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Shooting the Heartland
A young director’s new film explores the complexity of human nature in rural China through unusual non-linear narratives
Patriot Gains
The success of China’s latest war movie, Operation Red Sea, is part of a new chapter in Chinese patriotic cinema, and reveals how China’s various military branches finance films
Struggle to be seen
Award-winning director of the ‘Blind’ trilogy Li Yang describes the painstaking process of getting a challenging film into theatres
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Lives Less Ordinary
Extreme Road, a documentary series telling 21 life stories of ordinary Tibetans, inspires viewers with Tibetans’ insight and wisdom concerning happiness, faith and meaning
Dancing in the Underworld
Lu Min, one of China’s most celebrated writers, talks with NewsChina about her latest novel, the art of writing and her keen observations of the dark side of human nature
A Tribute to Youth
Youth, a new art film from acclaimed director Feng Xiaogang that explores the tempestuous fate of dancers in a People’s Liberation Army art troupe during the Cultural Revolution, has rekindled nostalgia for the 1970s