China Movies

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.

Following the steps of the Nan Shui Bei Diao - South to North Water Transfer - the world's largest water transfer project, stretching between...

Into the Island is the first chapter of Groundwork, a three-part film and exhibition series exploring the conceptual development and field...

Spring 1976, 5-year-old Swallow is abandoned at a public boarding preschool in central Beijing. When the persimmons are ripe, Swallow masters how to...

“Bored in Heaven” follows New Years celebrations in Putian, Fujian, Southeast China. An experiential project based on 20 years of...

Footage of Wuhan, China, during the coronavirus quarantine.

The Tea Explorer documentary follows the journey of tea enthusiast Jeff Fuchs along the Tea Horse Road, a 1300-year-old trade route in the Himalayas....

David Austin, a Scottish scholar of the Orient, befriends Awang Dunzhu on the bustling streets of Kathmandu, not knowing that the two will soon both...

Filmmaker and new media artist Tong Xie’s debut short probes the unease, confusion, and obsession experienced by the body as it crosses the...

To really understand China, you have to get to know its people! Winston "SerpentZA" Sterzel travels across China’s first tier cities –...

A film about fireworks, the people who make them and the cultures behind them across the globe.

From miners scrabbling for raw metals…to factory workers facing inhumane conditions…to scavengers who subsist on illegally discarded...

A young huntress with a hidden secret learns to accept her true self, while helping to defend her new animal companion. If they are not careful, the...

For five grueling years, Li Ning documents his struggle to achieve success as an avant-garde artist while contending with the pressures of modern...

Undercover in Tibet reveals the regime of terror which dominates daily life and makes freedom of expression an impossibility. Tash meets victims of...

Lao Zha’s film examines rural life in Haiyuan County, in Ningxia Province. Unlike the rapidly globalizing urban centres, here life remains...

China's sky-rocketing growth and shortage of sufficient resources is forcing China to set its sights outside its borders in a frantic search for oil,...