Current Season:

Chinese Cinema Project

Sat 19 Nov — Fri 01 Nov 2024
The Chinese Cinema Project is an exhibition initiative presented by The Garden Cinema. It showcases works from emerging and under-represented Chinese filmmakers via regular screenings, exploring auteurship and cinematic beauty in its various forms – new and classic, features and shorts.

Upcoming Screenings

Dancing with Water: Jet Lag 18

This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Dancing with Water curator, Kiki Tianqi Yu (QMUL). During a trip from… Read More
Zheng Lu Xinyuan, Austria, Switzerland, 2022, 111m.

Sun 31 Mar

15:00

Rouge 15

The screening is to pay tribute to the iconic Hong Kong actor and singer Leslie Cheung who passed away tragically on… Read More
Stanley Kwan, Hong Kong, China , 1987, 96m.

Mon 1 Apr

20:00

Tue 2 Apr

20:15

Dancing with Water: Barbarian Invasion 18

*This screening will be followed by a remote Q&A with the leading actor Pete Teo. Divorced and exhausted, retired actress Moon… Read More
Tan Chui Mui, Hong Kong, Malaysia, 2021, 106m.

Sat 6 Apr

14:00

The Cloud in Her Room 18

Presented by The Garden Cinema’s Chinese Cinema Project. This screening is followed by a remote Q&A with director Zheng Lu Xinyuan.… Read More
Zheng Lu Xinyuan, China, Hong Kong, 2020, 101m.

Sun 14 Apr

11:30

Dancing with Water: Green Night 18

*This screening will be followed by an online Q&A with the director Han Shuai. Trapped in a life of oppression under… Read More
HAN Shuai, Hong Kong, 2023, 92m.

Fri 26 Apr

13:30

Past Screenings

Dancing with Water: Stonewalling 18

*This screening will be followed by a Q&A with the director, who will be in London. When Lynn discovers that she… Read More
HUANG Ji and Ryuji Otsuka, China, 2022, 148m.
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Dancing with Water: Virgin Blue 18

*This screening will be followed by a remote Q&A with the director Niu Xiaoyu. Virgin Blue tells the story of a college… Read More
NIU Xiaoyu , China, 2021, 100m.
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Suzhou River 12A

Presented by The Garden Cinema’s Chinese Cinema Project. The third feature from Lou Ye, a leading figure of China’s Sixth Generation… Read More
Lou Ye, China, Germany, 2000, 83m.
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In the Mood for Love (Immersive Screening) PG

The Garden Cinema's Chinese Cinema Project presents a dress-up screening of In the Mood for Love. In Hong Kong, 1962, Chow… Read More
Wong Kar-Wai, Hong Kong, 2000, 98m.
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Ripples of Life 18

The screening on Saturday 23 September 2023 will be followed up with an after-screening online Q&A with the writer director Wei Shujun, moderated by… Read More
Wei Shujun , China, 2021, 123m.
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An Elephant Sitting Still 12A

The Chinese Cinema Project presents Hu Bo's stunning An Elephant Sitting Still. In the northern Chinese city of Manzhouli, they say there… Read More
Hu Bo, China, 2018, 234m.
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Chinese Cinema Project presents: Shorts Programme 3 + Intro 18

Following the screening of Hu Bo’s final film, An Elephant Sitting Still, as part of Chinese Cinema Project, Shorts Programme 3… Read More
Hu Bo, China, Various, 121m.
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Tharlo PG

This screening is to pay tribute to the Tibetan filmmaker Pema Tseden who sadly passed away on 8 May 2023, and… Read More
Pema Tseden, China, 2015, 123m.
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Journey to the West 18

Tang Zhijun, a down and out middle-aged man, is the editor-in-chief of a science fiction magazine. A question that has puzzled… Read More
Kong Dashan, China, 2021, 117m.
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So Long, My Son 12A

On Sunday 18 June, screenwriter Ah Mei will be in conversation with Tony Rayns following the screening. A joint presentation from… Read More
Wang Xiaoshuai, China, 2019, 185m.
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Balloon 12A

This screening is to pay tribute to the Tibetan filmmaker Pema Tseden who sadly passed away on 8 May 2023, and… Read More
Pema Tseden, China, 2019, 102m.
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Chinese Cinema Project presents: Shorts Programme 2 + Q&A 18

Following the screenings of Kong Dashan’s acclaimed feature debut Journey to the West in the UK as part of Chinese Cinema Project,… Read More
Kong Dashan, China, 2011-2017, 140m.
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Chinese Cinema Project presents: Shorts Programme 1 18

The screening on Sunday 16 April will be followed by an online panel discussion with filmmakers LUO Runxiao, HU Qiao and… Read More
Various, China, 2022, 140m.
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A New Old Play 18

One evening in the 1980s, Qiu Fu (Yi Sicheng), a leading clown-role actor in 20th-century Sichuan opera, is killed in an… Read More
Qiu Jiongjiong , Hong Kong/France, 2021, 179m.
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