order to survive, the forces led by Daoba and Medusa are fighting for survival resources, and they continue to wage wars. Cui Fulai, a villager in Bagou Village, was forced to be involved in the struggle between the two parties because of the emergence of alien energy. Cui Fulai finally awakened the extraterrestrial energy in her body. Can he defeat the evil forces and protect the local peace?

In a southern town during the Republic era, bandits ambush foreman Dai Wencai, killing his attendant despite taking his money. When Dai mentions his master Liu Songyun, the bandits hatch a plan to seize the Liu family’s fortune.

In the first story a man with cerebral palsy saves a nurse from suicide and they begin a relationship. In the second story a handicapped woman races round the city to gather money to pay for the operation of a man whose injuries she feels responsible for.

Sister Ye lives in a rural village, where everyone makes traditional toys. When Sister Ye's husband dies of an unknown illness, and while Ye is attending to him, her son is kidnapped and sold to a wealthy lady in the city of Shanghai. Shortly after, the village is destroyed during an attack between rival warlords, forcing the villagers move to the city, where they continue to make toys. Ten years pass, and Ye's daughter Zhu'er has become a toy designer. While helping the Nationalist army at the rear, Zhu'er is killed in an attack by the Japanese. On New Year's Eve, Sister Ye is dressed in rags, sitting on the curb, selling toys. A young boy buys toys from her, and it is none other than her son, whom she does not recognize.

Wan Renle, a man in his sixties in Taipei, becomes eccentric after buying an old record, leading to hallucinations about reuniting with a former lover. His daughter, Wan Jinjin, admits him to a hospital, where she learns of his secret romance with Tong Shuizhu, a Beijing drum singer. Renle goes missing, and Jinjin finds him in Tianjin, discovering he was searching for Shuizhu, who is her biological mother and has passed away. Jinjin arranges a meeting with a woman posing as Shuizhu, but Renle recalls Shuizhu’s suicide. Back in Taipei, Renle is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, and Jinjin continues to help him regain his memories.

The film depicts Confucius's later life, as he traveled across a China divided by war and strife in an ultimately futile effort to teach various warlords and kings his particular philosophy.

In the 1980s Hu Bayi, Wang Kaixuan and Shirly Yang return to the northeast of China, where they were once stationed in the countryside to attend the wedding of their friend Yanzi.

Chen Yuanyuan, courtesy name Wanfen, originally surnamed Xing Mingyuan's mother died early, and adopted her adoptive mother's surname Chen. Yuanyuan was good at singing and dancing, and when she was the best in color, she was called one of the "Eight Beauties of the South of the Yangtze River".

A martial arts film about the activities of the members of the Geumui Committee in the process of escorting the ambassador to be chased by the Japanese.

In Jiangzhou city a new synthetic drug called "蜜蜂" (Bee) is devastating the drug market and causing multiple deaths among teenagers . After the drug's creator, is arrested and executed, the formula faces extinction—creating panic in the underworld .

Follows a mother who has spent most of her life in Dunhuang, a historic city in western China. With the help of artificial intelligence, she embarks on a journey that takes her from western to eastern China.

When the pilot Gesang performed the final mission before the wedding, the plane crashed. The bride, Xiang Li, who came from Guangzhou, resisted the great sorrow and stayed in Tibet. One year later, in order to save the life of the county party secretary, Xiang Li went to the Guge Kingdom, and unexpectedly suffered a series of natural disasters such as violent storms and mudslides. In order to save the lives of the people in the car, the military dispatched a helicopter to rescue the helicopter. Because of the complicated local conditions, it was decided to ask Fan Kang, who had survived the mission with Gesang, and Fan Kang was stunned by the destruction of the aircraft. When I heard that the rescuers had Xiang Li who had become a bride in the future, Fan Kang decided to participate in this action...

The story of young women, from the countryside, work in the industrial company to learn the self-estimate and face the change of society, etc.

The puppet animation won the Silver Award at the 2nd Bucharest International Puppet Film Festival in Romania.

Li Baicheng is a charismatic fortune teller who services a clientele of prostitutes and marginalized figures whose jobs, like his, are commonplace but technically illegal in China. He practices his ancient craft in a village near Beijing while taking care of his deaf and dumb wife Pearl, who he rescued from her family's mistreatment. Winter brings a police crackdown on both fortune tellers and prostitutes, forcing Li and Pearl into temporary exile in his hometown, where he revisits old family demons. His humble story is told with chapter headings similar to Qing Dynasty popular fiction.