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Fortune Teller
Unpolished jewel from China’s blossoming documentary scene: not far from Beijing lives old Li, a dwarf-like charismatic soothsayer, who is married toPublished on: -
The Swordsman in Double Flag Town
Exceptional in quality and style among Chinese wuxia films. It is no coincidence that this was filmed after the Tiananmen clampdowns. Unique characterPublished on: -
Rigid Regime
Nissinen’s videos are characterized by absurdity, humour and deliberate clumsiness. An armless man arrives by helicopter to inspire the local communitPublished on: -
Beijing 2003
By far the longest film ever shown in Rotterdam – 150 hours! A car with a camera drives down every street inside Peking’s ring road.…Published on: -
Old Dog
Third feature by the front runner of Tibetan cinema, whose first short film was screened in Rotterdam. Without raising the tempo, he gets better and…Published on: -
Ordos 100
Ai Weiwei has become renowned for his political activities and famous as the inventor of the Bird’s Nest stadium in Peking. Working with those same…Published on: -
Apuda
With a painter’s eye, the filmmaker portrays a poor, simple man caring for his sick father. Bitter beauty. An exquisite impression of two men who…Published on: -
Fairytale
Ai Weiwei is an artist of grand ideas and equally grand projects. You could invite ten people to participate in an international project or a…Published on: -
The High Life
This first fiction film by a prize-winning documentary maker is a very sharp and realistic, but also dreamy and surreal urban portrait from today’s ChPublished on: -
Moamba Chinesa
He missed his flight twice, but still made it to the port of Guangzhou (Canton). Or chocolate city as the Chinese call it, because of…Published on: