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.

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)