“Why did you feel it's so urgent?”“It's because the dead couldn't talk.” When we think of the history of our home countries, we think of various sources and...
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“China Yellow, China Blue” is a two part documentary which covers the turbulent history of China from the end of the Qing dynasty and the formation of the...
For the follow-up of her successful debut movie “Oxhide,” Liu Jiayin has chosen again to play on the familiar ground of her own domestic life, making it even...
“Winter Vacation” is a Chinese Independent film, an absurdist comedy, with a stark streak of pessimism. Winter Vacation is an extremely arty film too, with...
Winner of the Best Documentary award at the Busan International Film Festival, “The Apology” follows the personal journeys of three former “comfort women” who...
Young and enterprising filmmaker Liu Jiayin has created, out of nothing, a very refreshing piece of work that sits between documentary and docu-fiction. Armed...
After an interlude producing the successful noir “Black Coal, Thin Ice”, awarded in Berlin, Vivian Qu is back on the director chair with her sophomore film...
Wang Bing's 506-minute documentary ‘Dead Souls' fully captures the genuine stories of the people from the Chinese re-education camps through their own voices...
“For a woman the most dangerous place is home.” (Kyrgyz saying) If we look at the works of art discussed in classroom all around the world, one cannot help but...
“Could you believe what I saw?” Considering most people who will read this are aware of the power of images, many will be familiar with the following set-up...