Zhang Yang

Em maio de 2019, importantes escritores e acadêmicos chineses se reuniram em um vilarejo na província de Shanxi, na China —que, por acaso, é a província natal do diretor Jia Zhangke. As imagens desse evento literário iniciam uma narrativa em 18 capítulos que abrange a história da sociedade chinesa desde 1949. Essa história é contada por meio das memórias do falecido escritor e ativista Ma Feng e dos testemunhos de três grandes escritores: Jia Pingwa, Yu Hua e Liang Hong, nascidos nas décadas de 1950, 1960 e 1970, respectivamente. Eles falam sobre a vida e suas carreiras literárias, transformando o filme em uma trajetória espiritual dos últimos 70 anos do povo chinês.

A young lady comes to Lhasa alone for pilgrimage, but a "multicolored magical lobster" enshrined by other people has totally changed her plan. She made a decision to take the lobster home to the ocean, and this set her and the lobster on the journey cross half of China. During her journey, she comes cross many interesting characters and experiences. At the same time, memories, dreams, and hallucinations emerged intermittently. The journey to set the lobster free came to an end in an unexpected way. She finally reached the most secret place in her heart.

In 2003, Han Dong, a teenager who dropped out of high school, arrives at Beijing with a dream of becoming a journalist.

In "Spaces #2", 7 internationally acclaimed directors shot, after commissioning by the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, a short film at home, making their own timely comment on the new reality that we live in. The project is inspired by the book "Species of Spaces" by the French novelist, filmmaker, documentalist, and essayist, Georges Perec and the days of quarantine. The idea is to create a film at home, using the environment, the people or the animals in that space. The only outdoor areas that may be used are outdoor living spaces, such as the terrace, the garden, the balcony and the stairwell. "Visit" is Jia Zhangke's submission.

Ambientado nos recantos da povoada Wuhan, O Lago do Ganso Selvagem acompanha as tentativas desesperadas do insignificante chefe da máfia Zhou Zenong de se manter vivo. Tudo por ter matado um policial por engano e perceber que qualquer um que o entregasse com ou sem vida receberia uma recompensa.

An insurance salesman's life is going nowhere after he breaks up with his girlfriend. One day, an offbeat lady claiming to be a Goddess with magical powers, offers to turn his life around by granting him 19 of his old wishes. He laughs her off, until even his old childhood wishes start coming true.

A mongolian interpretation of Kafka's "The Castle".

Jia Zhangke's short film for Greenpeace East Asia depicts the effects of air pollution in northeast China, a region frequently blanketed in dangerous levels of air pollution. 'Smog Journeys' traces two families from two different backgrounds; one a mining family in Hebei province, and the other a trendy middle class family in Beijing. Both face a similar fate. Air pollution is one of China's most pressing environmental and health issues. Greenpeace calls for a shift from coal to clean renewable energy, as well as short term measures that better safeguard people's health.

Durante a busca de um assassino, dois companheiros do detetive Zhang Zili são mortos e ele acaba abandonando a força policial. Cinco anos depois, com a vida repleta de fracassos, ele resolve voltar a seguir os passos do criminoso.

O Longa relata quatro histórias, entre elas uma sobre uma trabalhadora sexual em um bordel de luxo, que refletem uma sociedade em plena mutação, na qual o capitalismo desenfreado gera uma grande desigualdade e uma colossal falta de humanidade.

Linking several genres in a surprising and successful way, Yang Lin’s fiction feature debut is an Asian ghost story in which documentary scenes show how incongruous today's reality can look in China. Protagonist Fang Lei lives in material wealth and only has to care for her daughter. One night, a young mysterious lover appears and makes passionate love to her.

An alluringly low-key and enigmatic portrayal of the alienation, disillusionment and loss of direction that have become widespread among young people in contemporary China. Filmed in elegant and absorbing long takes, the film interweaves the lives of several rootless people who become linked with one another by chance, by their sexual obsessions, and by the loss of a mobile phone…

An alluringly low-key and enigmatic portrayal of the alienation, disillusionment and loss of direction that have become widespread among young people in contemporary China. Filmed in elegant and absorbing long takes, the film interweaves the lives of several rootless people who become linked with one another by chance, by their sexual obsessions, and by the loss of a mobile phone…

A vida não está nada fácil para Li (Daniel Wu). Engenheiro que constrói proteses para pessoas que perderam alguma parte do corpo, ele comete um erro que pode prejudicar sua carreira. E o relacionamento com Pang (Beibi Gong), sua esposa, anda de mal a pior. Li decide se matar, mas acaba sendo atrapalhado por Chuck (Kevin Spacey), seu misterioso vizinho, que decide ajudá-lo. Ele orienta Li para que o jovem ajude outras pessoas e eles se tornam uma dupla de heróis muito inusitada.

Em Chengdu, na China, uma fábrica estatal de armamento militar é demolida para dar lugra a um prédio com vários andares onde serão construídos apartamentos de luxo. Com relatos de trabalhadores sobre suas vidas e a fábrica, o filme trás três gerações de histórias que mostram como os tempos mudaram.

Wu Hongyan is a female bailiff in a regional court in West China dealing with women awaiting execution—more often than not, sentenced for crimes of passion. Every weekend, without much luck, she looks for love at the Good Luck Matchmaking dance, until she meets the husband of one of her prisoners.

A antiga cidade de Fengjie ficou submersa para a construção da represa de Três Gargantas, no rio Yangtze. Han Sanming é um trabalhador de minas de carvão que viaja até o local para reencontrar sua ex-mulher, a qual não vê há 16 anos. Simultaneamente Shen Hong, uma enfermeira, também retorna a Fengjie, na intenção de procurar seu marido, que não vê há 2 anos. O reencontro com seus esposos trará consequências diferentes para eles.

An award-winning audience favorite in China since it debuted, Waiting Alone tells the first-person-narrative of Wen (Xia Yu), a shop owner and aspiring author who feels that he's met his dream girl (Li Bingbing). The only problem is, he seems stuck in the friend-zone. Aided by his best friends and the one girl he completely trusts (Gong Beibi), he tries different ways to woo her...

A young dancer, her security-guard boyfriend and others work at World Park, a bizarre cross-pollination of Las Vegas and Epcot Center where visitors can interact with famous international monuments without ever leaving the Beijing suburbs.

A struggling, recently unemployed young factory worker returns to his family's laundrette, where he 'borrows' a police officer's shirt and begins successfully impersonating an officer of the law.

Three disaffected youths live in Datong in 2001, part of the new "Birth Control" generation. Fed on a steady diet of popular culture, both Western and Chinese, the characters of Unknown Pleasures represent a new breed in the People's Republic of China, one detached from reality through the screen of media and the internet.

On the outskirts of a small town, a bus driver and her passengers encounter highway robbers.

Inverno, 1979. Na pequena cidade de Fenyang na remota província chinesa de Shanxi, um grupo de teatro apresenta uma peça glorificando Mao Zedong. A vida de Minliang e dos outros camaradas gira em torno das representações e das histórias de amor que acontecem. Na Primavera de 1980, a vida do grupo de teatro sofre mudanças, com a entrada das influências ocidentais. Quando a política do Governo muda, os subsídios do grupo são cortados e a companhia é privatizada. A incerteza paira sobre o futuro do grupo e sobre as relações entre os vários elementos.

A fragmentary landscape for a little train station in a suburban area and a bus stop in a mining town. A lonely soldier in his heavy coat, a tired old man, a bubbly young lady, a punk, a woman waiting in the street... From all those different people in these unfamiliar places, we can feel the exhaustion of every life.

Shows a market where puppies are bought and sold. Several puppies are placed in a cloth bag, and they struggle to break free. One bites through the bag, pokes his head, and is observed in his triumph and then confusion.

Lunar Eclipse is an urban drama following the wife of a newlywed couple who becomes mesmerized by an amateur photographer who claims to have once been in love with a woman who looked just like her.

O batedor de carteiras de uma pequena cidade chinesa, Xiao Wu, percebe que é rejeitado por todos que conhece quando um ex-companheiro ladrão se casa e não lhe envia um convite. Ele visita um bordel e se apaixona por uma prostituta, o único relacionamento que parece dar certo.

Three provincial girls departed for Beijing. Yu Quin works as a hostess in a night-club, leaving her two-year-old daughter in someone else's care. Hu Jin is a bit part player and runway model. Zun Ji worked as a dancer in a discotheque, but returned to her hometown after she became a drug addict.