Zi'en Cui

Queer China, 'Comrade' China (2009)

This documentary reviews and summarises the development of homosexuality as an issue in the past three decades in China. We interviewed thirty prominent figures in the gay community, who have experienced the changes of views and life-styles regarding homos ...

Star Appeal (2008)

A man discovers a stranger by the roadside, naked and claiming to be from Mars. ...

Er Dong (2008)

After her adopted son, Er Dong (Li Jun Bai), joins a gang, a single mother in rural China sends him to a Christian school, hoping he'll shape up. Er Dong soon falls for classmate Chang'e, and when the two run away together, they battle to survive. They are ...

Only Child, Upward, Downward, Forward, Backward, Rightward and Leftward (2007)

A philosophical essay written in visuals. The pioneer in Chinese queer cinema, Cui Zi'en, talks about carnal instinct from a philosophical point of view in allegory form. Physical liberation is the way to true freedom. ...

My Fair Son (2007)

When young art student Ray moves in with his estranged businessman father after years of separation, the two tentatively begin to reconcile their many differences -- including Ray's revelation that he's gay, which his father struggles to accept. ...

Meat and Three Veg (2007)

A documentary pastiche about living in contemporary China, constituted by images of immigrant workers' on-street KTV singing; open-air community dancing parties; the campus life and extracurricular activities of high school and college students; the job of ...

We are the … of Communism (2007)

The Yuanhai Migrants Children's School, which serves children of migrant laborers in Beijing, is shut down by city officials for reasons never made clear. The students and teachers manage to continue class, first by sneaking into the shuttered campus, then ...

Empty Town (2006)

Night Scene (2005)

A candid peek into the culture of male sex workers in Beijing. ...

Withered in a Blooming Season (2005)

Brotherly love goes too far when Feng gets his twin sister pregnant while both of them are still in high school, creating a problem that's bigger than both of them. Convincing his gay friend Le Le to take the blame seems like the best option. ...

Pirated Copy (2004)

Set against the backdrop of the contemporary black market for pirated DVDs in Beijing, Pirated Copy is a character-driven drama about the passion two couples have for each other and for film. ...

The Narrow Path (2004)

A young man wandering naked along a seemingly endless country road claims that he's an alien. So do the three other young men (also naked) who join him. These 'aliens' eventually find their route blocked—by five macho toughs, who see in them both potenti ...

Feeding Boys, Ayaya (2003)

A Christian virgin tries to save gay male prostitutes when his brother becomes one. ...

Keep Cool and Don't Blush (2003)

Early film by Cui Zi'en. ...

Enter the Clowns (2002)

Xiao Bo lives in a world where the lines defining men from women are constantly dissolving. He kneels at the deathbed of his father who has become a woman, and whose dying wish is to have oral sex with his/her son. His boyfriend Nana has also undergone a s ...

The Old Testament (2001)

This three-part film explores homosexuality in communist China. ...

Mass (2001)

A film about queer and religion ...

Men and Women (1999)

Xiao Bo arrives in Beijing, gets a job at a boutique, and is invited to stay with his lady boss, Ah Qing, and her husband, Kang. Knowing that Xiao Bo is still single, his host tries to introduce him to her best friend, Ah Meng. After a few dates, Ah Meng b ...

The Narrow Path (2004)

A young man wandering naked along a seemingly endless country road claims that he's an alien. So do the three other young men (also naked) who join him. These 'aliens' eventually find their route blocked—by five macho toughs, who see in them both potenti ...

My Camera Doesn’t Lie (2003)

A film about Chinese underground filmmakers who were the first to express their truthful and realistic views on China from 1989 until today. It is also the first film to speak about the Chinese homosexual film scene. The documentary features Chinese intell ...

Welcome to Destination Shanghai (2003)

Shanghai was once called the "Paris of the East," but changes come with time and social tumult. Now, amid crumbling buildings, crushing poverty and social decay, filmmaker Andrew Cheng captures a city fallen victim to moral and economic decline. Through a ...

Enter the Clowns (2002)

Xiao Bo lives in a world where the lines defining men from women are constantly dissolving. He kneels at the deathbed of his father who has become a woman, and whose dying wish is to have oral sex with his/her son. His boyfriend Nana has also undergone a s ...

I Love Beijing (2001)

A voyage through modern day Beijing in the taxi of the womanising Dezi. His aimless drifting between destinations and women is much like Beijing's own search for identity between perishing ancient values and an uncertain future. ...

Men and Women (1999)

Xiao Bo arrives in Beijing, gets a job at a boutique, and is invited to stay with his lady boss, Ah Qing, and her husband, Kang. Knowing that Xiao Bo is still single, his host tries to introduce him to her best friend, Ah Meng. After a few dates, Ah Meng b ...