Tian Zhuangzhuang

The Time of a Flower (2024)

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 blooming season of alfalfa flowers. Li Han, a beekeeper from another province, sets up camp here to raise bees and ...

Knock Knock (2021)

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 room's occupant. As the trio tries to figure out this bizarre situation, the stakes are raised when they discover a hug ...

Bipolar (2021)

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 ...

The Crossing (2018)

Studying in Hong Kong but living in Shenzhen, Peipei has spent 16 years in her life travelling between these two cities. To realize the dream of seeing snow in Japan with her bestie, Peipei joins a smuggling gang and uses her student identity to smuggle iP ...

Hema Hema (2016)

The dazzling new film from Bhutanese lama and filmmaker Khyentse Norbu (The Cup, Travellers and Magicians) chronicles a sacred jungle ritual whose masked, anonymous participants seek after complete self-knowledge — or descend into thievery, violation, an ...

Lady of the Dynasty (2015)

The tragic story of a Tang Dynasty imperial consort who was the favorite of the Emperor Xuanzong. ...

A Grandson from America (2012)

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

The Bride (2009)

Chinese film directed by Zhang Ming, ...

The Warrior and the Wolf (2009)

Set during China's the Warring States Period (476-221 BC), benevolent warrior Chenkang Lu (Joe Odagiri) enters into a torrid love affair with a woman (Maggie Q) from the nomadic Harran tribe. Their relationship sends the warrior to a place where humans wer ...

The Go Master (2007)

The life of Go master Wu Qingyuan from his meteoric rise as a child prodigy to fame and fortune as a revolutionary strategic thinker, as well as the tumultuous conflicts between his homeland of China and his adopted nation of Japan. ...

Boy in Cage (2007)

The short Wang Jing made as the graduation project in Beijing Film Academy. ...

Jasmine Women (2004)

Zhang Ziyi plays the youngest of three generations of women who leads lives in Shanghai. Joan Chen plays the great-grandmother, grandmother, and mother. The film recounts this family, the mistakes they make, and a cycle that the granddaughter breaks out of ...

Tea-Horse Road Series: Delamu (2004)

This film is a record of the Tea-Horse Road, the caravans of the Nujiang River Valley, and the aboriginal peoples who live there -- Mm. Ding who has a family with 15 members speaking 6 languages, a pastor who was jailed for 15 years for his believing, a 10 ...

Springtime in a Small Town (2002)

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 former sweetheart, a doctor who has come to treat her husband. ...

So Close to Paradise (1998)

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 make it and become embroiled in misunderstandings, gangster brawls and police raids. ...

The Making of Steel (1997)

First film directed by Lu Xuechang. ...

The Winner (1996)

The Blue Kite (1994)

A young man recalls his childhood growing up in a poor alley in Beijing during the 1950s and 1960s. ...

Li Lianying, the Imperial Eunuch (1991)

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 chief eunuch fight a losing battle to preserve their corrupt and autocratic regime. ...

Unforgettable Life (1988)

After getting an abortion at a local clinic, unwed Beijing TV anchor Lu Yun decides to focus her next special report on women's reproductive issues, working at that clinic to research her topic. ...

Rock Kids (1988)

Realistic portraits of Chinese youth embracing western culture ...

Special Operating Room (1988)

When an unplanned pregnancy leads television anchorwoman Lu Yun to seek an abortion, she's driven to create a special investigative report about Chinese women's attitudes toward premarital sex, pregnancy and violence against women. Yuan Xie appears as Lu's ...

King of the Children (1987)

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 nearby school. Gradually, he abandons the Maoist textbook and encourages the barely literate kids to write ...

The Street Players (1987)

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

The Horse Thief (1986)

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 from the temple, he and his family are banished. Impoverished and marginalized, they can do little when their ...

On the Hunting Ground (1984)

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

September (1984)

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, which leads to problems with authorities. ...

The Red Elephant (1982)

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 is told by a granny that a red elephant which is the symbol of God lives in the forest so in a summer vacati ...

The Courtyard (1980)

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

Our Corner (1980)

5th Generation student film. ...

The Shadowless Tower (2023)

Gu Wentong learns the whereabouts of his father, who lost contact with him more than 40 years ago. Encouraged by new friend, photographer Ouyang Wenhui, Gu Wentong decides to face his father and rebuild the long-lost father-son relationship. ...

Born to Fly (2023)

A talented trainee pilot is given the opportunity to virtually test the latest fighter jet, which pushes him to his limits. ...

Tian Zhuangzhuang: My Relationship with Films (2022)

A Talking Documentary about ZhuangZhuang Tian ...

Nice View (2022)

Desperate to pay for his little sister's surgery, a young man takes part in a risky business venture - only to encounter some serious setbacks. ...

Bipolar (2021)

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 ...

Keep Rolling (2020)

One of Hong Kong's most influential filmmakers, Ann Hui, becomes a "star" for the first time in Man Lim-chung's directorial debut. A forerunner of the New Wave, Hui's tumultuous, forty-year career is an unequivocal testimony to her unyielding dedication to ...

Gone with the Light (2019)

A group of people that disappear after a mysterious light falls upon the city, leaving the survivors to try and unravel the mystery. ...

My People, My Country (2019)

Anthology of short films directed by several different directors. ...

No. 7 Cherry Lane (2019)

Set in Hong Kong in 1967 — a time of complex politics when it was still a British colony — No. 7 Cherry Lane revolves around a love triangle between a university student, a single mother and her teenage daughter. ...

The Outsiders (2019)

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

Us and Them (2018)

Ten years ago, on a train home during the busy Spring Festival travel period, fate brings Xiaoxiao and Jianqing together. Like many young couples, they meet, fall in love, and strive to make it work, but eventually, the harsh realities of life make them dr ...

Love Education (2017)

When Huiying hears that her mother's dying wish is to be buried next to her husband, she discovers that his remains are in the countryside and cared for by his first wife. A conflict ensues, and Huiying's daughter, an intrepid reporter, breaks the story as ...

Monk Comes Down the Mountain (2015)

A monk leaves his monastery and ventures out into the real world for the first time in his life, and ends up in an adventure with a kung-fu master who is guarding a special artifact. ...

Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema (2014)

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 cinema and to share it with the world. This engaging documentary looks at the movement's legacy. ...

Nightfall (2012)

Inspector Lam investigates the brutal murder of Tsui, a famous musician. Wong, the designated suspect, just spent 20 years in jail for the murder of Tsui's daughter but has always claimed his innocence. ...

South of the Clouds (2004)

Xu Daqin, a retired Chinese factory worker, returns to the remote Yunnan province, where he hopes to reconcile himself with the life and opportunity he passed up in this place 40 years ago. ...

The Making of Steel (1997)

First film directed by Lu Xuechang. ...

New Chinese Cinema (1989)

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