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Shattered
Xu Tong continues his enervating, sometimes controversial reporting on the morals of the Chinese underclass. In the lead role, an 80-year-old, retiredPublished on: -
So Sorry
Corrupt builders and officials were to blame for the high number of dead schoolchildren after the Sichuan earthquake. This secret would have been buriPublished on: -
Whose Eyes
Daily life as seen by surveillance cameras. Well actually, as seen by leading experimental filmmaker Tan Tan. Screened before Shattered.Published on: -
Bachelor Mountain
In his third film on life and work in the (once) heavily wooded north of China, Yu Guangyi (Survival Song) follows the lonely San Liangzi…Published on: -
Shadow Life
How something as old-fashioned as hand shadow play can be elevated into a higher art form. A witty, intelligent animation.Published on: -
One Old Man
The filmmaker is also a photographer and needs no words to show that poverty and beauty are not mutually exclusive, using a farmer who is…Published on: -
One Recluse
Ai Weiwei follows the trial against a man suspected of killing six cops. Ai is not interested in whether he did it, but in the…Published on: -
Sentimental Animal
Mysterious, oppressive and occasionally shocking film in stylised black-and-white (shot by a colleague director Zhang Yuedong) about the latter days oPublished on: -
Chang’an Boulevard
A 10-hour film (short in comparison to the 150 hours of Beijing 2003), which systematically records Chang’an Boulevard and its traffic. The famous bouPublished on: -
Beijing: The Third Ring
Even more systematic than Google Street View, the maker records some of rapidly-changing Peking’s overwhelming traffic. This time on sunny days. One oPublished on: