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- Two married couples adjust to the vast social and economic changes taking place in China from the 1980s to the present.
- Set in a mythical world, the story of an unlikely love story between a young human and a mermaid.
- Assassins, scammers, gangsters, cops, a washed-up bicycle racer, and a body continually cross paths; usually with negative outcomes.
- My Old Classmate was an extraordinarily popular song composed by Gao Xiaosong in 1994. After 20 years, the movie My Old Classmate utilized the same name to recall all the romantic memories for several generations. The movie focused on a pair of young couple with pure love and their struggles in different varieties of obstacles during their growth, which expressed the sorrow in a soft way.
- During the 1990s, David Lee Hoffman searched throughout China for the finest teas. He's a California importer who, as a youth, lived in Asia for years and took tea with the Dali Lama. Hoffman's mission is to find and bring to the U.S. the best hand picked and hand processed tea. This search takes him directly to farms and engages him with Chinese scientists, business people, and government officials: Hoffman wants tea grown organically without a factory, high-yield mentality. By 2004, Hoffman has seen success: there are farmers' collectives selling tea, ways to export "boutique tea" from China, and a growing Chinese appreciation for organic farming's best friend, the earthworm.
- Deadend of Besiegers is an interesting meeting between Japanese and Chinese kung fu arts. Yamanaka was a martial arts expert in Japan. One day, a western boxer defeated him. Humiliated, he wanted to commit suicide to hold his reputation. A monk appeared and encouraged him to learn a special kung fu in China. On his way to China, Yamanaka met a group of pirates that planned to rob a village.
- A Taiwanese medical student defects to Mainland China due to Nationalist persecution, became an army surgeon during Korean War, and later went to Tibet as a doctor, while pining for his first love who is still in Taiwan, and being persistently pursued by another girl. Compiled from several actual events.
- Adapted from a popular Chinese Crime Fiction Campus novel. After receiving a heart transplant, Xia, who is a mathematical genius and studies in Nanyang University, is wrapped around the mist of a murder. With the help from University colleague Qin, she gradually realises that this is an insane scheme of organ trafficking manipulated by subtle mathematical calculations. What is more, a terrifying secret is also hidden inside Xia's new heart.
- Two young thugs create a small company called "The Cleaners" in order to deceive and rob the rich homeowners using an elaborated scam. After a series of bad luck, they are in the hurry to make their biggest con yet. But their target - a single woman in a luxurious villa - Isn't who they think she is.
- Adapted from a historical book, stepping out is a nostalgic drama which depicts the lives and struggles of early fujian immigrants in Singapore. Amongst them - RED BEAN, the strong willed boat girl who shaved her head bald in protest of an arranged marriage; CHEN XIA, the ambitious village lad who eloped with RED BEAN in hope of making his mark in Singapore; LIU MEI, the gang leader who severed all ties with the underworld for the love of RED BEAN; HAI YAN, the ill-fated concubine who trampled a bed of burning charcoal to prove her innocence; LIN BAO TIAN, her lovelorn admirer whose success comes through sheer hard labour; ZHANG JIA FU, the good-for-nothing son forced into hardship when cheated of his family fortune; and his courageous wife AH JU, who stood by him through thick and thin. Throw together a stellar cast, heartfelt performances and a nostalgic plot with scene shots of Fujian, STEPPING OUT is set to inspire audiences with its genuine portrayal of values, morals and determination of Chinese entrepreneurs who find solace and success in a foreign land.
- Jiang Wen Jing's dream is to become a prosecutor. She successfully gets accepted into the public prosecutor's office and under the guidance of fellow colleagues, takes on many difficult cases that help her grow into a prosecutor.
- Unmade in China follows American director Gil Kofman as he travels to Xiamen, China to direct a Chinese thriller. Once there he discovers that the old adage of making a film three times, once in the writing, once in the shooting and once in the editing, is in fact just the opposite in his host country, where his film is unmade three times. Undaunted by his inability to speak or understand the Mandarin language, Kofman directs his frequently recast actors through a translator as government censorship and constant cultural mishaps hijack his script and derail production. Like Man of la Mancha set in Communist China, there has never been a film quite like this.
- A widow by the name of Lee Jiu Jin, willingly sold herself to a farway outskirts village without knowing that she is to be shared by 7 men, so as to raise the money for her son's wedding. As these villagers are extremely poor, the men could not afford to keep a wife. This kind of transaction was common in China for women to be sold as brides, but the Government intend to put a stop to such practices by enforcing laws which results in the exile of lawbreakers. Bearing this in mind, Lee and her 7 husbands lived in constant fear of being caught and as for Lee the sufferings and hardships were more than she could bear. As the time passes, Lee grew to understand all 7 men's background, and her hatred for them turn into pity. This relationship at last ended in tragedy.
- Gigi and Marlene, two single women both in their late 20's, work at a bio-technology company, researching and developing medicine to suppress specific genes and observe their effects on the human body. Gigi is born with the "clean-freak" gene and her obsession with keeping things tidy causes problems in her relationships. Marlene, on the other hand, is born with the "fat gene" and needs to regularly take pills to maintain her weight. Marlene panics when she learns that her "anti-fat" pills will be taken off the market. Their personal problems coincide with romantic ones. Marlene grows frustrated maintaining her long-distance relationships via the Internet, and Gigi leaves her boyfriend when she discovers he's cheating on her. One day, Gigi meets Anteater, her college sweetheart, and they start dating again. Things are going well, and Gigi just cannot remember why she had broken up with Anteater until the day they are about to consummate their passion, Gigi discovers Anteater's terrible secret -- he is a first rate slob! Meanwhile, Marlene is oblivious of the feelings Teddy, the landlord's son, has for her. Realising that their own genetic make-up is the cause of their relationship issues, Gigi and Marlene decide to take an "anti-clean gene" pill. Gigi and Marlene no longer care about their own appearances, but will the two women find true love and happiness without the help of technology?
- What happens when the fantasy world of the Internet becomes the harsh reality of real life? Li Bao Bao is about to find out just who Luo Xiao Ni really is. And in the process learn about himself, what's real and what's fake and what will people believe. . .
- Two American CIA agents meet the Chinese version of James Bond while on a mission to track down a rogue South Korean spy.
- "Wonderland" is a hugely popular virtual reality game, but the game's developer, Lu Weida, is from the future. Lu Weida was absconded to the present day and used the future technology and thus earning huge wealth. Meanwhile, Lu Weida's real purpose is to make the game's monster "Chimeras" to appear in the real world, and eventually rule it by controlling them. In order to capture Lu Weida, the Hyperspace Guardians from the future world sent Lu Caifeng, a member of the psychic patrol team to chase him down. Lu Caifeng found that Long Xiaofeng, a college student, was a suitable "warrior" candidate.Long Xiaofeng's sister, Long Lingling, also came under Lu Weida's control. After hard training, Long Xiaofeng grew up to be an excellent armored soldier. At the same time, "Chimeras" began to attack the real world. In order to rescue his sister and protect the world, Long Xiaofeng and his friends started to fight against the monsters in the game "Wonderland" and challenging the game developer. A new legend begins.
- Guo Ming discovers that his father has cancer and uses various means to force him to undergo treatment, but this behavior, which is considered exemplary in China, is opposed by Guo Ming's wife, and the family is exposed to a deeper rift.
- Fengshuilin - The Hidden Sacred Forests of China is an intimate exploration of the little known village fengshui forests of China. Fengshuilin (fengshui forests) are common but understudied features in the rural landscapes of southern and central China. Their story is told with minimal narration, through the perspectives of nature conservation officials and researchers in Hong Kong and in nature reserves in the provinces of Guangdong, Fujian, and Jiangxi. The documentary features rare footage of trees, herbaceous plants, reptiles, insects, and village cultural features in the rugged interior mountains of subtropical China. The film is a visually stunning exploration of an ancient feature in the cultural landscape that is unknown to outsiders, including most contemporary residents of urban China.
- May 2018, a small city in Southern China, hot and humid. Lila(27) is escaping from this sad place after having a fight with her violent boyfriend. Trees and electric poles are passing outside of the cabinet window. Lila is on the train to another city to visit her college best friend Lucas(27). After Lila arrives, Lucas accommodates her to his place to help her relax. The next day, Lucas introduces his friend, photographer Rita to Lila. On the dance floor, Lila and Rita have a fling with the help of alcohol and music. A subtle feeling is bubbling up between them. After Rita(30) lifts Lila to her bed, she sees the bruises scattered on Lila's back - Rita, artsy, edgy and with a free spirit, deeply attracts Lila. Meanwhile, Lila makes a feeling of dependency on Lucas. She wonders whether it is love or illusion.