Jia Zhangke Movies

Observations of three varied corners of China’s garment industry: workers in a large-scale production line factory; a designer who rallies...

In the context of China's urbanization, a young man faces existential difficulties and decides to rewrite his life.

Jia Zhangke’s short for Modern Weekly’s special tenth anniversary issue.

The 43rd edition screens Neighbors, with five segments about the theme “neighbors”: not only about physical proximity, but also about...

Meet Wang Yuelun, a young and ambitious Chinese who dreams of becoming a film director. Filmmaker Elisabeth O. Sjaastad follows an eventful year in...

Shows a market where puppies are bought and sold. Several puppies are placed in a cloth bag, and they struggle to break free. One bites through the...

Xiao Shan, a temporary worker at the Hongyuan Restaurant, has just been fired by his boss Zhao Guoqing. Deciding to leave Beijing and returns to his...

In A Song for You – a road movie and a music industry insider comedy, with lots of songs – young Ngawang leaves behind a nomadic...

The closure of an unprofitable state-run coal mine in Shanxi, China forces three middle-aged men who worked there to search for employment elsewhere.

Explores the turbulence amongst scholars, bandits and local officials following the abolition of the imperial examination system at the end of the...

The film uses a documentary approach to tell the stories of 12 Chinese pioneers, chosen from the fields of business and the arts. The protagonists...

Short-movie from Stories on Human Rights, 2008.

In Close-Up, Jia explores the counterpart to the wide shot. Four elevated surveillance cameras scan a busy traffic intersection, capturing the steady...

Fang comes back to her parents’ home in Nanjing, to spend some time with them. During her stay, her elder brother’s family comes for a...

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...

From the music of Filipino composer Teresa Barrozo, Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke crafts a story that conveys the architectonics of modernization and...

Han Jie’s feature debut draws on his own experiences growing up in a desolate mining district in northern China’s Shanxi province. A...

Three years ago, a Weibo posted by Pan Shiyi brought PM2.5 into the public eye.In the past three years, he has never stopped paying attention to air...

a documentary series created by Jia Zhangke, with 10 short films about 10 leading figures in various industries in China, exploring the stories of...