Tian Zhuangzhuang Movies

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

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...

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...

Inspired by the novel “King of the Trees” by Ah Cheng.

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

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

First film directed by Lu Xuechang.

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...

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...

Xu Daqin, a retired Chinese factory worker, returns to the remote Yunnan province, where he hopes to reconcile himself with the life and opportunity...

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...

Chinese film directed by Zhang Ming,

Realistic portraits of Chinese youth embracing western culture

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...

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

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...

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

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

A young lady comes to Lhasa alone for pilgrimage, but a "multicolored magical lobster" enshrined by other people has totally changed her plan. She...