China Movies

Shot by Methodist missionaries, this is an incredibly charming record of small-town life in an unidentified location in China. We see a bustling...

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

In the 1990s HIV/AIDS came to Wenlou through a blood purchasing program. To supplement their income many poor villagers sold their blood and 60% of...

A report on the detention of Uyghurs in Xinjiang, China.

The documentary project follows the young students of a small daoist kung fu school in Wudang, China. The documentary focuses on their daily life and...

Despite being pregnant, A female commissar continues to resist the Japanese invasion and forward the communist cause.

Set in the 1950s, the PLA exterminates residual bandits in the Yunwushan Mountain.

Tibetan writer Tsering Woeser's efforts to document and present the reality of Tibet were considered a "political problem" by the Chinese Party-state...

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

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

This documentary reviews and summarises the development of homosexuality as an issue in the past three decades in China. We interviewed thirty...

This documentary takes an economic perspective, painting a candid picture of how the Dutch chain store HEMA has had to adapt to modern times and...

Imagine buying the works of true masters, like Renoir, Da Vinci, Van Gogh, Rembrant, Matisse and Raphael for just thirty US dollars! Welcome to the...

A Swedish singer trades Europe for China. Like a blonde nephew of Bryan Ferry, he enters the burgeoning music scene in Shanghai, where electronic...

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....

In a small city in the north, the time of midsummer is very short. Two boys get to know each other by chance and agree to meet by a lake. But one of...

Women in China is a timely two-part documentary on the conditions of women in today's economically -oriented Chinese society. By visiting four...