Renowned documentary director Gu Tao recounts his journey into indie filmmaking and his years living with Ewenki herders in northern China
A handful of independent short films promote empathy and compassion toward war victims in Ukraine
Documentary-makers have been turning out works of high artistic and social value since the 1990s. But is their golden age over?
A new film by Guangxi-born director Yang Xiao bends an ear to the region’s dying tradition of ethnic folk ballads
Gong Li’s yarn of empowered female espionage in war-torn Shanghai aimed big at the Chinese box office, but confuses complexity for entertainment
A director explores the exploitative nature of documentary filmmaking in his latest work about childhood trauma
Director Khashem Gyal on film as a religion and how real culture is “inner” culture
Too many of the Chinese diaspora’s leading female artists and performers have been forgotten. Director Luka Yuanyuan Yang wants to reclaim their tran…
Director Yang Lina breaks new cinematic ground with portrayal of mother-daughter relationship based in hate
Diao Yinan’s stylized film noir tackles violence, crime, and the marginalized
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