Pirated Copy

Pirated Copy

Set against the backdrop of the contemporary black market for pirated DVDs in Beijing, Pirated Copy is a character-driven drama about the passion...

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My Fair Son

My Fair Son

When young art student Ray moves in with his estranged businessman father after years of separation, the two tentatively begin to reconcile their...

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Night Scene

Night Scene

A candid peek into the culture of male sex workers in Beijing.

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Enter the Clowns

Enter the Clowns

Xiao Bo lives in a world where the lines defining men from women are constantly dissolving. He kneels at the deathbed of his father who has become...

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Feeding Boys, Ayaya

Feeding Boys, Ayaya

A Christian virgin tries to save gay male prostitutes when his brother becomes one.

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Er Dong

Er Dong

After her adopted son, Er Dong (Li Jun Bai), joins a gang, a single mother in rural China sends him to a Christian school, hoping he'll shape up...

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Men and Women

Men and Women

Xiao Bo arrives in Beijing, gets a job at a boutique, and is invited to stay with his lady boss, Ah Qing, and her husband, Kang. Knowing that Xiao...

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The Old Testament

The Old Testament

This three-part film explores homosexuality in communist China.

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Empty Town

Empty Town

We are the … of Communism

We are the … of Communism

The Yuanhai Migrants Children’s School, which serves children of migrant laborers in Beijing, is shut down by city officials for reasons never made...

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Meat and Three Veg

Meat and Three Veg

A documentary pastiche about living in contemporary China, constituted by images of immigrant workers’ on-street KTV singing; open-air community...

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Withered in a Blooming Season

Withered in a Blooming Season

Brotherly love goes too far when Feng gets his twin sister pregnant while both of them are still in high school, creating a problem that's bigger...

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Queer China, 'Comrade' China

Queer China, 'Comrade' China

This documentary reviews and summarises the development of homosexuality as an issue in the past three decades in China. We interviewed thirty...

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Star Appeal

Star Appeal

Chinese filmmaker Cui Zi’en directs this gay-themed sci-fi drama about Xiao Bo, a bisexual man who discovers a stranger by the roadside, naked and...

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Only Child, Upward, Downward, Forward, Backward, Rightward and Leftward

Only Child, Upward, Downward, Forward, Backward, Rightward and Leftward

A philosophical essay written in visuals. The pioneer in Chinese queer cinema, Cui Zi’en, talks about carnal instinct from a philosophical point of...

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The Narrow Path

The Narrow Path

A young man wandering naked along a seemingly endless country road claims that he's an alien. So do the three other young men (also naked) who join...

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Mass

Mass

A film about queer and religion

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Keep Cool and Don't Blush

Keep Cool and Don't Blush

Early film by Cui Zi’en.

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