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Named after the extraordinary masterpiece created by multidisciplinary artist Wallace Chan, Stilled Life is a 10-minute immersive movie experience (vfx programming, visuals and music created by Javier ideami), that explores the significance of the Cicada, which has been celebrated in China since ancient times, as a symbol of harvest, purity, nobility and rebirth. The immersive video artwork experience combines advanced digital particle systems and programming with visual effects and audiovisual production and postproduction processes to produce a dynamic journey in 10 stages: The dream, Underground, Facing nature, Noise and stilled life, The long road, Messengers of god, Life and death, Transfiguration, Meditation and Jade Cicada.

Bean is a contestant on Blind Date, hosted by Cilla Black, where he does his best to upstage his fellow suitors Rob (Paul Opacic) and Roddy (Alan Cumming) and cheat his way through the show in order to get a date with the beautiful Tracy (Barbara Durkin). He succeeds and in a sketch broadcast later in the telethon we see their date which plays out in true Bean style which, while enjoyable for him, proves less enjoyable for Tracy and fatal for some members of the hotel staff. Mr. Bean and Tracy each tell Cilla how they think the date went. He thinks it went splendidly and he even sold his mini to buy a ring to propose to her, but Tracy says the date was a disaster and she never wants to see him again. Mr. Bean is despondent until he decides to give the ring to Cilla.

Maria is a successful businesswoman living in Germany in a happy marriage. However, she has one big problem. She wants to be a mother more than anything, but every time she gets pregnant, she miscarries. When her doctor tells her after her latest miscarriage that she won't be able to get pregnant again, she opts for adoption, but her husband, upset over her condition, refuses the idea and temporary separates from her in order to rethink whether or not he wants to stay in the relationship with her now. She begins to lose her grip on reality when she starts hearing the voice of her unborn child, so she decides to get herself a baby even if she has to buy one. She hears a rumor that prostitutes sometimes sell their unwanted babies on the black market near the German-Czech border, so she meets Petit, a drug-addict who frequents the local prostitutes, and hires him to find her one who's willing to sell her baby for 10 grand. He sees this as a chance to save a child from the hell the prostitutes live in, but the Russian mafia, who runs the local prostitution ring, doesn't see it that way. Soon, Maria and everyone she's contacted there are in mortal danger.

Peter Falktoft and Esben Bjerre go to China to look at traditions and sights of the kingdom to see if it is actually going as well in China, as all the experts claim.

In a fictional universe comprising ten nations. Seeing the neighboring country become more and more powerful, a warlord organizes a competition to reveal the best warriors. Hearing the news, Dong Yilong, a valiant young villager decides to take up the challenge despite the doubts of his village. So begins the journey .

After his winning the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival for Still Life.town, Jia Zhangke visits his home town of Fenyang in Shanxi province. He meets old friends visits the sites of his earlier films and talks in depth about his roots and their affect on his work, HIs collaborators discuss his work and working methods and the challenges of independent firm making in China

CHINA: A CENTURY OF REVOLUTION is a six-hour tour de force journey through the country's most tumultuous period. First televised on PBS, this award-winning documentary series presents an astonishingly candid view of a once-secret nation with rare archival footage, insightful historical commentary and stunning eyewitness accounts from citizens who struggled through China's most decisive century. CHINA IN REVOLUTION charts the country's most violent era where decades of civil war and foreign invasions led to the bloody battle for power between Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-shek. THE MAO YEARS examines the turbulent era of Mao's attempts to forge a "new China" from the war-ravaged and poverty-stricken nation. Mao's death begins BORN UNDER THE RED FLAG, which follows the country's new leadership of Deng Xiaoping and its unlikely transformation into an extraordinary hybrid of communist-centralized politics with an ever-expanding free market economy. Monumental in scope, CHINA: A CENTURY OF REVOLUTION is critical viewing for anyone interested in this increasingly powerful and globally influential country.

This landmark documentary reveals the tragic life of a gifted young woman who was executed for speaking out during the height of Chairman Mao's rule. Lin Zhao, a top student from Peking University, was imprisoned for defending students and leaders persecuted during Mao Zedong's Anti-Rightist Movement in the late 1950s. A gifted writer, Lin composed endless articles and poems from her cell. Forbidden to use pens, she wrote with a hairpin dipped in her own blood. In 1968 she was executed, her tragic life lost to the margins of history. Four decades later, filmmaker Hu Jie brings Lin's story to light and uncovers the details of this forgotten woman's fight for civil rights. . Searching for Lin Zhao's Soul stands as a landmark in the Chinese independent documentary movement, an unprecedented work of investigation and recovery of modern China's suppressed memories. Director Hu Jie digs through artifacts and interviews first-hand witnesses to Lin's persecution, illuminating an era of political terror that sent millions to their deaths. The result is a lasting testament to a young woman's legacy of courage and conviction. In the words of Chinese writer Ran Yunfei: "Lin Zhao is the spiritual resource for all Chinese people and the legacy for the whole world."

Documentary of the life & filmmaking of Jia Zhang-Ke from the Brazilian Walter Salles. Reflections on transformation of Chinese society, towns, family, the cultural revolution and globalization ("americanization"). Insights of the actors and on the places of his movies.

Immigration, globalization, Chinese factories and African dreams...This documentary weaves stories of Africans chasing alluring, yet elusive, "Made in China" dreams into a compelling critique of 21st century global capitalism.

Set in early 1960s, the police prevents spies from destroying city infrastructures before the National Day.

The drama tells the story about a cool girl Jing Gu have "super-memory", but she is into a coma because an accident 3 years ago. She was accidentally awakened by detective Yixiu Tang. Then Yixiu Tang solved the 3 years ago mystery by investigate a series of case.

A traditional Chinese family faces a number of obstacles after their daughter is diagnosed with dyslexia.

Wei Hung-jen is a struggling actor who has always dreamed of superstardom. When old high school friends resolve to help him rediscover his old swagger, Hung-jen asks his crush - fiercely independent and ambitious screenwriter Hui-hsin - to enter into a "practice relationship", so he can learn how to date girls and she can gather material for her romance film script. Acting Out of Love is a movie for everyone, no matter if you're single, in a relationship, or unrequited in love.

Amidst battles and vengeance, an enthralling tale unfolds. Seeking retribution, a queen's temporal leap into another's form takes an unforeseen twist. As she navigates through an altered reality, intentions blur, alliances form, and a love story like no other blossoms. Embrace a captivating blend of fantasy and romance in this compelling cinematic journey.

In the late Yuan Dynasty, a mysterious group named Xiuluomu claimed that they had the Baji Black Box, the most valuable treasure in the martial arts world. They invited top martial artists to attend the martial arts assembly, but Xiuluomu secretly made a poison with which they turned the martial artists into half-human and half-beast creatures enslaving their minds. Zhang Sanfeng wanted to spoil their evil plot, but was attacked by the creatures. Luckily, he was saved by Taoist Qiu. But Bai Qingqing fell off a cliff trying to protect the Baji Black Box. While searching for Bai, Zhang Sanfeng got to know the secret of the Box. At this time, Xiuluomu secretly abducted Bai who have lost her memory and they demanded for Zhang Sanfeng to hand the Box over to them. Zhang Sanfeng was caught in a dilemma.