China Movies

A report on the demographic impact of China’s one-child policy.

An biography of Zhou Enlai through the Cultural Revolution.

A quest for freedom in the South China Sea. Victims of China’s “One-Child” policy, 100 orphans, all girls, are shepherded by a...

In 1946, Heidi is entrusted to a Swiss family by her father. He will never come back for her. Today, François Yang questions his mother about...

Born in Austria in 1903, Jacob Rosenfeld was imprisoned in Dachau. He manages to flee and takes refuge in Shanghai, like 30,000 other people. He...

The many faces of China put together like a puzzle.

A documentary about Peking in the dawn of the new Millenium. Contains interviews with Jia Zhangke and dj Gaohu

A song is heard in the distance. It comes from the Hekeng village, famous for its ancient earthen buildings, also called tulou. It is where the last...

A story about coming to the end of your journey as an expat in China, told through the lens of the films that inspired us.

Red Guards were a student movement supported by Mao Zedong in 1966-67 during the Cultural Revolution. A group of students at Qinghua University who...

A coming-of-age story about a filmmaker and his family as they struggle to adapt to both a changing world and a traditional one. Can the filmmaker's...

After being suddenly struck with amnesia, an old man is brought to a dilapidated house and ordered to harvest corn by a man who claims to be his son.

A Chinese student in Edinburgh struggling to adapt to her new culture and everyday challenges ultimately discovers her purpose and the love of God.

Documentation of a journey along the Great Wall of China to the Ku-Pei-Kuo pass fortress.

Presented by the British Museum this is the story of the most famous army in the world. A triumph of early mass production and craftmanship, they...

This tells events of the 26th year of the Ganlu era, during which the Emperor Long Aotian of the Ye Dynasty fell seriously ill. Suddenly, Lu Sha, the...

Set in early 1960s, the police prevents spies from destroying city infrastructures before the National Day.

Aerial photographs and cityscapes by aviation pioneer Wulf-Dieter Graf zu Castell, who lived in China between 1933 and 1936 and was tasked with...