China Movies

Guangzhou, a.k.a. Canton, is southern China’s centuries-old trading port. Today the booming metropolis of 14 million is a mecca of mass...

A high school movie project from Beijing that tells the story of transgender girl Zhang Wangan.

Aerial photographs and cityscapes by aviation pioneer Wulf-Dieter Graf zu Castell, who lived in China between 1933 and 1936 and was tasked with...

Set in 1953, spies plan to set off a explosion on the National Day.

An underground or unsanctioned picture from Beijing cinematographer Wu Di. A ballerina for the Beijing Dance Troop gains an opportunity to move to...

Ran Ran is about to leave Beijing. With only ten days left, how will she decide to spend the rest of her time?

A man returns to his hometown in northeast China and meets a restaurateur of the same age. They discover a deep connection with each other through...

Based on Zhu Dao-Nan's memoir "In the Flood of the Great Revolution", the film reproduces the historical picture of the changing circumstances of...

Featuring rare archive and powerful testimony from former Red Guards and Rebels, CHINA’S 3DREAMS takes us directly to the perspectives of...

The short documentary presents the difference between North and South China and also presents footage from several Chinese cities.

Set in early 1960s, the police prevents spies from destroying city infrastructures before the National Day.

Tomáš Etzler worked for seven years as a foreign correspondent in China. He came to know a country that was developing at an admirably...

Lao Zha’s film examines rural life in Haiyuan County, in Ningxia Province. Unlike the rapidly globalizing urban centres, here life remains...

A documentary about Peking in the dawn of the new Millenium. Contains interviews with Jia Zhangke and dj Gaohu

When the Communist Party took over China in 1949, it engineered a massive propaganda effort to win over the people's hearts and minds. MAKING MAO...

FRONTLINE examines the rise of Xi Jinping, his vision for China and the global implications. Correspondent Martin Smith traces the defining moments...