The World
A young dancer, her security-guard boyfriend and others work at World Park, a bizarre cross-pollination of Las Vegas and Epcot Center where visitors can interact with famous international monuments without…
Platform
China’s rapid changes from the late-1970s to the early 1990s, as seen through the lives of four performers in a theater troupe.
Ash Is Purest White
Set in China’s underworld, this tale of love and betrayal follows a dancer who fired a gun to protect her mobster boyfriend during a fight. On release from prison 5…
Jia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang
Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke returns to the shooting locations of his films, along with his actors, friends and close collaborators. Jia recalls the inspiration sources for his movies, such as…
Mountains May Depart
The life of Tao, and those close to her, is explored in three different time periods: 1999, 2014, and 2025.
I Wish I Knew
Focuses on the people, their stories and architecture spanning from the mid-1800s, when Shanghai was opened as a trading port, to the present day.
24 City
Chengdu nowadays. The state owned factory 420 shuts down to give way to a complex of luxury apartments called “24 CITY”. Three generations, eight characters : old workers, factory executives…
A Touch of Sin
Four independent stories set in modern China about random acts of violence.