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Fujian Blue
Atmospheric, energetic and topical début by the young Chinese Weng is situated in his home province of Fujian. The first part is about the petty…Published on: -
I Love Beijing
After divorcing his wife, a taxi-driver from Beijing pathetically hunts for love in all ranks of society. The hunt leads to fascinating encounters.Published on: -
Life Track
A man without arms, who has withdrawn to a remote spot in China, meets a deaf and dumb woman who is on the run. Two…Published on: -
River Without Buoys
Intense, visceral, powerfully physical, this is a tale of three tough survivors sailing a lumber raft past villages caught up in political violence inPublished on: -
We Went to Wonderland
This is a prime example of how to make an accessible and convincing film about complex and personal subjects on a low budget and without…Published on: -
Black Snow
Urban alienation and despair mark this dark, politically daring story of an ex-con (the great Chinese actor Jiang Wen) with no home to return to.…Published on: -
Woman Demon Human
A powerfully unorthodox story of an opera actress whose onstage persona is the male underworld god Zhong Kui. Part biopic, part fantasy, part modernisPublished on: -
Fengming, a Chinese Memoir
Intense documentary about the ageing journalist He Fengming who tells the sad but fascinating story of her life. Oral history in its most pure, effectPublished on: -
Crude Oil
Wang Bing headed for a plateau in the Gobi desert to show just how much China needs oil at the moment. Just how hard they…Published on: -
Only Child, Upward, Downward, Forward, Backward, Rightward and Leftward
Not a film with easy chatter. Modern men tackle the subjects of the great philosophers in conversations. Also of great historic thinkers. But don’t thPublished on: