Documentary Films

Against an old rule of Cantonese opera, Tan Yinglun and Wang Houwei try to break through by playing the "Dan", an iconi…

In China they called "comfort women" to girls and women that the Japanese empire forced into sexual labor during the oc…

In search of success and happiness, a Chinese man and a young Taiwanese woman cross to the other side, from Mainland Ch…

Premiered at the Venice Film Festival, this documentary shows the reality - not seen in the state media - of the Sichua…

Shot mostly on cell phones, this documentary chronicles the ban on the Beijing Independent Film Festival by the Chinese…

Precise, unpredictable, alive. This documentary follows a group of men trying to make their way down the roads of south…

A Chinese filmmaker isolates thirteen actors in a weapons factory where they must live as in times of the Cultural Revo…

This is a portrait of a young Chinese man filmed over the course of several years, from his fervent patriotism in his s…

This documentary reflects on outdoor film screening in today’s China. Several people of various origins and ages give t…

This documentary follows Dragon, who makes a living smuggling people fleeing North Korea through the border with China.…

Reminiscing about the days of the repressive cultural revolution, the Chinese artist Mu Xin tells us in this documentar…

This short film takes us to the mountainous south of China to draw a subtle portrait of a 10-year-old girl. Her dream: …