Feature
Past Event

Black Dog

A taciturn loner and a stray dog bond in this beautiful tale of cross-species kindred spirits set against widescreen images of the Gobi Desert.

Dir. Guan Hu / 2024 / 106 mins / China / Mandarin
Short
Past Event

Break No.1 & Break No.2

A thrillingly bold montage of still images and video work that pays tribute to memory and time.

Dir. Lei Lei / 2024 / 18 mins / China / Mandarin
Feature
Past Event

Brief History of a Family

This taut, visually inventive Chinese thriller has drawn comparisons to buzzy social-class parables Saltburn and Parasite.

Dir. Jianjie Lin / 2023 / 99 mins / France, Denmark, Qatar, China / Mandarin
Feature
Past Event

Caught by the Tides

Fresh from Cannes competition, Jia Zhang-ke’s latest portrait of Chinese society in flux is an epic drawn from over two decades of footage.

Dir. Jia Zhang-ke / 2024 / 111 mins / China / Mandarin
Feature
Past Event

Grand Tour

This Cannes Best Director–winning Asian odyssey spectacularly mashes up time and place, genre and form, to transport audiences somewhere sublime.

Dir. Miguel Gomes / 2024 / 128 mins / France, Japan, Italy, China, Portugal / Portuguese
Short
Past Event

Remains of the Hot Day

The Berlinale’s Silver Bear Jury Prize (Short Film) winner is a shrine to fading memories from the director’s own childhood.

Dir. Wenqian Zhang / 2024 / 24 mins / China / Mandarin, Wu Chinese
Feature
Past Event

She Sat There Like All Ordinary Ones

Receiving the Berlinale’s Generation 14plus Special Mention, this playful coming-of-age story follows the intertwined lives of two Chinese students.

Dir. Youjia Qu / 2024 / 107 mins / China / Mandarin
Feature
Past Event

Some Rain Must Fall

This Berlinale award-winning domestic noir is the arresting first feature from Melbourne-trained Short Film Palme d’Or winner Qiu Yang.

Dir. Qiu Yang / 2024 / 98 mins / USA, France, Singapore, China / Mandarin, Wu Chinese