The Last Warriors
2016 Short
Length: 11mins32sec
Director: Valentina Ippolito
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Set in the thickly forested mountains of Guizhou Province among the wooden houses of the Miao people of Basha village, The Last Chinese Warriors is an episodic short film exploring the gendering of Miao warrior culture throughout the circle of life, as seen through the outsider lens of a female European filmmaker. The film represents Miao men […]
The Secret of the Herb
2016 Short
Length: 10mins08secs
Director: Bradley Thornhill
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The village of ZhanLi has had almost zero change in population size since 1959. In order to maintain a stable population and successfully manage their limited resources, each family in the village vows to have a maximum of only two children, one boy and one girl. This ability to determine the sex of children is unique to […]
The secret of the mountains
2016 Short
Length: 9mins47secs
Director: Toby Sims
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Deep in the valleys of china lays a secret. The secret of the mountains. Introducing Mr Zhao, the Medicine Master whom will send you into the rich history of the Medicine bath, a tub of water with medicinal purposes said to cure any disease. A bold claim it may seem but Zhao expresses his 100% faith in […]
The Man Who Doesn’t Name His Dog
2016 Short
Length: 13mins02sec
Director: John Seddon
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What kind of man doesn’t name his dog? Captivating, immersive and above all honest, this portrait reveals the incredible character and life of one man the rural Chinese Mulao village of XiaZhai. Historically very poor farmers, the Mulao people were an ethnicity steeped in language, and culture. Now, influenced by Han and Modern Chinese culture they have […]
Intertwined
2016 Short
Length: 11mins58secs
Director: Lauren Kesler
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Intertwined is a look at the world famous Quanzhou Marionette Troupe. The organization performs traditional Chinese puppet shows around China and the world, to much praise and affection. The film introduces you to two puppeteers, a puppet master who has worked with puppets for over 38 years and a young female newcomer to the organization. As the […]
Yuan
2016 Short
Length: 10mins38secs
Director: Curran Ferrey
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Yuan is an immersive look into the community of a rural fishing village which floats on the East China Sea. The film guided by the perspective of a hard-working father, who in order to provide for his family back on land, must live apart from his six-year-old son. After tapping into his daily life, we follow his […]
Vernacular
2016 Short
Length: 9mins46secs
Director: Jordan Mitchell
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The Film is about the connection of black vernacular music in America to minorities and their music in China, predominantly in the Xiamen area。We spend the film listening, playing and learning about the influences of these cultures and the merge of black vernacular film.
Harbor
2016 Short
Length: 10mins27secs
Director: Rachel Walden
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Harbor was filmed in Huian,Quanzhou.It shows story about a woman’s relationship to modernity, tradition, and family by recording a model Huiman’s daily life.
Dancing in the mud
2016 Short
Length: 10mins26secs
Director: Kaylah Joy Rasmussen
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DANCING ON THE MUD told the story how the men who farm mud skippers live and work on the land in Xiapu.The film will lead us to how they live,work and think.
Young Buddha
2016 Short
Length: 11mins06sec
Director: Oliver David Shahery
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Shaolin Temple enlightens and warns .The documentary through shooting at the monk kids and interviewing of monk Zhenfa showed how the Shaolin Temple help others put down the hatred. The name of he documentary is Wu, for it also shows how the monks grasp the truth.
Very Good Paint
2016 Short
Length: 9mins49secs
Director: Daniel Garfield
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This film is an exploration of the Wushipu oil painting village in Xiamen. The film is from the perspective of the director as he develops his own thoughts about this unique industry. It is a discussion on the difficulties of traveling, how the copies impact on the world of art, and how the future of beautiful images […]
Meizhou Island
2016 Short
Length: 10mins14secs
Director: Joseph Aldo Dalla Betta
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“Meizhou Island,” the birthplace of the sea goddess Mazu, is a short film about the fading fishing industry and the booming tourism industry on the island.
“Meizhou Island” presents contrasting perspectives on the sea goddess Mazu that are illuminative of a larger cultural shift occurring on the island. The transition away from what has, for decades, […]
Finding Nanyin
2016 Short
Length: 11mins45secs
Director: Emily Pillemer
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The film, from the perspectives of director Emily ,narrates a story that Emily listen to a clip of Nanyin music accidentally and then explore Nanyin in Quanzhou in person. In the film, after arriving in Quanzhou, Emily contacted a student named Chan of Nanyin major in Nanzhou normal university, who serve as a clue in the entire […]
In Motion
2016 Short
Length: 10mins09secs
Director: Jessie Lynn Gant
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China moves quickly from morning to night. In this film I wanted to capture the fast pace and rhythm of daily life in Fujian. The activity of the film flows from day to night through sports, labor, and daily routines. The time from day to night is the main line. I want to show Xiamen as […]
Yugur Girl
2016 Short
Length: 10mins35secs
Director: Lucia Bonells
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I’ve followed Guo during a four day visit to Sunan, her hometown. We’ve visited the city, some stores and her family. Guo is a Yugur Girl, this means that she is an heir of an ancient culture, one of the 56 ethnic groups that live in the inmense country of China. She is also a young woman […]
A history of sheeps
2016 Short
Length: 10mins56secs
Director: Ezequiel Vega
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In Gansu province, inside the Sunan county, where mountains and grasslands are everywhere, two families that living in farms tells their ways of life. Since nomadism, that still remains, where people traveled for all the land searching the best pasture, until today´s commerce, animal husbandry and industry. Told by an external point of view, the filmmaker´s own […]
Gaiwan
2016 Short
Length: 12mins20secs
Director: Sashica Archary
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The amazing story of a historical cup known as Gaiwan, which has played a pivotal role in China since from different dynasties ages ago to the modern world where the tradition is still nurtured by the elderly and not fully embraced by the youth. Min ya gu bu, is an elder who shares his great wisdom about […]
Love
2016 Short
Length: 10mins00sec
Director: Ignacio
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In sunan county,anyu and lan zhixiong, two elders have lived happily together for more than 50 years. they both keep the yugur tradition alive by their vocational activities. anyu works everyday weaving her herd with the help of her husband, making the famous and colorful traditonal clothes that everyone loves and admire, not only in town also in […]
Fields of Hope
2016 Short
Length: 11mins10secs
Director: Condurache
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The future of the village is in the hands of his leader. He must create a better future. The responsibility it is on him, he must transform the hope in reality.
Hands of Man
2016 Short
Length: 12mins21secs
Director: Filisan Cosmin Daniel
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The story of hard working men from Dongxiang village, who use their expertise of crafting some of the great wool felting garments. The technique is of high prestige used with traditional style of mastery having some challenges to keep up with the contemporary times. The documentary covers interviews of some of the prolific operatives, Ma Shele, […]
Blademaster
2016 Short
Length: 10mins43secs
Director: Tristan Schafer
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Ma Yunwei, is a 34 year old blade master from Gansu. He is a superbly great swords master striving to enrich the legacy of the Mongolian tradition from the recorded time of Genghis Khan.Ma Yunwei takes the audience on an illustrious process of manufacturing a sword in stages that gradually build the momentum right through to the […]
STILL
2016 Short
Length: 10mins15secs
Director: Franco Dupuy
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STILL is not a common documentary. It’s more like an essay. STILL is about the Yugur Culture inside the national museum. Lorraine will be our guide, translator and map. We will hear folk songs, attend to traditional weddings, and wear Yugur clothes. Uses and costumes. However, that is not the end. In fact, STILL is about how […]
Impressions about A Traditional Wedding
2016 Short
Length: 11mins10secs
Director: Silvia Sofia Montes
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‘IMPRESSIONS ON A TRADITIONAL WEDDING’ its a film about the sight of a girl who comes from Argentina, she describes a feast that has disappeared a long time ago, the YuGur traditional wedding.
This film records the whole procedure of the wedding faithfully, It includes the culture of folk songs , traditional meals, traditional dress and so […]
Weaving Hainan
2016 Short
Length: 8mins30secs
Director: Freek Jansen
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Fu Bai Yin is a 50-year-old inhabitant of the Li village Yu Dao, at the East coast of Hainan. Like all women and girls in the village, she spends hours and hours working on a unique and traditional craft: Li Brocade. It is a very difficult and detailed craft. When Fu Bai Ying walks through her village, […]
My opera heart
2016 Short
Length: 11mins05secs
Director: Celine Simons
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Wang Chun is an opera singer by heart. She lives with her parents in Fushan Town, on the Island Hainan. Singing opera is all she’s ever known. As she tries to walk in her father’s footsteps, she performs in the Opera troupe “Hainan Li Hua”. But in the spare hours that she is not singing Hainan stories […]
The Ancient Village
2016 Short
Length: 10mins30secs
Director: Yvette Nikolov
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A young woman travels from the Netherlands to China, ambitious to meet and portray a Li family living in an old village in the south of Hainan. She expected to find this authentic life and traditions of the Li minority in Coconut Field Ancient Village. But when arriving, she saw a parking full of touring cars and […]
My Love-Li Sister
2016 Short
Length: 10mins18secs
Director: Ena Omerovic
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A 30-year old woman travels from Europe to Hainan, the Chinese island of romance. Inspired by the old Li tradition of marriage proposal whereby young Li men sing to conquer Li girls’ hearts she starts her quest for the stories of these couples. Her first destination is the annual Third March Festival in Baisha, also called the […]
Beautiful Village
2016 Short
Length: 11mins30secs
Director: Steven Duursma
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Just a few years ago, a small Li village in central Hainan was demolished to the ground to be rebuilt by the government. The poor inhabitants had lived in small and self-made houses without electricity and running water.
But their community is located near beautiful hills and a mountain lake, which makes the area attractive for tourism purposes.
Next […]
Timeless Gate
2016 Short
Length: 10mins47secs
Director: Leonor Abreu
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The documentary takes place in a city located on a vale of a mountain. Most precisely in an old street.
In that old street remains a traditional way of life that has been disappearing in China. We get to know the routine and people of that street. For that, we get to know three characters who live there. […]
Bamboo Flow
2016 Short
Length: 11mins21secs
Director: Pedro Ramirez Pereira Duarte
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The leading character of documentary is a woman from a normal village of Jingning county. The documentary record the process that cutting down the bamboo shoot and dealing with it. It also records her daily life. Use the connection between human and bamboo shoot to show the natural conception of homeland. It reflects conception that […]
Echo from the mountain
2016 Short
Length: 10mins54secs
Director: Andre Elias Santos Canicos
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《Echo from the Mountain》(《山音》)documents three generations of She songs heirs. Lan Jingfen established a She song singing group, her mother Lan Meixiang and her uncle Lan Yumao also join in the singing group. And her niece Lei Yutin is a blessed third generation successor of She song. They got together on the Mother’s Day and […]
OLD HABIT DIE HARD
2016 Short
Length: 10mins20sec
Director: Vasco Reis Ruivo
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This film focuses on the citizen’s social habits in Jingning, We interviewed lots of people who live in Jingning about their social habits. We made this film by special camera moving and editing, we captured many footages of people’s action and appearance through different lenses, and we edited these footages by a natural timeline, we tried […]
Iron men
2016 Short
Length: 10mins56sec
Director: José Pedro Melo Pinto
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The documentary 《IRON MEN》 is following three blacksmiths. Three old blacksmith in the mechanization of the new era still stick to the most traditional manual process, for decades in a small shop regardless of the weather the waving hammer, to temper the pure friendship with their sweat together, cast a brotherhood of friendship. The documentary […]
Under The Grape Vine
2016 Short
Length: 9mins18sec
Director: Pradeep Vignavelu
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The film explores the process of wine making in the city of Turpan in Xinjiang province. It explores the daily routine of the farmers in the grape valley. We follow a farmer who leaves for work early in the morning to his farm to maitiain it. He is also accompanied by his family , who help him […]
Heirs of Xibe Archery
2016 Short
Length: 10mins16sec
Director: Alice Andreoli Hirata
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The Xibe ethnic group crossed China from east to west in order to defend the western border in the XVIII century. Their main weapons were bows and arrows. Since then, they have kept their archery alive, passing it from generation to generation. What started as a way of defending the country became a sport that they […]
The Sons of Yili River
2016 Short
Length: 12mins19sec
Director: Lucas Silva Campos
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The short tale is about two men who grew up together and play accordion by the Yili River, Alexander Sergeievich Zazulin of ethnic Russian minority and Liang Gang of the Han group.
They grew up around the Russian minority community. So they learned a lot about the accordion culture and now Alexander has his own accordion museum […]
MANAS
2016 Short
Length: 9mins28secs
Director: Vishnu C
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The name of the film is MANAS. In view of modernization, the film records the efforts that the Manas research center makes for preserving and spreading this epic. The film is majorly set in Manas research center in Xinjiang Normal University. Most of the shoot has taken place in different areas and spaces in the campus. The […]
Portraits for you
2016 Short
Length: 12mins44sec
Director: Pedro Nishiyama
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Portraits for you is a documentary about a little girl and her relation with the culture of her nationality, the Xibe nationality. The Xibe people live in Qapqal Autonomous County, Xinjiang. They have their on language, but it is vanishing day by day.
This documentary focus is the life of this little girl:her school, her home, her friends […]
Songs from Kansu
2016 Short
Length: 9mins57sec
Director: Pedro Barros Brito
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Akyns are poets in the kazak culture, that improvise in form of a song-like recitative with the accompaniment of a dombra. Jiahenur, a prestigious akyn in his region, is our guide in a musical journey through the life of the kazaks in the chinese city of Kanzu, his hometown. All voice over in the documentary has […]
Harmony
2016 Short
Length: 10mins58sec
Director: R.C. PRANAV
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My film is based on the musical culture of Xinjiang, the Muqam. The film reflects the emotions evoked by the music of Muqam, the happiness and vibrant spread of music in the people as well as the deep rooted love within the ethnic group of Uyghur. The music and the dance is the highlight of my film. […]
The ballod of Turpan
2016 Short
Length: 11mins28sec
Director: Parth Saurabh
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The film explores the architecture and the rich history of Mazar village in the Toyuk Valley. The people in Toyuk build their own houses. They are surrounded by mountains on all sides, hence the name Toyuk, which in Uyghur means, the impassable road. They have houses that are hundreds of years old. The people living in the […]
The moon fairy of Yangshuo
2016 Short
Length: 11mins07sec
Director: Prabhdeep Singh Saini
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Liu Sanjie is a famous legend of the Zhuang ethnic minority of China. She was a fearless girl who rebelled against a despotic landlord in the 15th century. She used to inspire people through her folk songs.
Lei Yi Ting is a 25-year-old girl who had come to Yangshuo at the age of 14 to learn dance […]
Long Hair Song
2016 Short
Length: 11mins40secs
Director: Soumee•Biswas
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It’s a story about the Yao tradition of keeping long hair. We delve into this mystic culture trough our protagonist Pan Yongyan. She is a 31 year old woman of the Yao tribe who runs a restuarant. We see the Long Ji march 3rd Long hair festival where we witness the hair cutting ceremony.We also see her daily […]
That water, that Man, That Mountain
2016 Short
Length: 11mins35secs
Director: Deepti Rao
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Mr.Chen and his wife live in Bama, a longevity village in Guangxi, China. The village is a special place where the water and air have healing properties. The village attracts a lot of visitors. The film is a brief look into the lives of Mr.Chen and his wife and their relationship with Bama.
I wanted to find out […]
The Mountain Bird
2016 Short
Length: 9mins55sec
Director: Vibhav Nigam
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The Mountain Bird is a look into the life of Ms.Chen Xiu Ying or Shelly, as she is fondly known as by her friends who come from around the world to visit Yangshuo County. Not only is she an expert in tourism but also uses her skill in communication to equip the new generation for a global […]
Flight of fisherman
2016 Short
Length: 10mins49secs
Director: Lian
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This film is about Huang Yuechuang, a fisherman that is living out a thousand year-old tradition of fishing with cormorant birds. Mr. Yuechuang will be the last of his generation to fish with cormorants and this film explores him making peace with the end of this cultural tradition within his family.
Here and There
2016 Short
Length: 12mins13secs
Director: Alina D’Alessandro
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The documentary is about two boys similar age from different families and different backgrounds . In this film we can have a closer look into the realities of China’s primary and middle school students and their family, friends and classmates. The film shows that although the two boys have different living conditions, they have great dreams, they […]
Roots
2016 Short
Length: 11mins28sec
Director: Prathyush Chandra Kotha
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Constant human pursuit for better life and happiness makes us evolve and change according to the prevailing circumstances. This results in the conflict between our traditional and modern beliefs. To put this in perspective, the village of Miao is a treasure from the past even today with her rich songs and poems and her focus on […]
Yang Yan Xuan
2016 Short
Length: 13mins00sec
Director: Michael Mellemlokken Renjo
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The documentary is following a young girl who lives alone in a small village in Guangxi. She is one of the Kam people and while her parent had to move to another province for work, she stays behind in order to grow up in her own culture. She lives alone and takes care of herself and […]
Kam Grand Choir
2016 Short
Length: 10mins11sec
Director: Ritaban Basu
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The film is an interview on Mr.Wu Jinmin,the 101th generation head of the village Yin Shui Dong Zhai and the Dong People in Long Sheng county, Guangxi.From them we know more about the Dong People and the kam grand choir.For the disappearance of the intangible culture in the modern society, Dong People inherit the kam grand choir […]
Stitches & Roads
2016 Short
Length: 10mins00sec
Director: Kim Zoe Evans
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The film tells the story of Mrs. Tang of Qiang village of East gate of Wenchuan County of Sichuan province loves and inherits Qiang embroidery. Qiang embroidery as a traditional skill of Qiang people, is the pride of the Qiang people. Mrs Tang followed her elder sister and Village neighborhood learning Qiang embroidery. Although the earthquake […]
Qiang Style
2016 Short
Length: 9mins12secs
Director: Eliza Cox
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Elisa Cox, a liberalist of Australia regards celebrities and big events are nothing. What she prefers is the difference between the daily life peoples, so she chooses Qiang people from Sichuan to film about the daily people’s foods. The film is based on traditional Qiang food, telling a story about normal Qiang’s life from paddock to plate […]
Simply Minyak
2016 Short
Length: 10mins00sec
Director: Andrea Flavia William
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We wanted to follow one or two families in minyak village ,kangding city to express our view about minyak culture.So we interviewed one old couple from Lize village,jiagenba town and an accountant from Ri’ou village,these two families have different background and lifestyle ,but they can both speak minyak dialect and proud of their culture,thats how to […]
Colors in a Cup
2016 Short
Length: 8mins06secs
Director: Amrit Kaur Jastol
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Kangding is where tradition meets modernity and where her colourful culture and history can be found in a cup of Yak Butter Tea. 杯中斓影 explores Kangding’s historical significance in the Tea-Horse route; a meeting point for the Han and Zhang, where tea and horses were traded. Till today, the Han and Zhang live together in Kangding, […]
The Guo Zhaung Dance
2016 Short
Length: 11mins05secs
Director: Ong Xiaohui
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Guo Zhuang is a series of dance by KHAMPA Tibetan dance. Kangding is one the Kamba people living city of the Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Region. Two professional teachers of Tibetan dance in the documentary tells the story of their ideas and experiences. Through the documentary, we hope to find out more about values of KHAMPA Tibetan in […]
The love song of Kangding 2016
2016 Short
Length: 10mins38secs
Director: Eunice Chen
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This film tells the story that Kang Ding people from different ages what they feel about the love song. It influenced people who live there by both traditional version and new version songs. The songs like their blood, filing in every development of the culture.
Kindred Spirit
2016 Short
Length: 11mins35secs
Director: Ethel Chua Jia En
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We were shooting is the theme of Kangding bazaar of emotion. Through getting along with Tibetans in Kangding, we learn a lot, including thanksgiving of every thing in life and life meaning. We want to depict Kangding Tibetan people’s daily life in order to show that insignificant but extraordinary significance “shining moment”, reflecting Kinship, love […]
Edge of the Clouds
2016 Short
Length: 13mins56secs
Director: Hanna Kaihlanen
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Zhujinnong is a shibi, the spiritual leader of Qiang ethnic minority.The Qiang people have lived in the mountains of Northwest China for hundreds of years, and their religion arises from the surrounding nature. Shibi, as the communicator between the Gods of nature and the community, runs certain important ceremonies to pray for health, fortune and safety. The […]
East Gate Village
2016 Short
Length: 12mins10secs
Director: Charlotte Maria Forsgaard
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The film mainly tells Qiang people of the east gate village of Wenchuan County of Sichuan province to be strong after the 2008 earthquake reconstruction. This film mainly reflects through a Qiang woman’s experience after the earthquake and the scene after the reconstruction.
Jindalai Flower
2016 Short
Length: 9mins55secs
Director: Laura Arboleda
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Changchun have some few groups. Their career and life are different.They are all from yanbian, with the same yearning and the same concern for his hometown, at the same time, the same love to the real life.Time is flowing, the visible symbol is changing, the feelings are not changing.Though the group is small, power is great.When integrated […]
Search for the Manchus
2016 Short
Length: 10mins01sec
Director: Evan Luchkow
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The Manchu Qing Dynasty used to rule over all of China, but where are the Manchu people in the 21st century? After centuries of contact with Han Chinese, Manchu culture seems to be fading from memory and only a handful of people can still speak the Manchu language. Filmmaker Evan Luchkow travels to Jilin Province in Northeast […]
Sound of the Water
2016 Short
Length: 12mins
Director: Mar-Olivier Harvey
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Zhao Min is a young TV and Radio student at the Jilin University in Changchun. Work, study, and sometimes fun, the staples of college life. However, her small figure casts a large shadow: Zhao Min is a descendant of the Manchu royal family, the last dynasty to rule over China before the country became a People’s Republic. […]
The Flower of Northeast China
2016 Short
Length: 12mins17secs
Director: Austin Kvaale
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Northeast China’s ‘Er Ren Zhuan’ is a folk art that emerged and matured through three hundred years of spirited, uninterrupted development in the fertile lands of Northeast China. In Er Ren Zhuan, one male and one female performer play out stories from among the common people themselves. They sing joyfully and sorrowfully of the countless ups and […]
A Sip of Succulence
2016 Short
Length: 10mins32secs
Director: Michael Fuller
Cast:
Filmmaker, actor, and professional cook Michael Fuller travels to the Northeast of China to elevate his culinary expertise in the pursuit of profound flavours. In the process he hopes to absorb the deep Manchu culture and heritage that has been passed down through many generations, specifically through the Ulla Manchu Hot Pot.
He has a chance to meet […]
River Songs
2016 Short
Length: 10mins31secs
Director: Gorjan Markovski
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The JingHang river of Grand Canal in China is the longest artificial river in the world, passing through four of China’s provinces. It’s on its banks in which we see young and old of Beijing at all times of day and engaging in activities that show a city negotiating between tradition and modernity “River Songs” looks at […]
Adjusting The Balance
2016 Short
Length: 10mins33secs
Director: Eddie Blanchard
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Chinese herbology has the effect of adjusting Ying and Yang inside a human body. From traditional Chinese medicines view, the real health inside a human body is the balance of Ying and Yang. Similarly, if the fast paced modern life is Yang, then the slow paced life cane described as Ying. Alike a human body, Beijing is […]
Homes of Childhood
2016 Short
Length: 10mins18secs
Director: Ivana Balazova
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Every child makes a friendship in early childhood. Some of these friendships lasts forever. In our film ”Homes of childhood” we are introducing collectors of toys from 1980’s.These people have a special relation with toys from their generation of childhood. On one hand, it is nostalgic keeping memories alive.On the other hand it became already their passion […]
Goddess Luo
2016 Short
Length: 10mins42secs
Director: Maria Koufiotis
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<Goddess Luo>around named “the most beautiful Dan role in Beijing” famous Peking Opera artist Xinran Liu’s day for clues, shows as the quintessence of Chinese traditional culture, Beijing Opera in China’s status and the thinking and understanding of human nature. <Goddess Luo> is Xinran Liu’s role in Mei Lanfang classic , the arrangement of the plot with […]
Shu Yan
2016 Short
Length: 10mins09secs
Director: Hash Perambalam
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Shuyan is a young brand planner who lives in a Hutong. We follow him as he shares with us his love for Chinese tradition and his longing to return to a simpler time. He came to Beijing for work from his hometown Changchun. He decided to live in small but traditional Hutong despite the fact that he […]
Purple
2016 Short
Length: 8mins59secs
Director: Todd Karehana
Cast:
This is a short documentary following actress and producer Qixing Aixinjueluo as she explores traditional Chinese women’s clothing in modern Beijing.
Palace Lantern
2016 Short
Length: 10mins35secs
Director: Worawut Phukhokway
Cast:
Palace lanterns have been traditional Chinese culture for more than 1,400 years. But a lot of Chinese people know nothing about palace lanterns and they don’t know the fact that palace lanterns are dying out. But there are some people who are trying to protect and save palace lanterns. They are the lantern makers. Nowadays, there are […]
Inked in Tradition
2016 Short
Length: 10mins20secs
Director: Michael Cannon Miller
Cast:
Traditional Chinese paintings have found a new form, in the tattoo designs of the country’s talented artists. The combination of the ancient and the modern has reinvented the tattoo for a new generation. This new approach has changed attitudes through the preservation and adoration of Chinese art forms and by showing that modern can be rooted […]
Above the Sky
2016 Short
Length: 12mins05secs
Director: Daniel Dluhy
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“Too many kite lovers in Beijing now. But very few masters.” Mr. Zhao Shiming is one of the very few masters. In his thirty years’ career he handmade kites both for fun and for competing his rival masters. Following his steps to Chaoyang Park, Beijing, the documentary depicts the atmosphere of the early morning kite flying.
Explore the Taste of Big Bowl
2016 Short
Length: 10mins32secs
Director: Manisa
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Nowadays in China there are many people live in Beijing, some are local people and some are other citizens from different provinces. Therefore many culture gathered together, plus the technology has influenced the traditional old Beijing. As well as the Chinese tea, there are various kinds of tea also some of the tea are faded and ignored by […]
Dharma’s Morin Khuur
2016 Short
Length: 11mins24secs
Director: Saad Hassan Khan
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This film is recording the process of making Morin Khuur, and having the interview to Master Dharama . According to these things, the movie has greatly shown for history and development. It also greatly build the soul behind the Morin Khuur .
Mongolian Bride
2016 Short
Length: 9mins41secs
Director: DANIELLE SHARON
Cast:
Danielle Sharon shot in Su Bo Khan prairie tourism region of Ordos Yijinhuoluo banner , which performs troupe of the lives of two actors. The film reflects real life of an ordinary couple. They encourage and help each other in different places .Watching them on stage with the understanding, every day ‘s work is hard, but very […]
Grasslands
2016 Short
Length: 13mins
Director: Nadan Pines
Cast:
The film is about an foreign youth explored the Mongols culture spirit. The director is the film’s character who came to find the spirit of Mongolian culture,explore the story of Genghis Khan, and also feel hia unique charm.
The Horse Land
2016 Short
Length: 10mins39sec
Director: DMITRY KONOPLOY
Cast:
The film tells stories of three herdsmen living in Wushen Banner, who try to preserve Mongolian horse culture in their daily life. The interviewees include: Bohyoo, a herdsman who has been with horses for decades of years; Hesigdalaii, the craft man considering saddlery as his life; and Erdemtegus the founder of a horse culture museum. They contributes […]
Tana The Girl From Kangbashi
2016 Short
Length: 11mins58secs
Director: Yinon Beeri
Cast:
Through the Mongolian girl Tana life to show the unique Kangbashi, in the city of profound cultural background, and colorful appearance, Tana is a girl who from the pastoral moved to modern city ; film by describe life of Tana in the combination of traditional and modern, reflecting the Kangbashi the city in traditional culture and modern […]
The Guardsmen
2016 Short
Length: 9mins48sec
Director: Hardar Reichman
Cast:
The life of narendalai reflect current situation of Durhut people.Gurizhabu introduces his story about beginning work as a guardsman. All stories reflect the modern life of the guardsmen.
Carving Art
2016 Short
Length: 11mins30secs
Director: Gabriele Zannotti
Cast:
Woodcarving is a kind of Arts and Crafts produced by the use of wood, in accordance with the needs of our lives and the needs of continuous culture.
Jianchuan is also known as the home of woodcarving and XingYi represents the biggest and most important center of woodcarvers.
Inside this factory is possible to appreciate the entire process of […]
Signs, Words, Sounds
2016 Short
Length: 12mins52sec
Director: Dusko Stanivuk
Cast:
Preservation of traditions is one of the most important tasks in modern society and probably the main reason why I choose a subject of ancient Naxi music. In my home country traditions are endangered by sped up way of living and always present feeling that we don’t have enough time. I was reading about long living tradition […]
The Lotus Flower
2016 Short
Length: 10mins12sec
Director: Luca Principi
Cast:
We tell the story if a young couple of woodcarvers we met by coincidence while exploring a factory. We wanted to communicate in the deepest way possible some specific feelings in the viewer soul. We show their inner perspective through our unique artistic view, given by a deeply reasoned choice of music, sounds and images.
Hua Deng Scketches
2016 Short
Length: 11mins36secs
Director: Aldo Caldarelli
Cast:
Human kind learned how to survive and grew his new generations during thousands years, it’s a challenge that renew every time. The tools to face this are (I think) intelligence, cooperation, brotherhood, common way of thinking (communities), instinct and over all, culture. Like an old Banyan tree, culture lives and grows and develop herself thanks to her […]
Stars, Gods and the Leader
2016 Short
Length: 10mins56secs
Director: Marko Grba Singh
Cast:
At the Gaomengu observatory, main engineer is preparing to start the telescope. People are working in cleaning the telescope and adjusting the parameters on the screens. Once the telescope started working, we can see the universe. Through the images of the universe, many Naxi legends are told.Forest around Gaomengu is full of secrets. Narrator is talking […]
Roots
2016 Short
Length: 11mins11secs
Director: Luca Agnani
Cast:
This video is focus on the residential building and life of nation custom. The film through shooting the environment and folkway show the current living situation of Bai people’s life. The first half of this film is mainly showing the scenery of the Cang mountain and the erhai lake, and the latter half is mainly showing the […]
Shuming
2016 Short
Length: mins secs
Director: Marko Markovic
Cast:
A day in life of Dongba priests of Naxi people, who live in remote Shuming village in north-west Yunan province. They get up early in the morning, make bamboo baskets, work in the field and sit around the fire. When person in a village gets sick, they need to perform a ritual to comfort the spirits.
Man is What He Eats
2016 Short
Length: 11mins 22secs
Director: Fabio Ragni
Cast:
The video talking about a travel.This travel is around the food in China,is the travel of an Italian boy,that want to find the real essence of the food culture in this beautiful country.This video starts with a fast description about Yunnan region.After that the video talks about the market in Dali,and so there is the first […]
Tie-Dye
2016 Short
Length: 11mins 30secs
Director: Niki Tombolesi
Cast:
The tye die through an artistic perspective. The meaning of tye die for Bai people and their cultural background. Tye die is not only a technological process, but represents the art of Bai.
Water of Lijiang
2016 Short
Length: 10mins06secs
Director: Nikola Zdravkovic
Cast:
Girl throws a flower in to the lake. The flower is strating his journey throught the acient city of Lijiang telling us at the same time an old legend about two lovers.
Litchi homework
2016 Short
Length: 14mins18secs
Director: 陳磊
Cast: 賀睿、宋曌晗、周力孟、楊舒驀、王靜博
Little girl Litchi is preparing her homework for Mother’s Day, recalling the time when she was companied by her mother:the old radio, the red skirt, the album bearing their sweetest scenes……In a nostalgic mood, she is deeply lost into those happy years her mother gave her.
Osmanthus Flowers Flavor‘s Chestnut
2016 Short
Length: 15mins
Director: 薛芳民
Cast:
There is a treasure in Changshu, Jiangsu, China. This treasure is unique one; it is named Osmanthus Flowers Flavor’s Chestnut of YuShan. Why the chestnut have osmanthus flowers flavor? Because in the YuShan they used to mixed planting chestnut tree with local sweet scented osmanthus tree. Before the Mid-Autumn Festival, the sweet scented osmanthus and chestnuts are going […]
The southwest part of China
2016 Short
Length: 4mins5secs
Director: 任路
Cast:
The mountainous southwest part of China is a region where the ethnic minorities inhabit and where unique culture and custom is formed. The Han ethnic group who came down to the South in the history also settled on Dong and Miao Minority group and the local Han ethnic group, this four-and-a-half minute long documentary demonstrates the original culture […]
Dedicated to Qiutong
2016 Short
Length: 28mins
Director: 苗煒基
Cast: 王德龍、羅澤麗、高思聰、劉海軍、姚璐
Qiutong Lin and Tao Yu are classmate in college. Qiutong is from poor family, and Tao Yu is an invisible rich man. They fall in love each other. A philanthropist are going to help the poor students in the college, but they never know it is just a charitable show. Qiutong and her father want to live […]
Love Greetings
2016 Short
Length: 47mins
Director: 苗煒基
Cast: 徐龍剛、王芳、丁水林、魏翔玲、朱怡夢
Min Yue is a normal community’s police. She cares the people from community no matter working days or off days. Due to an emergency happened in the weekend, she can’t company with her daughter to practice violin. She has to handle the disputes in the community. When she see the difficulties of the mental challenged girl, she […]
The Purest Eyes
2016 Short
Length: 22mins
Director: 苗煒基
Cast: 楊劍銘、呂妍昕、鄭偉、王德龍、宇宙
A photograph called “The Purest Eyes” is made by a friend is touching Tingting Xu deeply. In the photo, a boy’s eyes are clean and pure. Then, she decides to become a volunteer for teaching. However, when she goes to that poor school, she doesn’t see the boy. The boy has to quit school and herd sheep […]
One Women
2016 Short
Length: 20mins
Director: 王睿沉、韓若彤
Cast: 紅雨
《一個人》講述了一個剛剛出道的新人女歌手Sanni,和音樂製作人阿非,兩個人在工作過程中互相產生了感情,Sanni 性格爽朗倔強,從小有著音樂夢想,阿非是個音樂天才,但性格及其孤僻,深沉而敏感,不太擅長處理人際關係,兩個人在一次工作過程中,相識相愛,但因為生活習慣不同,性格不同,而最後分手。故事中阿非為了讓Sanni去美國進修,不惜找好友妮可來演戲故意氣走她,兩人經歷了一段非常糾結而悲傷的愛情故事!
Painting Love in Qingxi
2016 Short
Length: 17mins1secs
Director: 張凱祺、張鈺妮
Cast: 曉偉、安琪
以亂世中的清溪情緣延續至後代人為切入點,將兩對男女不同時空的愛情,通過線索穿插串聯起來,展現一個隔世未了的心願。影片在清溪全程取景拍攝,將展現清溪獨特的客家文化和綺麗的山水風光。
Taizhou,The City We Loved
2016 Short
Length: 25mins
Director: 於建鎂
Cast: 秦啟東、黎一墨、楊軍、李瑜玲
北方城市的小伙子李北為了迎娶南方古城的戀人梅南,一下飛機就展開了浪漫而又隆重的求婚。然而,梅南拒絕了他的戒指,提出了一個大家都沒有想到的要求:請用一座城來娶我……
Father and Son
2016 Short
Length: 28mins52secs
Director: 劉鴻志
Cast: 宇文若龍
大學畢業生周蘭生是個找不到工作的無業遊民,但他一直有個夢想,就是讓自己的搖滾樂團成名!他出生在戲曲家庭,父親周書海早年師從梅派,年輕時也是泰州的數一數二。可文化大革命以後,漸漸就沒有人聽戲了,而年輕人都覺得京戲、崑曲沒勁兒。
Returned Letters
2016 Short
Length: 16mins48secs
Director: 劉卡達
Cast: 張凱璇、張藝璇、蔣繼光、吳光華
101次退信,快遞員小哥馬達,每天接收到小雨爺爺的退信,這一次,他打算去探個究竟。
The Wine
2016 Short
Length: 32mins52secs
Director: 李維倫
Cast: 趙爾康、斯琴高娃
雲南邊防某緝毒大隊長譚勇,不顧個人的安危潛伏於販毒團伙內部,以身涉毒,捨棄了家庭與愛情,最終完成任務卻不幸犧牲的故事,同時展現了譚勇的父母為成全兒子為國盡忠的大義,釀酒送兒踏上征途,體現出中國民族。
22“47
2016 Short
Length: 7mins22secs
Director: 何飛
Cast: 範怡寧
《22秒47》講述的是一個泰州青年畢業生參加省運會200米賽跑的故事, 反映了青年大學生在面對人生道路選擇的心路歷程,故事節奏緊湊、風格幽默、用獨特的藝術風格傳達年輕人正確的人生價值觀。
Motherland
2016 Short
Length: 19mins5secs
Director: 修慶
Cast: 杜啟泰、孟真、修熙歐、滕豐鳴
“MOTHERLAND”, in a micro movie art, interprets the excellent traditional culture of the Chinese nation., Which is tracing our roots and reverencing for our ancestors. With a touching story happened in ordinary people, based on the hometown Henan of the spiritual home of the Chinese around the world. The story conveys the memory and remember of Chinese nation to […]
Great Marriage Custom
2016 TV Drama
Length: 45mins*44
Director: 曾晓欣
Cast: 乔振宇、杨紫、巫刚、朱茵
A wedding ceremony with strong individual style is around the corner, but the fiancé leaves without giving any notice, then Xia Ran, a top-level wedding designer who is frank and straightforward, and Jin Zhihao, a cosmetic surgeon who seems cool but is actually enthusiastic become quarrelsome lovers who know each other through discords. In the dilemma with […]
Decoded
2016 TV Drama
Length: 45mins*41
Director: 安建
Cast: 陈学冬、颖儿、经超、张哲瀚、郭京飞、印小天、于恒、王燕阳、刘涛、王同辉、安以轩、白庆琳、杨懿
During the funding of New China, a spy service led by “The Awaker” stealing into China, using an advanced code named “Purple Secret” for delivering information. Dang Zheng, the deputy director of Decoding Department special unit 701, was assigned to recruit talents around the country to decipher the code. Talent like Jinzhen Rong with special math gift […]
My step father is a hero
2016 TV Drama
Length: 46mins*44
Director: 林合隆
Cast: 林永健、胡杏儿、张铎、刘冠麟、金巧巧、张雪迎、刘小小
Dazuo Luo, nearly 40 years old, worked in the logistics company and met his “destiny in love” Linming Tan. Then those two quickly fell in love and get married. Nothing is so certain as the unexpected, they have encountered a horrifying car crash right after they received the marriage certificate and Tan got killed. Luo had not […]
Legend of Miyue
2016 TV Drama
Length: 45mins*81
Director: 鄭曉龍
Cast: 孫儷、劉濤、方中信、黃軒
During the warring states period, Mi Yue was the most beloved princess of King Chuwei. After the death of King Chuwei, Mi Yue had a very hard life, and her mother Lady Xiang was expelled from the palace by Queen Chuwei. Mi Yue and her little brother Mi Rong survived over and over times of disasters and […]
Protection
2016 TV Drama
Length: 18mins*3
Director: 瞿中梁
Cast: 翟中梁、林浩翔、吳潛一、周昂、趙澤辰、孫顥然、陳聖浩、林詩涵、陳眾儀、康諾、徐添樂、張宇翔、朱運、蔡悅人、宋宛玲、張榆晗、蘇國華
“I will protect you” is specially made to meet at the G20 summit of hangzhou, from hangzhou Guyi creativity co., LTD. And hangzhou television children’s channel taken together. Taiwan gold producer jennfer Lin as producer, director of international Zhai Zhongliang as director. “I will protect you” by telling a group of smart baby intelligence fight stupid thief, […]
Office
2016 TV Drama
Length: 45mins*52
Director: 李木戈 (李牧鴿)
Cast: 王耀慶、魏千翔、潘之琳、應采兒、巴圖、王策、王偉源、邱璐璠、閻娜
Workplace needs stratagem and love involves combat, so what should we do is to fight with elegance.’ The words come from the story between Xunuo and Shen Zhize. No matter what kinds of difficulties that life gives to you, the strength in mind and the insistence in character are always the key parts that help you […]
YiHai Alliance
2016 TV Drama
Length: 42mins*36
Director: 王偉民
Cast: 劉之冰、遊大慶、潘雨辰、談莉娜、白威、原維、李洪濤、譚陽、舒蕭霖
The area inhabited by Yi people in Liangshan, Sichuan, is strategically situated and not easily accessible with tough folk customs. It has been an excellent military stronghold since ancient times. Cruelly hunted by the 500,000 Kuomintang troops, the 30,000 men and women of the Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army strategically crossed the Jinsha River, and came […]
Juvenile Avanti
2016 TV Drama
Length: 12mins*104
Director: 郭葳嬌
Juvenile Avanti is based on Avanti’s boyish life and study, which shows a naughty, innocent, humorous, optimistic, righteous and kind growing experience of Avanti. It subscribes a happy life that Avanti help others solve various problems by using his wisdom courage and justice.
Nirvana in Fire
2016 TV Drama
Length: 45mins*54
Director: 孔笙、李雪
Cast: 胡歌、王凱、劉濤、王維德、陳龍、劉敏濤
Twelve years ago, seventy thousand Chiyan soldiers annihilated with injustice in Meiling after a bloody battle because of the treacherous court official that cheats the fatuous monarch. LIN Shu who is the young marshal of Chiyan regained his residual life from the gate of hell. After the pain of loved ones losing and great deals suffering, his […]
Mystery Kill
2016 TV Drama
Length: 45mins*44
Director: 林楠
Cast: 李宗翰、趙子琪、李乃文、陳瑾
Drug Enforcement Detachment Team A leader Qi Yannan faced an unforeseen and emergent event when he was striking down a criminal gang that does drug trafficking. The criminal suspect “Black Three”‘s death also attracted the stern investigation by prosecutor Lin Bing. At the same time, in order to possess the extremely valuable ancient Chinese Medical secret recipe […]
Mao Yaya Get Married
2016 TV Drama
Length: 45mins*40
Director: 王小康
Cast: 明道、穎兒、馬天宇、張曦文
Mao Yaya, a fierce property manager and an incredibly loyal lover, is having the worst time of her life after her boyfriend of six years dumped her out of the blue. Yaya finds out she has had pregnant for two months, in order to win back his heart, Yaya even makes a sign that says “please come […]
The Ordinary World
2016 TV Drama
Length: 45mins*56
Director: 毛衛寧
Cast: 王雷、佟麗婭、袁弘、李小萌
Adapted from the namesake novel written by Lu Yao, it tells the living state and life changes of the common people in the significant historical transition period from 1975 to 7985. Taking the destiny of the two brothers Sun Shaoan and Sun Shaoping in the Shuangshui Village of the northern part of Shaanxi province as spindle, the […]
Necessary Factors before Remarry
2016 TV Drama
Length: 45mins*40
Director: 劉家成
Cast: 朱雨辰、高露、遲嘉、尹俊、李依伊、武笑羽
Li Zhongyuan and Yuan Shengnan divorced, because of the conflict of their disposition. In order not to stimulate their parents, they decided to temporarily keep it as a secret. But at the same time, they are trying their best to find an ideal wife or husband. They try to prove that the other part should take responsible […]
My Uncle Zhou Enlai
2016 TV Drama
Length: 45mins*49
Director: 陳力
Cast: 孫維民、黃薇、唐國強、丁柳元
Beginning with Chinese People’s Liberation Army marching in Beiping in 1949 and ending with the passing away of Premier Zhou Enlai in 1976, the TV serial describes the work and life of Premier Zhou during these 27 years. Premier Zhou attended Bandung Conference in Indonesia at the risk of Kuomintang spy’s assassination without any fear; He made […]
Hot Girl
2016 TV Drama
Length: 45mins*37
Director: 袁曉滿
Cast: 馬可、迪麗熱巴、劉潺、王洋
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The Nanqing-based Flame Shield Security Company selected bodyguard from a group led by Guan Xiaodi, a young and beautiful girl. Finally, Guan Xiaodi, a kung-fu master, and Liang Dawei, a car master, et al., had passed the examination and assessment, and entered the training camp. Under the training of the drill sergeant, they had been reborn. […]
Hero Dog 2
2016 TV Drama
Length: 45mins*42
Director: 袁曉滿
Cast: 張雲龍、王洋、王煜、童瑤
WATCH TRAILER
Xiaoqi followed its savior Ou Ye to the pet hotel, but Ou Ye cannot remember it. Xiaoqi attempted to help Ou Ye regains her memory while “contesting with” Bao Yu. Finally, it made it. Ou Ye carried Xiaoqi’s wish of competing with Mary (a star dog) into effect, and Xiaoqi also brought Ou Ye and Bao […]