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TITLES
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NARRATIVES
Betelnut (Bing Lang)
YANG Heng. China, 2005. Narrative, 112 minutes.
Hunan Dialect w/ English subtitles.
“Exquisite!” – Tony Rayns, Film Society of Lincoln Center
“Pure cinema” – Susanna Harutyunyan, FIPRESCI
Along a sleepy Hunan riverside, two delinquent boys experience a summer of love and violence in Yang Heng’s visually stunning debut. More info >>
Black and White Milk Cow (Yi Zhi Hua Nai Niu)
YANG Jin. China, 2004. Narrative, 93 minutes.
Shanxi dialect w/ English subtitles.
A young schoolteacher unknowingly enters a tangled web of politics in Yang Jin’s unsentimental dissection of the Chinese countryside. Shot on a micro-budget with remarkable black-and-white compositions, THE BLACK AND WHITE MILK COW offers one of the most thoughtful considerations of social commitment and individual responsibility in contemporary Chinese cinema. More info >>
Enter The Clowns (Chou Jue Deng Chang)
CUI Zi’en. China, 2002. Narrative, 80 minutes.
Mandarin w/ English subtitles.
“Liberating… ENTER THE CLOWNS conveys a sense of cinema at the vanguard.” – Scott Foundas, Variety
Straight, gay and in-between Beijingers unleash a whirlwind of transsexual mayhem in this groundbreaking, gender-bending debut by China’s preeminent queer filmmaker. More info >>
Er Dong (Er Dong)
YANG Jin. China, 2008. Narrative, 151 minutes.
Shanxi Dialect w/ English subtitles.
A rebellious teenager endures boarding school expulsion, family pressures and the harsh realities of rural life in northern China, until an uncovered secret from his past changes his life forever. Quietly moving and full of authentic insight into the prospects for youth in rural China, ER DONG announces the arrival of a major new talent in filmmaker Yang Jin. More info >>
Fujian Blue (Jin Bi Hui Huang)
WENG Shouming. China, 2007. Narrative, 90 minutes.
Mandarin and Fujianese w/ English subtitles.
Two interweaving stories of youth crime and family crisis shed light on illegal emigration and human trafficking in China’s Fujian province, in this award-winning debut feature. With “marvelous energy… Weng’s work captures this situation with remarkable clarity” (Gautaman Bhaskaran, The Hollywood Reporter). More info >>
Little Moth (Xue Chan)
PENG Tao. China, 2007. Narrative, 99 minutes.
Hubei dialect w/ English subtitles.
“A nearly perfect little film.” – Vancouver International Film Festival
When an impoverished couple adopts a crippled young girl and puts her to work begging on city streets, a battle soon ensues over her fate. Director Peng Tao turns the sordid street life of small town China into a chain-reaction tale of human cruelty and unforgettable suspense. More info >>
The Other Half (Ling Yi Ban)
YING Liang. China, 2006. Narrative, 111 min.
Sichuan dialect w/ English subtitles.
“A fierce and harrowing cry of political rage.” – The New Yorker
“One hell of a beautiful film… Endlessly haunting… with serene, even joyous consciousness that is the opposite of despair.” – Variety
Xiaofen spends all day listening to everything that’s wrong with China, opening her eyes to the chaos that threatens her own life. More info >>
Oxhide (Niu Pi)
LIU Jiayin. China, 2005. Narrative, 110 minutes.
Mandarin w/ English subtitles.
“The most important Chinese film of the past several years—and one of the most astonishing recent films from any country” – Shelly Kraicer, Cinema-scope
Daily life in a cramped Beijing apartment takes on epic proportions in an unprecedented, intimate portrait of a Chinese family. More info >>
Raised From Dust (Ju Zi Chen Tu)
GAN Xiao Er. China, 2006. Narrative, 102 min.
Henan dialect w/ English subtitles.
“A gentle, sympathetic look at the role of faith in a poor rural community”
– Richard Kuipers, Variety
A heartbreaking story told with compassion, RAISED FROM DUST sheds light on the unexplored lives of the approximately 40 million Christians in China. More info >>
Taking Father Home (Bei Ya Zi de Nan Hai)
YING Liang. China, 2005. Narrative, 100 min.
Sichuan dialect w/ English subtitles.
“A triumph of vision and talent.” – Jay Weissberg, Variety
“Filmmaking at its best.” – Film Intelligence
Seventeen-year-old Xu Yun (Xu Yun) leaves the Chinese countryside to search for his father, and finds instead a nightmare vision of survival in the modern city. More info >>
DOCUMENTARIES
DU Haibin. China, 2009. Documentary, 117 min.
Mandarin and Sichuan dialect w/ English subtitles.
Du Haibin’s award-winning documentary of the earthquake that devastated China’s Sichuan province in 2008 explores how victims, citizens and government respond to a national tragedy. Du depicts a world in chaos, both material and moral. “Without judgment but with a deep compassion for their subjects, the lmmakers of 1428 bring us a myriad of individual stories of absurdity, confusion and grief ”(Cherise Fong, CNN). More info >>
Before the Flood (Yan Mo)
LI Yifan and YAN Yu. China, 2005. Documentary, 147 min.
Mandarin and Sichuan dialect w/ English subtitles.
A landmark documentary following the residents of the historic city of Fengjie as they clash with officials forcing them to evacuate their homes to make way for the world’s largest dam. Shot over two years, Before the Flood is a breathtaking achievement in verité-style documentary filmmaking. This profound film shows the human effects of one of history’s grandest social engineering projects, reflecting on the loss of both home and heritage. More info >>
Crime and Punishment (Zui Yu Fa)
ZHAO Liang. China, 2007. Documentary, 122 min.
Mandarin w/ English subtitles.
On the North Korean border, Chinese military police enforce the law with a heavy hand, leading to moments of harrowing abuse and surreal satire. With penetrating camerawork, Zhao Liang patiently reveals the methods police use to interrogate and coerce suspects to confess crimes – and the consequences when such techniques backfire. “Zhao’s artistry is instantly apparent.” (Robert Koehler, Variety) More info >>
Digital Underground in the People’s Republic
Rachel TEJADA, USA, 2008. Short, 18 min. Documentary.
Six documentary shorts chronicle the changing state of China’s independent, and underground, film scene. We traveled from Shanghai to Nanjing to Beijing, and kept the cameras rolling. The result is unprecedented access into China’s other film community, where writing, filming, and distribution don’t always wait for government approval. Along the way, the series features the most important filmmakers, critics, producers, curators, and underground scenesters making films, their way, in China today. More info >>
Disorder (Xianshi Shi Guoqu de Weilai)
Huang Weikai. China, 2009. Documentary, 58 minutes.
Mandarin w/ English subtitles.
Huang Weikai’s one-of-a-kind news documentary captures, with remarkable freedom, the anarchy, violence, and seething anxiety animating China’s major cities today. Huang shatters and reconstructs a world that’s barely comprehensible, though one whose energy is palpable: vibrant, dangerous, and scary. The result is “a raw and candid look at the China typically hidden from outsiders” (Ashley Meloche, The Epoch Times). More info>>
Dong
JIA Zhangke. China 2008. Documentary, 70 minutes.
Mandarin, Sichuan Dialect and Thai w/ English subtitles.
China’s greatest living filmmaker Jia Zhangke (Platform, The World) travels with acclaimed painter Liu Xiaodong from China to Thailand as they meet everyday workers in the throes of social turmoil. Jia takes Liu’s work as a point of inspiration for his own cinematic innovation. DONG exemplifies the cinematic mastery that has earned Jia the distinction of being “the planets most excitingly original filmmaker” (Scott Foundas, LA Weekly). More info>>
Gai Shanxi and Her Sisters (Gai Shan Xi He Ta De Jie Mei Men)
BAN Zhongyi. China, 2007. Documentary, 80 min.
Mandarin, Japanese, Shanxi dialect w/ English subtitles.
Gai Shanxi and Her Sisters tells the story of one woman’s brutal ordeal as a “comfort woman“ for the Japanese Army during World War II. Ban also collects revelatory testimonies from former Japanese soldiers stationed in Shanxi during the war, breaking a decades-long silence over a dark chapter of China’s history. Following one woman’s heroic journey, Ban Zhongyi tells a universal story of female solidarity and survival. More info >>
Ghost Town (Fei Cheng) – BOOK NOW, DVD COMING SOON
ZHAO Dayong. China, 2008. Documentary, 169 min.
Mandarin, Nu, & Lisu w/ English subtitles.
“One of the most surprising and rewarding films I’ve seen all year!” – Dennis Lim, Moving Image Source
Zhiziluo is a town barely clinging to life. Tucked away in a rugged corner of Southwest China, the village is haunted by traces of China’s cultural past while its residents piece together a day-by-day existence. More info >>
Meishi Street (Mei Shi Jie)
OU Ning. China, 2006. Documentary, 85 min.
Mandarin w/ English subtitles.
MEISHI STREET shows ordinary citizens taking a stand against the planned destruction of their homes for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Acclaimed at over two dozen museums and galleries around the world, MEISHI STREET, by renowned visual artist Ou Ning, works as both art and activism, calling worldwide attention to lives being demolished in the name of progress. More info >>
Zhao Dayong and David Bandurski, China, 2009. Documentary, 77 minutes.
English and Mandarin w/ English subtitles.
My Fathers House provides a rare glimpse inside the immigrant African community in Guangzhou by following the turbulent story of an underground church founded by Nigerian missionaries. Documentary filmmakers Zhao Dayong (Ghost Town, New York Film Festival) and David Bandurski capture a complex subculture thriving within a seemingly homogeneous society where immigrants and evangelical religion are kept from view. More info >>
Queer China, ‘Comrade’ China (Zhi Tong Zhi)
Cui Zi’en. China, 2008. Documentary, 60 minutes.
Mandarin w/ English subtitles.
China’s most prolific queer filmmaker presents a comprehensive historical account of the queer movement in modern China. Unlike any before, this film explores the historical milestones and ongoing advocacy efforts of the Chinese LGBT community.
San Yuan Li (San Yuan Li)
OU Ning, CAO Fei. China, 2003. Experimental Documentary, 45 min.
China’s rapid modernization literally traps the village of San Yuan Li within the surrounding skyscrapers of Guangzhou, a city of 12 million people. Armed with video cameras, twelve artists present a highly stylized portrait of a traditional village besieged by China’s urban sprawl. Directed by acclaimed visual artists Ou Ning and Cao Fei and commissioned by the Venice Biennale, SAN YUAN LI explores the modern paradox of China’s economic growth and social marginalization.
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ZHAO Dayong. China, 2006. Documentary, 98 minutes.
Mandarin w/ English subtitles.
STREET LIFE explores the hidden lives of homeless migrants who survive in the shadows of one of Shanghai’s most historic and affluent streets. The result is a raw, vivid portrait of physical and psychological rootlessness. STREET LIFE reflects the way of life for thousands of forgotten people in one of the world’s largest cities. More info >>
Super, Girls! (Chao Ji Nu Sheng)
JIAN Yi. China, 2007. Documentary, 73 min.
Mandarin w/ English subtitles.
“As entertaining as it is revelatory” – Ronnie Scheib, Variety
SUPER, GIRLS! follows ten teenagers on their quest to become superstars on China’s biggest tv show. Through candid interviews and footage of nail-biting auditions, SUPER, GIRLS! offers a fascinating look inside what the Chinese media have dubbed “the Lost Generation.” More info >>
Using (Long Ge)
ZHOU Hao. China, 2008. Documentary, 105 minutes.
Mandarin w/ English subtitles.
A twisted relationship develops between an urban Chinese couple struggling with heroin and a filmmaker chronicling their addiction, in this provocative documentary on drug abuse, filmmaking and friendship. Zhou’s unflinching depiction of his friends’ repeated attempts to quit blurs the line between filmmaker and subject, and raises provocative questions about the ways in which each uses the other. More info >>
We are the … of Communism (Wo Men Shi Gong Chan Zhu Yi Sheng Lue Hao)
CUI Zi’en. China, 2007. Documentary, 94 minutes.
Mandarin w/ English subtitles.
The mysterious closing of a Beijing school sends hundreds of migrant children on a desperate struggle to reclaim their right to an education. Following the personal journeys of students as they battle bureaucratic corruption for their right to learn, Cui exposes a crisis of social values in the wake of China’s economic reforms. More info >>
