Current Season:

Chinese Cinema Project

Sat 19 Nov — Fri 01 Nov 2024
Chinese Cinema Project is an exhibition initiative presented by Plus One Films, supported by The Garden Cinema. It aims to showcase works from emerging and under-represented Chinese filmmakers via regular screenings. New and classic, feature and shorts – we only show good films.

Past Screenings

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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