Fiction

The Warlords

Director Peter CHAN | 95min | 2007
In an age of famine and war in the middle of 19th century China, three men unite as blood brothers to initially lead 108 men against the ruling armies of their time, succeed and establishes peace. Pang (Jet Li), a general whose troops were slaughtered by the Kui army. He is befriended and becomes blood brothers with the leaders of a bandit army, Er Hu (Andy Lau) and Wu Yang (Takeshi Kaneshiro). Pang also develops an attraction for Lian, Er Hu's wife who comforted him when he was at rock-bottom before joining the bandit army. Driven by the basic need for food to survive, the three increase their bandit army to 800, and they forge deals with rich lords for provisions and assistance from their armies in exchange for defeating their enemies. The three's bandit army does the fighting and dying, while the rich lords'armies secure victory in the final wave of attack.

Assembly (Ji Jie Hao)

Director FENG Xiaogang | 113 min | 2007
In 1948, during the Chinese Civil War, the Captain Gu Zidi from the People's Liberation Army was assigned with his forty-seven soldiers from the Nineth Company to defend a coal mine until they hear the assembly bugle. All the men died except Gu as the bugle was never heard. The forty-seven soldiers that died heroically are only considered missing and their actions were completely unknown by the high-command. After that Gu dedicated his entire life to restore the honor that belongs to his forty six men and their self-sacrifices. 

The Banquet (Ye Yan)

Director FENG Xiaogang | 131 min | 2006
In 907 AD, the Tang Dynasty is in tatters as power struggle intensifies within the imperial family. Crown Prince Wu Luan loves Xiao Wan but his father takes her as Empress. Wu Luan's uncle murders the emperor, taking the throne and Empress, and sends assassins to kill Wu Luan. The Crown Prince eludes death and comes to court. The Emperor arranges for Xiao Wan's coronation and dispatches Wu Luan to a distant land. He then calls for a midnight banquet on the 100th day of his rule. The Emperor, the Empress, the Crown Prince, the Ministers and the Generals all have their own enemies they would like to finish off at the banquet.

Postman in Shangri-La

Director YU Zhong | 93min | 2007
An ordinary postman working in a remote area of the Chinese interior sets out on a most extraordinary mission in director YU Zhong's entry into the 2007 Montreal World Film Festival. A dedicated postal carrier, Wang Dahe spends most of his days weighed down by letters as he navigates treacherous mountain paths in order ensure that the mail
reaches the remote villages of Muli in a timely fashion. The work may be exhausting, but Wang Dahe can always be counted upon to get the job done. Returning home after a particularly grueling day in the thin mountain air, Wang Dahe is approached by his boss to deliver three urgent letters: The first letter is a notification to a township to cease
cutting trees, the second is an announcement to elderly cataract sufferers that they can now visit doctors in the nearby town, and the third is an acceptance letter informing a young girl that she has been admitted to college. While the first two letters pose Wang Dahe few problems, the frustrated mail carrier has a particularly hard time locating the young girl whose entire future could be dictated by the
letter currently in his possession.

Four Little Shaolin Kongfu Stars

Director ZHU Zhaowei | 100 min | 2007
At the beginning of a new term, Shaolinxiongfeng Kung Fu School enrolls a group of new students. The story happens among four new students, Miao, Bing, Qiang and Hao. Miao is a girl. In her opinion, girls can be as capable as boys. That's why she comes to learn Kung Fu. Bing, a five-year-old boy, is the youngest among the four. He is crazy about Kung Fu film and dreams to be a Kung Fu star. Hao is an eightyear - old fat boy who is from a rich family and spoiled. His parents send him to the kung fu school for they think that he should temper his will in difficult circumstances. Coming from a very poor family in rural area, Qiang bears the burden of his family at a very young age, which makes him more mature. Four kids begin to live a new life after they enter Shaolinxiongfeng Kung Fu School. One morning, the idea of "plum blossom head stakes" comes to them when they see the monks of Shaolin Temple practicing Kung Fu accidentally. They begin to practice assiduously. Hao is afraid of losing, so he makes a deal with the rival in secret.

Making Love

Director HU Zongxi | 2007
Why is Shanghai so beautiful? It's because countless young men and women have dedicated their youth and passion to the city. As Shanghai continues to be the glamorous city it always has been, the young people grow older and become part of its history.

Give Me a Bed

Director WU Wei | 92min | 2007
Hongtao, a university law graduate comes from a rural area of China. He looks for work in the city but is unable to find a job. Hongtao meets Mrs. Ho who introduces him to her husband who is the boss of a real estate company. He takes up an offer of a job but is dismissed because he speaks out
against an injustice. Changed by this experience, Hongtao begins a new life in the metropolis.

Moonlight Melody

Director ZHANG Yaoyi | 61min | 2008
Luna is a student of an art academy and likes western art. Because of her difficult family environment and her boyfriend leaving, Luna has been diagnosed with a psychological problem. Her mother is an excellent Kunqu Opera performer and a traditional eastern lady. Luna falls
out with her and leaves home. She works hard to finish her graduation project, but never finds what she really wants. Searching for salvation, she experiences something extraordinary.

Postman in Shangri-la

Director YU Zhong | 90 min | 2008
Wang Dahe is an ordinary country postman in Muli County. Wang Yusheng has been sent a university admission notice, but as she lives in a remote rural area with no detailed address, Dahe has to find her. However as there is only a short time till the freshmen registration, he has to take
a shortcut. He encounters countless difficulties and obstacles en route.

No Crocodile Tears

Director LU Jiangguang | 121min | 2008
Xiao Le, a boy who lives in the city, goes to his grandfather's country home for his summer holiday. As soon as he arrives, weird things start to happen: there seems to be a Yangtze crocodile in the local river. Asi, an animal smuggler from the city, overhears the story about the crocodiles from the villagers, and convinces Xiao Mao's father to hunt them for him. To protect the crocodiles, Xiao Le gathers together other boys and girls in the village to start a "war" against the animal smugglers.

Bird's Nest

Director NING Jingwu | 74min | 2008
A young boy of Miao, one of the Ethnic Minorities of China, has been living in the mountains and has never traveled from his home. He and his friends love birds. Curious about the Bird's Nest Stadium for the Olympics mentioned in his father's letter from Beijing, the boy tries to earn money to travel there by chopping wood to sell.

The Marine Friends

Director QIAN Xiaohong | 80min | 2006
Fang Xiaoqi has to live with his grandpa, a scholar in Polar Marine science, as his parents work in the Arctic Ocean. He is amazed by the large variety of marine animals. Because his father cannot come back from work to celebrate his birthday, Xiaoqi goes to a dolphin pool and weeps. Suddenly a miracle happens.

Bejing Roastduck

Director GU Wei | 63 min | 2008
Through a duck's eyes, this film looks at the lives of an owner of a roastduck restaurant, a Ph.D. student and a male prostitute.

Candy

Director XIN Jubo | 90min | 2007
(Private Screening Only)

Fury Of Love

Director XIN Jubo | 105min | 2007
(Private Screening Only)

I Want To Dance

Director HU Shu | 79 min | 2007
(Private Screening Only) 

So Much Rice

Director LI Hongqi | 78min | 2007
(Private Screening Only)

Raised From Dust

Director GAN Xiao'er | 102min | 2007
(Private Screening Only)

Winter Story

Director ZHU Chuanming | 104min | 2007
(Private Screening Only)

Invisible Wings

Director FENG Zhengzhi | 93min | 2007
(Private Screening Only)

Warm Spring

Director ULAN Tana | 90min | 2002
(Private Screening Only)

This Unusual Vocation

Director LI Hong | 86min | 2004
(Private Screening Only)

Han Hao Bird

Director SHEN Lei | 90min | 2003
(Private Screening Only)

People

Director GU Haiping / LIU Xu / ZHANG Liandong | 90min | 2007

PK.COM.CN

Director XIAO JIANG / Fiction / 94min / Digital BETACAM (PAL) / 2006
A medical student has to choose between the promising medical career and her passion of music.

Electric Shadows (Celluloid Dreamers)

Director XIAO JIANG / Fiction / 95min / Digital BETACAM (PAL) / 2004
For no apparent reason, a mute young woman assaults a youth who delivers water on his bicycle, injuring him and ruining his bike. Surprisingly, she asks him to feed her fish while she is in custody. Her tiny apartment, he discovers, is a shrine to his favorite escape, the movies. He finds her diary - a screenplay of her life built around scenes from favorite films - and it sets off his imagination. Maybe they have more in common than a love of the movies.

How Is Your Fish Today? 

Director GUO XIAOLU / Documentary / 83min / Digital BETACAM(PAL) / 2006
A young man in southern China has killed his lover. He starts a lonely escape across the whole country towards his land of wonder, a snowy village at the northern border.

Night Scene 

Director CUI ZIEN / Fiction / 75min / Digital BETACAM(PAL) / 2004
Yangyang is a college student. By accident he found that his father is a homosexual. But later he would find himself felling in love with a boy.

The Old Testament  

Director CUI ZIEN / Fiction / 75min / DVCAM / 2002
With there episodic tales addressing such issues as AIDS, homophobia and bisexuality, The Old Testament is framed by biblical references and a chorus singing each story's conclusion.

Purple Top

Director ZHANG ZHONGHUA / Fiction / 88min / Digital BETACAM (PAL) / 2006
XiBulu (played by ZhangZhi) and his friends have been looking for a beautiful spinning top. But all theirs attempts to make a  top were laughed every time. One day Xi makes a little top from his father's working tool finally. Unfortunately, it is expropriated by his teacher and lead him disasters. His teacher and good friend Milan (played by WangYi) who teachs them music has her own music dream, but she can't seek for it because of her predicament and her miserable marriage. Milan draws a purple top for Xi Bulu and it becomes their last contact as a souvenir. One day Xi stands in wind crying for Milan's leave but only finds the truck disappear in the end of the street...

Bei Yazi De Nanhai (Taking Father Home)

Director YING LIANG / Fiction / 101min / Digital BETACAM (PAL) / 2005
A 17-year-old boy from a village in the province Sechuan leaves for the big city looking for his father, who left six years before and has not been heard of since. The fact that his mother still receives money from his father does nothing to tame his anger. He is certainly not looking for a warm reunion; it is unconcealed revenge that drives him. Totally lost and deserted, he roams the big city with his basket of ducks on his back. Independent films are often made on a very small budget, but the budget of debut film maker Ying Liang was so small that it can hardly be described as a budget. The crew consisted of friends and acquaintances, and they were all volunteers in front of the camera, too. Even the camera itself had to be borrowed. The result is a strikingly charming, tender yet poetic film that provides evidence of vision and a steady style.

An Zi

Director LEI XIAOBAO / Fiction / 99min / Digital BETACAM (PAL) / 2006
An Zi, a villager, is cheated and in debt when he opens a restaurant in town. To repay the debt, he goes to the city to find his cousin for help. Unexpectedly his cousin is an gang master and had an affair with An Zi's wife Xiu Ying. After a series of misfortunes, An Zi is desperate and life has completely gong off track for him.

Mid-afternoon Barks

Director ZHANG YUEDONG / Fiction / 78min / Digital BETACAM (PAL) / 2006
The visual style of this film is fluid and calm. Attention is placed on creating surprise, on humor and on complex, yet beautiful, emotions. The director does not use the concept of 'the absurd', because, in the context of this film, this concept is old fashioned and obscure. The way the three stories interrelate suggests an imagery which surpasses daily existence. The character's behavior in the film naturally expresses their attitudes and points of view under the given circumstances.

A Dumb Girl in The Snow-capped Mountain

Director HAN ZHIJUN / Fiction / 90min / 35mm / 2006
Two sisters in Lijiang are born to different fate. Unlike her older sister who is a gifted singer, He Xi is dumb. However after meeting Jack, a young man from Vienna, her life has been completely changed.

B-Boy

Director CUI KAI / Fiction / 121min / Digital BETACAM (PAL) / 2007
In Beijing an street dancing competition is taking place. Two teams are competing against each other. The winner will represent China in the international tournament.

My Internship Life

Director / ZHANG XIAO / Fiction / 90min / 35mm / 2005
Ye Muzhu, a female graduate has her unique story of trying to fit into the society. Under the pressure of life, people do not act normally especially when facing money and power.

Red Banderole

Director SONG JIANGBO / Fiction / 93min / 35mm / 2004
Xiao Gang lost his parents when he was a baby. Dong Ni has always liked him since she was a little girl. Shan Shan is a worker in Liaohe Oil Field. Tian Hou is a manager of a bridal shop. He is pursuing Shan Shan. This is a love story of young persons.

The Only Sons

Director GAN XIAOER / Fiction / 102min / DVCAM / 2002
This is a story of a poor man, from selling his blood, to selling his kids and finally his wife. He loved then but fails to protect them. He ended his life in agony. Only than that he gained his dignity that he never has while alive.

Weed

Director WANG LIREN / Fiction / 99min / Digital BETACAM(PAL) / 2006
A shy young man tries to win the heart of a girl prostitute. The story, partially set in modern-day Beijing, leads to a tragic climax when the girl's former boyfriend turns up.

Winter Story

Director ZHU CHUANMING / Fiction / 104min / Digital BETACAM (PAL) / 2007/+18 only
The story of a street girl and a man, set in the winter of Beijing. The man is an illegal clothing stall-keeper, which was shut by the police. The girl works in a brothel, which was also shut by the police. They meet in one occasion and become lovers. This is a live story of an unstable and twisted relationship between the two.

So Much Rice

Director LI HONGQI / Fiction / 78min / Digital BETACAM (PAL) / 2005
Mao is a teacher who does not care much about his life. He left home while he was playing hide-and-seek with his girlfriend. He came to a place called Liucheng and stayed at his friend, Xiao He's house where he started a different life and experienced a rather absurd and bizarre affair with Xiao He and a girl. At the end he embarked on another journey with a bag of rice from a peculiar origin.

Raised From Dust 

Director GAN XIAOER / Fiction / 102min / Digital BETACAM (PAL) / 2007
Xiao-li is an orchestra member of the church located in a Chinese village, with a dying husband suffering from pneumosilicosis at the hospital, while their nine-year-old daughter named Sheng-yue leaves school for lacking of tuition fee. Everyday Xiao-li rehearses the Wedding March in the church, and there, a pair of Christians is celebrating their wedding this day. After the wedding, Xiao-li goes to the hospital as usual, but this time she is going to take her husband for home, giving up any treatments...

Documentary 

High School Senior Year

Director ZHOU Hao / 95 min / 2005
In the No.1 High School of Wuping County in western Fujian Province, 78 high school seniors have only one chance to advance to higher education: through taking the annual national entrance exam. Eighty percent of the students in the school come from surrounding rural areas. Their parents tell them that if they don't want to become farmers, the entrance exam to high education is their only chance to change their lives. The documentary records the hardworking, highpressured as well as lonely lives of a group of seventeen-or-eighteenyear-
old seniors who are Hakka descendants. As one student puts it, "I can't stand the idea to go through another senior year."

Though I am Gone

Director HU Jie / 66min / 2006
Forty years have passed since the beginning of the Cultural Revolution in 1966. What memories of Beijing remain about this time? Mr. Wong, who lost his wife during the revolution, takes us through this period of great change as he experienced it.

Walk in the Dark

Director LI Xiaofeng | 90min | 2006
Bao, a blind woman, sings every day in the streets of Peking to make a living. She is caught up in an endless lawsuit, hoping to retrieve money that someone owes her. She does her best to rear Ming Ming, her mentally ill daughter. After suffering a car accident, Ming Ming decides to drop her studies and become a street singer. History seems to
repeat itself.

The Naked Life of Qin Yongjian

Director GU Tao | 32min | 2007
Qin Yongjian dreams of becoming an actor one day. Until he can break into the entertainment industry, he works as a nude model in Beijing.

My Dear

Director GU Yaping | 82 min | 2007
My Dear records a filmmaker's inner journey in search of herself as well as her relationships with several other similar female urban artists.

Pediatric Department

Director WANG Hao | 104 min | 2006
China's medical system has become a nightmare: The government refuses to offer medical insurance to the majority of the citizens while at the same time drastically reducing the health budget.

The Wuding River

Director LI Xiaofeng & JIA Kai | 103min | 2007
In northern Shan'xi province, the poorest region in China, many tricycle riders leave their farmland to make a living in the cities.

Faith

Director WEI Xueqi | 98min | 2008
Director Bai is the person in charge of a local church. There are five gatherings in Yiminhe while only one of them is legal. Every day, Director Bai has to rush to different gatherings.

The 29-year-old High School Students

Director ZHANG Zhong | 30min | 2007
For most young people from rural China, passing the annual national college entrance exam is the only route to life in the city. 29 year old Yang is one of the most keen to succeed.

San Li Dong

Director LIN Xin | 172 min | 2007
In the year of 1955, more than 300 ardent youths from Shanghai came to Sanlidong Coal Mine hoping to contribute to the development of the Great Northwest. 50 years on, few of them are still alive. 

Old Ma

Director ZHA Xiaoyuan | 160 min | 2008
Old Ma is a carpet maker. He learned and inherited his trade from his father. He lives in the most rural part of China, a barren and arid place. A Muslim, his faith is like the air around his body.

Aoluguya

Director GU Tao | 92min | 2008
The Evenki people spend their lives hunting and raising reindeer. In 2003 they began to leave the mountains, but find life without guns and the forest alien to them.

The Rain Prayer (Folk-Custom I)

Director ZHANG Wenqing | 54min | 2007
The Rain Prayer is a 2,000 year old folk custom practised by people who live on the Loess Plateau during times of drought. Villagers weave hats made from fresh willow stems.

Wheat Guests (Folk-Custom II)

Director ZHANG Wenqing | 49min | 2007
For centuries, during the annual wheat cutting season in Guanzhong plain, thousands of temporary farmers are hired to help the locals with the work.

Circuit Court (Folk-Custom III)

Director ZHANG Wenqing | 55min | 2007
Established in 1997, Jiankou Circuit Court is located in a remote town in Shanxi province. The living conditions there are hard.

The Flowerless Fig (Folk-Custom IV)

Director ZHANG Wenqing | 56min | 2007
Zhou Daping is a 26 year old blind storyteller living in North Shanxi Province. He has been in love with Zhao Taotao for two years. Unfortunately the girl's parents strongly oppose the relationship.

The Story of the Storytellers (Folk-Custom v)

Director ZHANG Wenqing | 41min | 2007
Two married storytellers accompany their tales with music played on traditional three-stringed instruments. The film shows what the life of a storyteller is like.

The Third Grade in Senior High School

Director ZHOU Hao | 148min | 2007
This film focuses on the third grade students of Wuping First Senior High School. It records how they and their teachers survive the intensive term.

Listen To Me

Director CHEN Tan, KONG Lingchen | 83min | 2008
The film tells the story of Wang, an established 80 year old doctor of traditional Chinese medicine. During the Spring Festival his son suddenly falls ill. Meanwhile he still has to attend to his patients.

Searching for Mt. Brown

Director TANG Kexin | 60min
(Private Screening Only)

Noise

Director WANG WO | 62min
(Private Screening Only)

Street Life

Director ZHAO Dayong | 98min
(Private Screening Only)

Torch Troupes

XU XIN | 110min
(Private Screening Only)

Dong    

Director JIA ZHANGKE / Documentary / 70min / HDV / 2006

Artist Liu Xiaodong went to the Three Gorges in China and Bangkok, Thailand for the creation of 'Hot Bed' oil painting series. This is a work depicting the artist's feelings towards his two uniquely different groups of models.

Only Child  

Director CUI ZIEN / Documentary / 70min Digital BETACAM(PAL) / 2007
Xiao Shao has a big house. He looks around for a housemate. In the meantime, at another corner of the world, Xiao Bo is also seeking for his housemate, just like Xiao Shao.

I'm Chinese

Director SHEN SHAO / Documentary / 73min / MiniDV / 2007
During the First World War, when Germany invaded Russia, some Russians on the Chinese border were forced across the Heilongjiang River to Hongjiang Village. These immigrants are still struggling to integrate with Chinese society.

Dancing In The City

Director FAN JIAN / Documentary / 118min / Digital BETACAM (PAL) / 2006
An idealist simply wants to speak for Chinese farmers; a countryman makes great efforts to live as city dwellers; a girl shuttles between city and village; a traitor looks like a mixture of money and literature. They have village blood, but their chained souls are dancing in cities. They came back to their hometowns for hundreds of times but meanwhile, they escaped from their home for hundreds of times. They struggled for their identity freedom for thousands of times but finally they went back to their origins. Where are their ways to home? And where is the harbor of their souls? They can not find the answers but sigh in metropolitans instead.

Torch Troupes

Director XU XIN / Documentary / 110min / DVCAM / 2006
'Torch troupes' got their name from the Cultural Revolution period when traditional Sichuan Opera shows were prohibited in public and troupes were obliged to tour remote rural areas and to perform underground at night. Torches were used for lighting, thus the genesis of 'torch troupes'. In 2001, six national Sichuan Opera companies were integrated into one. Beside a few tours abroad, they have been almost out of activity and out of Chengdu residents'sight. Smaller local troupes were dismissed. Today, the informal show groups created by Sichuan Opera actors sent off by national companies in 1990s have become new 'torch troupes' struggling for existence in rapidly changing times...

Noise

Director WANG WO / Documentary / 62min / DVCAM / 2007
The flowery in lens, the indifference in eyes, the sound and fury, the emptiness and mess, the rambling images, possibly, all that bring to you is not entertainment, not reflection, but further confusion: the seemingly serious birthday, the no-nonsense sales promotion, the violence in broad daylight, the apparently naive adult games, the nationwide whoopee, the spooky fireworks and the trembling blowout: as if it is a sacrifice for the rip-roaring time.

Street Life

Director ZHAO DAYONG / Documentary / 98min / DVCAM / 2007
They are from all over China, without true names or social relations. They call one another after the names of their hometowns. They make a living by collecting garbage, stealing, begging, and singing. Treading on the fringes of society , these people gather together in the alleys near Nanjing Road. In the hustle and bustle of life, some live hopefully and some happily – others can't bear the burden and go mad.

Cat

Director GU DONG / Documentary / 116min / DVCAM / 2007
Following the storyline of a couple who has adopted a homeless cat and how this has changed their life, this documentary brings the audience to the lives of the street cats in Beijing.

Shenzhen - Transformation of Modern China

Director YU Tianqi / 30 min / 2007
For more than two decades Chinese social photographer Yu Haibo has been capturing the social transformation of Shenzhen, a city built up from almost nothing by migrants in three decades and among the first cities opened up to the outside world in modern China.

Days on the Water

Director HUANG Rongrong / 16min / 2007
Shu lived in the small town for 11 years since he was born. He has no memory of his parents but only his handicapped brother Bin. Life is full of complexity and hardship.

Wen Qian Wen Mie Long

Director GAO Ming / 6min / 2007
The film records a conversation between a man and a woman over a game of Mahjong taking place at a family party. They discuss the life of common people living in Guangzhou. Visual effects are used to reinforce the dialogue.

Yi

Director CHEN Zhuo, HUANG Keyi / 5min / 2004
The production is made by both painting and computer. It is based on the stories of Chinese legends Pan Gu and Hou Yi.

Old Mountains, Old Shadows

Director Joanna Vasquez ARONG | 6min | 2006
As a swelling tide of young people desert the countryside and flow into big cities like Beijing to pursue their dreams, what do the older folks dream about in their small mountain village nearthe capital?

The People's Skateboards

Director Raphael COOPER, LI Qiuqiu | 13min | 2007
New urban developments in China have given skateboarders the freedom to ride through the streets of its modern cities, the metropolis offering them daring obstacles to conquer.

Three Character epic (San Zi Jing)

Director YI Lian | 6min | 2007
This film tells the story of the Three Character Epic which was written in the thirteenth century and usually attributed to Wang Yinglin, a renowned Confucian scholar. It was once required reading for all Chinese children, who were not only to read it, but to memorise it by heart. It continued to be a corner stone of education in Taiwan right up to the 1960s.

My Name is Zhong

Director CHEN Zhong | 5min | 1999
My Name is Zhong tells the story of a Chinese person's experience of moving abroad. It focuses on the case of a student attempting to immerse himself in not only another culture but another education system. The film reveals the misunderstandings and preconceptions that anyone who has moved to a foreign country has encountered.

Bandi Panda Fashion Show

Director ZHAO Bandi | 15min | 2008
Clothes make the man, in the eyes of artist cum cult trendsetter Zhao Bandi. To demonstrate the veracity of these words, he premiered a black and white collection which re-imagined the look of the new China at Beijing Fashion Week. This film documents the event which took place in March 2008.

Zhai Yuan's China

Director WU Ershan | 6min | 2007
Wu Ershan invited a blind child, eleven-year-old Zhai Yuan, to describe his China. In this film Yuan talks about a China he has never seen, but which he experiences through his other senses; creating a personal vision that is beyond dispute.

RMB

Director WANG Peng | 6min | 2008
In China the economy is rapidly expanding. As inflation rises and the cost of living increases, director Wang Peng's film meditates on the age old idea of money being at the root of all evil.

Jishuitan

Director LIU Hao | 4min | 2008
In this film we see Beijing through the eyes of a taxi driver. He describes his negative feelings about the large building developments that are planned for the city he loves and drives though each day. He gains comfort from his family; being his one true constant.

It's Monday

Director PAN Baocheng | 13min | 2008
Beijing, as with every other capital city, has its rush hour traffic. With over three million cars on the road, Beijing traffic is as heavy as can be imagined. As Monday dawns, every driver dreads making another journey to work.

Farewell Dinner

Director HANG Cheng | 10min | 2008
This film records a Chinese Farewell Dinner. Originally planned as a small party, the event rapidly turns into a large gathering as everyone invites their friends to come. By the end of the meal the guest of honour is long gone, leaving a room full of strangers who do not even notice his absence.

751: A Process of Modernisation

Director XUE Li | 9min | 2007
Inspired by the extraordinary success of 798,
Beijing's much publicised and outré trendy Arts complex built in an old industrial area, the administrators of the neighbouring 751 factory decide to follow suit. Xue Li documents the process by which the expansive factory buildings are demolished to make way for a new consumer paradise.

Yiwu: Made in China

Director SHU Haolun | 10min | 2008
Yiwu, a town in Zhejiang province on China's eastern seaboard, is home to the world's largest small product commodity market. One local mall, the China Yiwu International Trade City, contains more than 30,000 stalls. This film shows how it has a huge impact on peoples' daily lives.

Tai'an Lu

Director Mathieu BORYSERVICZ | 10min | 2008
This story centres around 6 Tai'an Road, a dilapidated colonial era building, now home to an eclectic cross section of Shanghai's community.

Sichuan Street Songs

Director CHEN Zhong | 20min | 2008
Sichuan Street Songs are effectively sales pitches but they are called songs for a good reason. Every trader has a line, a lyric, a call as abundant as birdsong.

Voting Day

Director CHEN Zhong | 17min | 2008
This film records the election of a Governor for a Chinese village. Whilst most villagers vigorously participate in the voting process and see it as a chance to gather, chat, sing and have fun, the sudden explosions of emotion and anger in the small community suggest another side to the process.

Struggle

Director SHU Haolun | 13min | 2007
As it becomes harder to earn a living on the land, hundreds of thousands of workers are drawn to Shenzhen, a boomtown where it is said the streets are paved with gold. Once Factory owners have employed new staff, they immediately set them to work on huge orders which have to be fulfilled to impossible deadlines.

Hong Jiao

Director ZHOU Shiyu | 16min | 2006
In this film, Hongjiao, a poor girl who lives in a mountain village, has to leave her Primary School because her parents cannot afford to keep her there. The swing on the hill is her only toy. Her dream is to go back to school again.

Spring of Yangchun

Director YANG Pingdao | 16 min | 2006
This fascinating film tells the story of two men
who wish to remain anonymous. Man A and Man
B have an ambiguous sexual relationship. When
Man A's girlfriend dies of drowning he pretends
he doesn't care.

Days on the Water

Director HUANG Rongrong | 16min | 2007
11 year old Shu has lived in a small town since he was born. He has no memory of his parents but only his handicapped brother Bin.

The Geart Mountain of Kawagebo

Director ZHANG Zhigang | 8min | 2007
This is a video recording of the four seasons, dawn and sunset, wind and cloud of the mountain Kawagebo with fixed lens, as well as the godliness feeling of the Tibet people to this mountain.

Two in One

Director JI Zhonglu | 22min | 2008
Yang Yang is a girl who's seeking a job in Shanghai. Two months later, a cosmetic sales shop gave her the job offer. She is going to move out the house where she stayed with her best friend.

Summer Time

Director JI Zhonglu | 18min | 2006
In Shanghai, she meets a boy at the corridor and they leave a deep impression on each other.

Writer's Block

Director Wei BU & Tadhg PEAVOY | 10min | 2008
Aiden Row is in a jam. He cannot find the right word to pen the rest of his screenplay. He's hot to trot in Hollywood at the moment and his producer Frank wants the script while he's still on fire - yet the words don't come. Frank calls Alex in to his office to discuss the project, however, all is not as it seems.

Once Upon a Time in Film School

Director Wei BU | 10min | 2008
It is a story about a group of film students. As one of them, he starts to question himself: why is he making films? As the film shooting goes on, the answer becomes even blurrier.

Five elements: Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, earth

Director SUN Xiaoxiao | 20min | 2008
The idea is to transfer the basic Chinese philosophy
of 'Five Traditional Chinese Mysterious
Elements: Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth' into
wisdom in general through five short stories.

Live With Shame

Director JIN Huaqing | 24min | 2007

Days In Beijing

Director Shen Qinglin | 25min | 2007

The Masters and Apprentices

Director WANG Xiawei | 20min | 2007

Ceremony of the Qiang

Director HAO Shuang | 6min | 2007

Change

Director GAO Changting | 9min | 2007

If We Die Tomorrow

Director FENG Zhou | 17min | 2007

On the A'Peng River

Director XING Jian | 30min | 2007

19th Mental Break Down

Director TIAN Bo | 15min | 2007

Love in the Shadows

Director HUANG Zhaosheng | 26min | 2007 

The Cycle of Reincarnation

Director MI LUO FU & WANG BING DI | 26min | 2007 

100 Flowers Hidden Deep

Director SUN XIAOXIAO / Documentary / 12min / DVCAM / 2006
Beijing is a utilitarian city, which is being demolished and rebuilt following the Olympic Games city construction plan. This documentary looks at the spirit and temperament of Beijing through the story of the traditional local alleys-Hutong, which is hundreds years old cultural object but on the rebuild list now. The camera unobtrusively followed the residents' body rhythms, observed their daily life, and listened to their chattering and complaints, throughout the searing summer in the Hutongs. The initial idea is to explore the rural memories, the lost places and the crazy modernization in a city marked by deep social change.

Alena's Strawberry Farm

Director SUN XIAOXIAO / Documentary Short / 15min  DVCAM / 2006
A strawberry farm where a number of young people, each with different goals, come to earn money. Here, young people, each from a different country, each of a different race and each with a different sense of values live together.

A Small Fly-dreaming Quail

Director ZHANG ZHONGHUA / Fiction / 30min / DVCAM / 2006
There's a boy named PaoLun with a flying dream in his mind and he makes himself a little wooden house on the tree in front of his home. His funny imaginations and attempts were derided by his classmates and teachers. But his dreaming to fly gives him inspiration to design a marvelous works which wins designing prize and all his ideas and attempts were approved eventually...

Chiru

Director MEN XIAOYAN / Documentary / 26min / DVCAM / 2006
Chiru is a premiere about the Antelope (Chiru) on the Tibetan Plateau. Shot 16,000 feet up, including the first film of the highest railway in the world, it explores the dangers that face the antelope from human predators. The antelope is the symbol of the forthcoming Chinese Olympics.

Down Grad

Director XUE BAOHE / Fiction / 29min / DVCAM / 2006
Poverty rips off his self-esteem, which made him poorer. Driven by desire and lured by his will to have a good life, he started to go down and further down.

Visiting Marriage

Director BAI FAN / Documentary / 23min / DVCAM / 2005
Around Mt. Goddess are the mountains of men and they are all the lovers of the goddess. Up to now, the Mosuo people are still retaining their vestiges of matriarchal society.

Way Out

Director CHEN TAO / Fiction / 35mm / 2006
This is a story about a farmer becoming a pickpocket. It is also a process for a so-called good man turning to be a so-called evil man.

The Story of Bicycle

Director SHENG JIN YU, LIU BING, MI LUO FU, HE YU / Fiction / 30min / DVCAM / 2006
The history of Beijing is unfolded by the story of a bicycle.

Family Things About Ma

Director MA JIAN/ Documentary / 16min / DVCAM / 2006
Award-winning works from Communication University of China

Cat.Human

Director LI YI MENG / Documentary / 21min / DVCAM / 2006
An award-winning works from Communication University of China. The film looks into the lives of street cats in Beijing. A tearful yet joyous story about the cats and humans.

The Masters and Apprentices

Director WANG XIA WEI / Documentary / 20min / DVCAM / 2006
Award-winning works from Communication University of China

Weekend

Director TIAN BO / Fiction / 38min / DVCAM / 2006
Award-winning works from Communication University of China

Together

Director TIAN BO / Fiction / 28min / DVCAM / 2006
Award-winning works from Communication University of China

Life Like Water

Director TANG SISHI / Fiction / 13min / DVCAM / 2006
Award-winning works from Communication University of China

The Couple

Director WU HAO / Fiction / 18min / HDV / 2007
A Chinese student couple in Japan is facing pressures and hardships of their relationship. After a row, the sudden silence of the boy makes the girl feel uneasy.

Lost

Director WANG Wangwang | 6min | 2006
All beautiful things in life will disappear in time. Where do we find our spiritual comfort and peace after they have gone?

The Music of Ink

Director WANG Wangwang | 6min | 2006
The maker of this video is trying to construct a visual and audio harmony between traditional Chinese calligraphy and western classical music.

Scenery

Director LIU Xianbiao | 15min | 2007
Man's destruction of the countryside makes the Chinese idea of 'natural scenery' redundant. Chinese people cannot bear to look upon these scars, only embracing landscapes evoked in the mind through music.

Say Simple Words to hold Your Life

Director ZHANG Minjie | 4min | 2006
There are some people who only use few words in their life, for example, beggars......

Relative

Director ZHANG Yi | 19min | 2006
The film is set in three locations. It is shot inside an apartment, a skiing ground and a railway station.

Wen Qian Wen Mie Long

Director GAO Ming | 6min | 2007
The film records a conversation between a man and a woman over a game of Mahjong taking place at a family party. They discuss the life of common people living in Guangzhou. Visual effects are used to reinforce the dialogue.

Maybe We Can Say Bye Bye

Director MA Zhiqiang Ma Zhiyong | 10min | 2006
As we grow up we may lose a lot of things such as toys, childhood pets and crushes. How do we change after we have said Bye-Bye to our formative years?

Light of the City

Director Eclipse Image Studio | 12min | 2006
Experimental image of the city.

Yin Xiang Liu San Jie

Director Eclipse Image Studio | 12min | 2006
Images of clouds.

Milkman

Director CAO Fei | 20min | 2005
The milkman depicted in this film is an ordinary member of Guangdong society who, like millions of other residents of China, is forced to settle for a humble job and the reality of a mundane existence.

Look Around

Director WU Ershan | 5min | 1997
Food is the centre of Chinese culture and restaurants are a focal point of daily life. People socialise there, marry, dispute, and dream.

Fire!

Director WU Ershan | 3min | 2002
Fire! provides a chilling insight into one cultural tradition that modern Chinese people have acquired notoriety: gambling. Here the focus is a dice game that is actually more familiar as a drinking game; a common sight in restaurants and bars nationwide.

Eye Contact: Telephone

Director Rick WIDMER [USA] | 12min | 2007
Based on interviews with 25 influential contemporary Chinese artists, curators, critics and collectors based in Beijing, Telephone follows an unscripted thread of questions and answers that raise and respond to the issues on everyone's lips.

Tofu

Director FENG Chen | 7min | 2007
On an urban street in an anonymous small town amidst a throng of people, two women accidentally collide. The unexpected clash causes one of the two ladies to drop her precious cargo of tofu that she 'bought from so far away'.

Note and Sketches: A Beijing Diary

Director YANG Jiamei | 5min | 2007
Poetic, enigmatic, but highly familiar in flavour and aura, Notes and Sketches: A Beijing Diary traces the moods of the seasons during a year in Beijing. It evokes the varied flavours of the Chinese capital through its most recognisable motifs and its characteristic living environments.

25,000 Miles to Heaven

Director JIN Shan | 9min | 2008
This film casts an eye over the Utopian ideals of China's past, reviewing them in the light of the country's rapid economic expansion which is taking China into an unknown future. It may well become the socialist society that the Communists originally envisioned. But is it Heaven or Hell?

Skyscraper

Director WANG Qingsong | 6min | 2008
China is racing to complete building works before the Olympics in Beijing, and World Exhibition in Shanghai open. Entire swathes of city streets have been wrapped in scaffolding like sets of teenage braces altering forever the shape of what lies beneath. Yet just beyond the city limits, there is still poverty as profound as that found in the remote rural areas.

Improvised Chinese

Director XUE Li | 11min | 2008
Improvised Chinese is a fun documentary that follows Beijing-based artist Xu Ruotao around Beijing as he attempts to leave his mark on various expanses of State property. These buildings, mostly belonging to the Railway Ministry, are largely hidden from public view by massive stretches of concrete that form the various bridges and flyovers beneath which he works.

Yi

Director CHEN Zhuo, HUANG Keyi |5min | 2004
The production is made by both painting and computer. It is based on the stories of Chinese legends Pan Gu and Hou Yi.

Dream.com

Director LUO Zhixia, CHEN Xiaoyun | 4min | 2006
Visual stimulation and technology application are not the focus of this animation. It concentrates on influencing and communicating with the audience.

A

Director LI Haishu & LV Jiaming | 7min | 2006
A child experiences different kinds of difficulties and finally succeeds. But when he grows up and sees the outside world, he is still unhappy.

8002

Director SUN Yan | 3min | 2007
In the Olympic Games 8002, athletes have new bodies and robots also join the competition. The universe becomes the stadium. New games appear and competition gets fiercer.

The Stairs from Heaven

Director YUAN Bo & JIAO Yan | 9min | 2008
The film ruminates on the life and values of the conceited hero who simultaneously needs acceptance from society.

The last Holy Land

Director GUAN Linhai | 7min | 2008
Earth is destroyed by an extraterrestrial. A girl finds refuge. When she arrives, she calls for help, only to be attacked.

Daydreaming

Director WANG Bo | 10min | 2008
Daydreaming offers a tantalizing slice of Beijing life that embodies the great sweep of modernity through Chinese society.

Wait till We Get Rich

Director WU Junyong | 4min | 2006
The film pivots on the explosive thrill of new money that is swilling around in vast quantities in some parts of China.

Battle Stations

Director FENG Chen | 2min | 2007
Battle Stations pits an artist against his alter-ego opponent in a bout that takes its cue from video and computer games.

Mouse Chess

Director XIAO Yuankun | 6min | 2007
Two armies face each other across a barren battlefield. Silent, unmoving, they wait for the signal to engage.

The Ants

Director GUO Yuanyuan & PENG Penghua | 8min | 2006
The film is about a young couple living in a city. He is unemployed and she is biding her time in a mindless job, paying the rent until something better turns up.

Fantasy City

Director GUO Yuanyuan & PENG Penghua | 10min |2008
This is a story about a young girl living in a claustrophobic urban environment. The pressure of work, compounded by the emotional stress of a relationship causes her to fall into depression.

Heroes No More

Director SUN Xun | 9min | 2008
The film depicts a surrealistic dream world populated by all manner of figures: human, magical, and mysterious.

Scenery

Director Director LIU Xianbiao | 15min | 2007
Man's destruction of the countryside makes the Chinese idea of 'natural scenery' redundant. Chinese people cannot bear to look upon these scars, only embracing landscapes evoked in the mind through music.