Yi Cui

Screening from Within (2018)

"Screening from Within" juxtaposes the historical trajectories of the Chinese adoption of the Soviet "cinefication" movement and the contemporary transformations of itinerant film projection in China. Migrant workers of Beijing and Chengdu, rural inhabitan ...

Through The Looking Glass (2017)

On a high-land Tibetan pasture, a screening event unfolds quietly. Monks, herdsmen and their families gather by the screen to observe life captured through their own lenses. ...

Late Summer (2017)

Late Summer captures a centuries-old Beijing theatre in its incarnation as a modern-day transient space. ...

Of Shadows (2016)

Set in the unique landscape of China's Loess Plateau, Of Shadows captures the liveliness and resilience of a group of local shadow play artists navigating between the rural staging of ancient plays and the urban spectacle of national cultural heritage. ...

She Recognized the Storm: Xiao Hong and Her Golden Era (2014)

Documentary on the ups and downs of the female writer Xiao Hong's life experience, her works, her love and the golden era she lived in. ...

Shadow Puppet (2010)

Through the use of an optical printer as a creative device, the individual frame is played like a music note. A rhythmic improvisation visualized on celluloid. ...

Out of Danger (1985)

It's the end of the Tang dynasty, the country is in turmoil. A blacksmith Yuchi Gong (Honglin Dong) wants to join the army of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji. Due to his upright character and formidable martial skills he raises high in the ranks of their army. ...

Murky Shadow Over the Gorges (1985)