Tian Zhuangzhuang Movies

Set against the backdrop of the Boxer Rebellion and the takeover of the Forbidden City by foreign powers, the empress-dowager Cixi and her notorious...

In one night, in one room, three strangers–a thief, a retired policeman, and a delivery guy–are all present during the murder of the...

In the southwest frontiers of China there lie many luxuriant forests where live a great variety of plants and animals. Three kids of Daizu minority...

A hunter violates the ancient Mongolian hunting code and must pay his penance.

In a mansion decimated during World War II, a frustrated, bored housewife, Yuwen, is torn between caring for her ailing husband and her longing for a...

With Taiwan remaining in the grip of martial law in 1982, a group of filmmakers from that country set out to establish a cultural identity through...

The dazzling new film from Bhutanese lama and filmmaker Khyentse Norbu (The Cup, Travellers and Magicians) chronicles a sacred jungle ritual whose...

Tony Rayns presents the work of the 'Fifth Generation' and other innovative filmmakers who emerged during the 1980s in China.

A young male student develops a very close relationship with a teacher when both outsiders become ostracized from their town.

An unschooled young man, one of the countless victims of Mao's Cultural Revolution, is laboring in the countryside when he is assigned to teach in a...

Two young farm workers, who like millions of others, leave their village to seek their fortunes in the city. Each chose a vastly different path to...

Devout Buddhists, Norbu and Dolma live with their young son Tashi in a clan in Tibet. Norbu is a highwayman. After Norbu is charged with stealing...

A young teacher in the first seventeen years of the People's Republic of China approaches the teaching of her students with a humanistic philosophy,...

First film directed by Lu Xuechang.

Realistic portraits of Chinese youth embracing western culture

Based on Lao She’s novel, a story about a street player set in the wartime Chongqing.

An old retired puppet master has his quiet life disrupted his 6-year-old American grandson, who barely speaks Chinese.

Based on the Wang Anyi story "Life in a Small Courtyard"

The story is adapted from a short story by Shi Shuqing, which takes place in a small village called Shujiachuan in Northwest China during the...