Discoveries from China World Cinema

A group of young intellectuals return to the city after the Cultural Revolution.

At Evergreen Primary School in Wuhan, China, a Grade 3 class learns what democracy is when an election for class monitor is being held. Three children are chosen by the teacher as candidates and they have a few days to campaign and convince their classmates to vote for them. The little candidates are seen at school and at home, where their parents do their best to make sure their child will win the election.

Looking for a successor to his leadership of a Lao Qiang shaddow puppet theatre places Shao in a dilemma; only sons with blood ties can become apprentices.

Ye Xiao Qi, a young disciple, follows her brother secretly as he goes to a martial conference. On the way there, she meets a mysterious woman, Xiao Rhu Feng, who is very skilled at martial arts. She decides to follow her to get her to become her master.

Women play a heroic role in the Volunteer Army fighting the Japanese in the puppet state of Manchukuo.

After war with demons The Great Shennong, Divine Farmer and Father of the Gods, used hell furnace to create mysterious jade sword. With help of this blade he sealed the demon king in Purgatory Well and passed the three artifacts to the Moyue tribe, the Xuanwu tribe, and the Xiuxianyuan respectively. Thousands of years later, the god king fell, and the Xuanwu clan launched a war to seize the artifacts for greater strength, regardless of the ancestral training.

Chinese short film directed by Zhang Yang. A young man running in Beijing ’s Hutong (Huang Jue) overhears the phone of a woman at the table in KFC and tries to contact him; in the bar, a group of boys bid for the girl ’s favorite for a chance to order songs; Found himself being followed by a skater boy. At the same time, the protagonist (Jia Hongsheng), who was found to be tracing, was recognized one after another.

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In the backdrop of the 80's China, villagers in the remote countryside will inevitably move to the big cities to continue their dreams. This is the era China has to "march forward to modernization, the world and the future". During those days, school boy Zu Wei lives his village life happily and contentedly until his dream girl, Ming Xin, finally shows up.

Set in the year 2000, interplanetary outlaw Zorback ignores the Universal Treaty by traveling to Earth to wreak havoc. The Ultracops, led by Superintendent Nuñez, are the only ones who can stop him.

Zhu Di has a "super hormone" that can attract non-blood ties of the opposite sex and some of the same sex in the relationship. What is more unexpected is that Zhu Di and the "ugly girl" Qiulan collided and exchanged bodies. Begin to encounter incomprehensible hardships, but after this change, the relationship between the two has also changed.

A policeman begins a revenge against a drug leader after the death of his brother. In his crusade take the help of a friends and the ex-girlfriend of drug leader.

Lin was unknowingly casted as a body double for Nana (a diva under prolonged hospitalization) in order to dispel fears and to help revive Zhang Tiansheng's dying music company which signed Nana. Lin ran away after learning that she was only meant as a body double, only to be kidnapped by a garment factory owner (Wang Yitou) who mistook Lin for Nana. Wang's business was failing and he needed a famous singer to act as a spokesperson, by singing a song for his company in order to save his business. Hence, begins an intertwined story of mistaken identity, reconciliation with truth, hopes, trust, forgiveness and friendship.

A man remembers his childhood memory of growing up with an annoying little sister in 1990s China. How would his life have been if things had gone differently?

A young man leading an aimless life finds that he must change his outlook to life when he falls in love with a hard working letter carrier. As he tries to impress her by collecting and learning about postage stamps, he acquires a rich, diverse knowledge of China's history and accomplishments and even wins the top award in a national quiz competition among Chinese factories.

Wan Xiaohua, a timid wandering swordsman, only targets criminals who are old, weak, or ill—leaving the tougher ones to the fearless heroes. But then he meets Su Moyan, a brave heroine, and embarks on a perilous adventure filled with danger…

A seven-part anthology film that probes the theme of childhood from various angles. Each part is directed by a different person, with techniques ranging from watercolor to cut-out.

Early nineties. Wang Baoyin, a driver for the Bureau of Cultural Heritage, is having trouble with everything and has repeatedly failed to get his job complete. He accidentally finds a relic left by his father who has been missing for years: a map of the Dragon Veins and a badge with a special symbol.

Handsome and young, Shih Hsing flew to Bangkok with his close friend Ping Ho with the hope to find his father who was a rich merchant. However, he found that his father died for a long time owing to business failure. Shih wandered in the street and met Liu Kun, who was as poor. The three poor fellows had great hopes that one day fortune would knock on their door. Rich merchant Chen Chi-ching came Bangkok for sight-seeing. Local businessman Hu Te-piao tried hard to get him invest on entertainment business. Chen hated being disturbed, he found Shih look like himself and asked Shih to impersonate him to meet Hu. Shih was pleased to do so as the pay was high. The three had a good time, they find girls and enjoying it very much.

During the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, the old chief of the Red Flower Society Yu Wanting passes away from illness, and his godson Chen Jialuo is ordered to take over the chief position. Chen Jialuo, who has just entered the martial world, learns that multiple branches of the Red Flower Society has been attacked by mysterious organizations, and the whereabouts of the fourth leader Wen Tailai are unknown. During the process of inquiring about the news, Chen Jialuo reaches a deal with the dancer Yu Ruyi who is interested in the treasures of King Fu. The two of them start their journey in Hangzhou, and together with the third leader Zhao Banshan and the fourth sister-in-law Luo Bing, they rescue Wen Tailai. It turns out that Wen Tailai possesses a more shocking secret which attracts various forces to hunt them down, and results in an espionage war between the martial world and the imperial court. How should Chen Jialuo make a choice between affection and righteousness?

Xu finds himself trapped inside an iron box after awaking from a coma. As the box opens, he finds himself in a tropical forest together with other survivors, all not knowing how they ended up there. Not only do they have to face various crisis and attacks from beasts, they also have to uncover the truth behind it all so as to escape from danger.

Korean secret agent Bai Min is sent on a mission to Hong Kong. The coveted military information is nowhere to be found and two of the Korean spies are found murdered. Following the leads left by his unfortunate predecessors, Bai reaches the arms dealer Sha Lao Te through the courtesan Xianglan and her vast network of social connections. Without her realising it, the undercover agent Xianglan falls in love with her very antagonist, who in turn is growing increasingly fond of the fellow agent coming to his aid, Maria. Already consumed with jealousy and now perturbed by the increasing pressure from her boss Hu Lin, Xianglan lures the duo to the nightclub where they are to meet their adversaries lying in wait. But Xianglan gets cold feet and puts her life at stake to pull Bai out of danger. Pitting both his brain and his brawn against the enemy, Bai bounces back to save Maria and accomplishes his task.

On the eve of the PLA's launch of the cross-river campaign, Kuomintang battalion commander Huang Huai'en led his troops to retreat to the south of the Yangtze River at the Chu's Ferry where it was stationed. Before leaving, he told the landlord Chu boss that he would marry He Hua, the daughter of the Chu family, and left an ancestral jade bracelet as a token. During that evening, He Hua met with Liu ZhenShan, the leader of the People's Liberation Army who came to investigate, and fell in love at first sight.

Lung Kim-fei and Kau Yuk-wah seal their nuptials following the reconciliation between their masters, Ku Hon-wan and Suen Bik-ling, but the auspicious day is marred by the assassination of Suen. Eager for revenge, Kau Yuk-kuen visits Ten Thousand-hand Lohan who reveals the killing weapon to be a silver thunderbolt shuttle and supplies a list of martial arts suspects. On her way to track down Lau Piu-piu, the helmswoman of Heavenly Fragrance Sect, Yuk-kuen is abducted by Auyeung Ho and the protege of the Three Invincible Palm.

Based on the true story of a man who was wrongfully charged with murder.

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There are three stories in this film. Story one, the Tang Dynasty. The people of Ray County like to eat wild animals all day long to harm the living and kill the evil spirits, so much so that the blood and water in the meat market soaked into the ground all year round to attract 'evil things' to occupy and cannibalize their young children to harm their neighbors, the whole county was in fear. The peace of the people on one side of the river is guaranteed. The second story is about the Ming Dynasty. One day, the young master's unrepentant ways and uncontrollable waste of grain crops caused widespread discontent among the peasants, who dared not voice their anger. The third story is about the Republic of China. Mr. Yang, a tycoon, prefers sons to daughters and spoils his young son, making his daughters jealous.

It mainly tells the story of the great monk Ji Gong/Dao Ji of Lingyin Temple and the monk Guang Ming who traveled around the world during the Great Song Dynasty. They were invited to go to Taiping Town to do things and pray for the people on the way. But it is a story of constant adventures, punishing evil and promoting good and eliminating harm for the people.

In pre-revolutionary China, two young girls, Chunhua and Yuehong Xing, rise through the ranks of Chinese opera, but with their artistic success comes a new series of personal and social challenges.

In the Internet age of information expansion, the entire society is in a state of being extremely magnified, and any disturbance may become the focus of public opinion. A dance video of Yang Jinghong, a young girl, accidentally went viral on the Internet. After the popularity of m.ysgou.cc, Yang Jinghong is affectionately called "Jinghong Fairy" by fans. She is on all major online platforms. The identity of the Internet celebrity has brought her huge fame and fortune. Someone posted on the Internet that she had forged her academic qualifications and her unbearable past, waiting for countless negative labels to hit Yang Jinghong, and for a while, "Jinghong Fairy" was pushed to the forefront again.

China is the first country in the world to classify Internet addiction as a clinical disorder. Caught in the Net features a Beijing treatment center where Chinese teenagers are being "deprogrammed," and follows the story of three boys from the day they arrive at the center, to their three-month treatment period, and their long awaited return home. The film provides a microcosm of modern Chinese life and investigates one of the symptoms of the Internet age. It examines inter-generational pressures and the disregard of the human rights of minors who get caught in the net.

"Old Boys" talks the story of two high school friends who formed a band to participate in "Happy Boys" talent show at their middle age as a song could get them back to their youth and back to the past. This touching "Old Boys" theme song also moved all the audience.

Wang Jiacheng, a real estate salesman who is constantly being hit by life, meets the God of Wealth on the rooftop! After accidentally kicking the God of Wealth's magic weapon, he is faced with two choices: fix the magic weapon and be rich and prosperous, or don't fix the magic weapon and be thunderstruck!