Zeru Tao

The story of a beautiful, single woman who runs a restaurant in inland China, delving into her battle to understand the rapid changes affecting society around her. (imdb)

Set in a small Chinese village, where an illicit trade in human blood has resulted in the spread of HIV, De Yi and Qin Qin are two fellow AIDS sufferers who unexpectedly fall in love with each other and risk everything to pursue a last chance at happiness ...

Lu Chuan (City of Life and Death) returns to the Festival with this breathtaking historical epic about the fall of the Qin Dynasty in the second century B.C. (tiff.net)

The film tells of Dr. Robert Payne's adventures in Shanghai 50 years ago. Payne falls in love with beautiful Qiuqiu, the consort of revolutionary hero Jin, who is a communist leader in the Shanghai underground However, he suffers from seizures caused by old head wounds and becomes Payne's patient. Hao Ming is the brutal chief of the Guomintang secret police. In his hunt for Jin, he discovers that Qiuqiu is his long lost daughter. At a lavish father-daughter reunion, Qiuqiu gets her revenge... (imdb)

Before the Beijing Asian Games in 1990, a group of elementary school kids compete for the chance to participate in a martial arts performance for the opening ceremony. In this coming-of-age story, kind-hearted An Jianjun pursues his dreams through sweat and tears, friendship and betrayal. The comedy depicts Beijing locals in precise, humorous, and loving detail. (imdb)

In 1949, a small Chinese fishing village populated almost entirely by women awaits the establishment of a government by the newly victorious communist regime. In addition to other worries, the villagers wonder how the government will react to their traditional customs, which decree that wives may only see their husbands three times a year, and the circumstances under which they are permitted to become pregnant are very limited. In addition, those who are caught violating these rules are drowned. (Wu Tang Collection)