Chinese Portrait (2018)

Summary: Factory and construction workers, farmers, commuters, miners, students. The director captures the state of his nation, by static filming one or more people in more or less motionless poses. No narrative, just portraits.

Release Date: December 13, 2019

Genre: Documentary

Director: Xiaoshuai Wang

Runtime: 1 h 19 min

Production: Asian Shadows, Chinese Shadows, Dongchun Films, Front Films

Distributor: Asian Shadows, The Cinema Guild

Country: China

Language: Chinese

Domestic: $ 4,140

The World (2004)

Summary: An exploration on the impact of urbanization and globalization on a traditional culture.

Release Date: April 15, 2005

Genre: Drama

Director: Zhangke Jia

Writer: Zhangke Jia

Runtime: 2 h 23 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Office Kitano, Lumen Films, X Stream Pictures, Bandai Visual Company, Bitters End, Dentsu, Shanghai Film Group, TV Asahi, Tokyo FM Broadcasting Co., Xinghui Production, Hong Kong

Distributor: Celluloid Dreams, Zeitgeist Films, The Criterion Channel

Countries: China, Japan, France

Language: Chinese

Domestic: $ 64,123

International: $ 182,433

The Red Violin (1998)

Summary: A red-colored violin inspires passion, making its way through three centuries over several owners and countries, eventually ending up at an auction where it may find a new owner.

Release Date: June 11, 1999

Genres: Drama, Music, Mystery

Director: François Girard