Huang Jue

A phony novelist, ex-gambler and failed impresario return to their home village to participate in a spring festival and take a second shot at success.

A noir-tinged story about a solitary man haunted by loss and regret. From director Bi Gan, the film was China's biggest arthouse hit of all time.

A relentlessly bullied teen gets dragged into the middle of a murder investigation with a small-time criminal that will change their lives forever.

Buried by treacherous conditions at the top of Mt. Baekdu, a policeman must brave the extreme weather until he's relieved from his post. When a group of thieves stumbles into the station in search of safe shelter, both sides must fight for survival in this stylish action-packed thriller.

In 1930s China, unrest rules the nation. Chen, the last Wing Chun master, arrives in Tianjin to expand his kung fu - but his ambition gets him entangled in a power struggle between Tianjin's martial arts Grandmaster, a dominant underworld Madam, and the town's military leaders.

After winning the Berlinale Golden Bear with Black Coal, Thin Ice, Diao Yinan returns with a hyper-stylised noir set in modern China’s underbelly. Twisting the conventions of the genre, this impressively crafted choreography of violence, moral decay and neon colours is striking, intoxicating cinema.