 | If You Are The One (Fei Cheng Wu Rao)Director FENG Xiaogang| 128min | 2008 Qin Fen, in his 40s, a funny, honest, single inventor, newly rich, is looking to settle down and start a family. He does this by going on an infinite procession of blind dates. Accidentally he met a girl called Smiley, who was in agony of her boyfriend's betrayal. They travelled to Hokkaido, tried to help Smiley cure her pain in heart, and both of them gradually found their true love and life redemption during the journey. |  | Wheat (Mai Tian)Director HE Ping | 108min | 2009 In the era of Warring States in China, the Warlord of Zhou brings all the men in town to battle with the might Qin army, leaving his young wife Li and the women behind. No one ever returns until one day two deserters from the enemy camp, Xia and Zhe, came to town. In order to stay alive, they pretended to be from the friendly army lied about the war, claiming the Zhao army was victorious. The women in town welcomed them with open arms, except Li who kept her watchful eyes on these so-called heroes. When a group of ruthless bandits come to raid the town, it was up to Li and the two pretenders to find out the true meaning of heroism. |  | The Longest Night in ShanghaiDirector ZHANG Yibai | 110min | 2007 Japanese makeup artist Mizushima Naoki is in Shanghai on a job when met a reckless taxi driver Lin Xi. After some language confusion, Naoki gets into the taxi, mistaking Lin Xi’s insistent friendliness as an invitation for a free tour of Shanghai. Little does he know, Lin Xi is planning on taking this well-heeled foreigner on a very roundabout tour of Shanghai, with the meter running. As Naoki’s worried colleagues set off in search for him, Lin Xi and Naoki slowly develop a bond that transcends their language gap. |  | The MatrimonyDirector TENG Hua-Tao | 91min | 2007 In 1920’s Shanghai, wealthy Junchu loses his fiancé in a freak accident and is coerced by his mother into marrying Sansan, a near stranger. Soon afterward, Sansan's body is inhabited by the devious ghost of Junchu's dead lover, sending her on a downward spiral of madness and murder. | | | Finding Shangri-laDirector Ismene Ting | 100min | 2008 A woman’s magical journey to spiritual rejuvenation takes her on a quest to find a mountain, based on clues left by her deceased son. Renowned playwright and actress Ismene Ting has crafted a mesmerizing first film, featuring rising star Zhu Zhiying (Lust, Caution) in the lead role. Filmed on location in Taipei, Taiwan, and the mystical landscape of Yunnan, China, in the region known today as Shangri-La, Finding Shangri-La traces the story of Ji Ling, a bitter Taipei woman whose young son was killed by a hit-and-run driver who has escaped prosecution. Two years after her son has died, she finds a ‘clue’ left in his room that leads to a ‘treasure hunt,’ their favorite game. With her life disintegrating into obsession with justice and longing for her son, she follows the clue, and winds up in faraway Zhongdian, the legendary land of ‘Shangri-La.’ Here begins a journey to regain her soul, and her power to love. MORE | 
| Director CHEN Daming | 100min | 2008 A comedy about losing your footing and regaining your balance, the film follows the trials and tribulations of a struggling Chinese opera troupe. After a performance in a rural town, the troupe is informed by its director that their sponsorship money has gone missing. Now left without funds, the troupe must disband, at least for a while until money can be raised. Each performer is forced to take on odd jobs to make ends meet, adding friction to their already bumpy marriages and friendships. Ma San, whose wife is desperate to leave China for a better life in France, attempts cock fighting with his prized rooster. Liu Bing opens a photo studio with the help of his in-laws, and Sihai sells stolen puppies while waiting for his wife Sumei, the troupe's diva, to return from seeking work in the south. | |
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 | 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. | |
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| Ten Years Director JIA ZHANGKE / Fiction / 10min / 35mm / 2006 Two women has been taking the same train for ten years but never talked to each other until the outbreak of SARS. | |
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| | YiDirector 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. | |
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| | LostDirector 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? | |
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Chris Berry (Professor of Film and Television Studies and Co-Director of the Goldsmiths Media Research Programme) John Quick (Co-ordinator of MA in Documentary by Practice, Director of Graduate Studies, Royal Holloway University of London)
Dr. Wang Tao (Senior Lecturer in Chinese Archaeology, SOAS University of London)
Gideon Koppel (award-winning director of Sheffield International Documentary Film Festival)
Hugh Purcell (Consultant, One World Broadcasting Trust)
Since the beginning we have already received overwhelming responses from both professional and amateur filmmaker communities. 30 selected submissions will be screened during the festival and on BBC Big Screen. We will retain copyrights in all the contents received for further distribution. |
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