City of Life and Death

In 1937, during the height of the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Imperial Japanese Army has just captured Nanjing, then-capital of the Republic of China. What followed was known as the Nanking Massacre, or the Rape of Nanking, a six week period wherein tens of thousands of Chinese soldiers and civilians were killed.

The Refugee

A Chinese medical student named Gan Shosho finds himself cut off from his homeland as he is studying in Japan during the outbreak of the war. Despite his difficult circumstances, he finds love in the form of Sachiko and the two marry. They later travel to Nanjing to live a new life together where Sachiko and Shaochang cooperate with the Japanese-backed government. Their ultimate hope is to secure peace but their idealism is not enough to keep them together through brutal times and with the end of the war the two find themselves facing a divorce... --Osaka Asian Film Festival

Echoes of Encounter

2040 Nanjing is full of green and has become the "big eyes of animals" heaven. Ban Xia insists on using radio stations to contact the world every day. In 2019, high school student Bai Yang became a radio enthusiast under his father's influence. When he made independent communication for the first time, he accidentally receives a signal from Ban Xia in 2040. The two embark on a communication journey across time and space.

I Belonged to You

A romantic tale revolving around two radio disc jockeys and the world they inhabit. They find the audience they reach reflects their love and heartbreak, forcing them to deal with issues larger than just their own lives.

SoulMate

The films spans two decades as the story unfolds in a series of flashbacks that begin when Qiyue and Ansheng were just thirteen. The two became inseparable until they met a boy who ended up tearing their lives apart.

So Young

Although new friendships and new love await her, a college freshman discovers that university life is not as simple as she had hoped.

Blind Massage

The employees of a massage parlour share a close bond with each other as they all share a trait in common, they are all visually impaired.

Dead to Rights

A group of civilians hiding in the Lucky Photo Studio to escape the Nanjing Massacre are forced to assist a Japanese military photographer in developing film to survive each day. By chance, they develop evidence exposing the Japanese army's massacre. Initially focused only on surviving the horrors, they ultimately decide to preserve these damning negatives as proof of the unfolding atrocities.

环城七十里

Romance on Lushan Mountain 2010

The classic film "Romance on Lushan Mountain" was a big hit in China in 1980. Thirty years later, leading actress Zhang Yu is delivering a sequel to fans, but this time as the director. Now let's take a closer look at Friday's premiere in Nanjing. It's just a peck on the cheek to filmgoers today, but that was the first kiss featured in a movie made after the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949. Not only did it break a taboo on big screen intimacy, but it also made then-23-year-old actress Zhang Yu an idol throughout the country. Now, 30 years later, Zhang is back as the director presenting a sequel to the classic romance. She says the new film is out to explore the meaning of real love. Attaching 2010 to the original name, the new "Romance on Lushan Mountain" appeals to today's audiences. The film will be released across China on October 5th.

These Women don't know regret

Five sisters whose life conditions deteriorated after the death of the father and the mother was sentenced to death after her involvement in a murder in defense of her honor. Each of them grew up with painful memories that gave rise to feelings of hatred and hatred for this world in them, and hostility to all men was rooted in their souls and made them desire revenge and control.

A woman in a snake cleft

The events take place in a social context around “Khalil,” one of the symbols of the business community who has power and influence. Suddenly, his life turns upside down after a man appears who reveals a secret that threatens Khalil’s entire empire and shakes his throne. This secret concerns the maid, "Buthaina".

Fetish & Dreams

The film is about a Swiss filmmaker (S.) who is working on a documentary film on the theme of loneliness in New York. It mixes documentary and fiction in an entertaining way, showing all the flourishing industry that is aimed at lonely people, the numerous organizations that offer their services for singles and those seeking partners. S. explores it all with journalist thoroughness. Initially distanced, but as time goes by he finds himself more and more involved personally. He cannot get a woman, he saw on the flight to New York, out of his mind. All that he knows is her name, Michéle, and that she studies music in Boston. His telephone quest does not bring anything and he decides to go to Boston. There he visits all the music schools and puts up posters in the streets. Finally Michéle gets in touch. S. falls in love. The film story meets finally his personal situation. Distance is no longer possible.

Aventura no Cinema

Shot with remnants of film negatives from various Brazilian productions, the film tells the story of a girl who, upon entering an old cinema in the center of Rio de Janeiro, finds herself trapped in a complex labyrinth of mirrors, visions, and spirits.

The Back of Your Eyelids

After a recent breakup, social media obsessed Maria faces her deepest fear - spending the night alone. What will she do to pass the time? Not even she knows. Through facing her ex-boyfriend, celebrating her birthday alone, and a chance encounter with a delivery driver, she learns a lesson in what it means to choose yourself.

Gema

Senses

After a horrific encounter with a stranger, two friends, one blind and other deaf, use their senses to defend themselves from a robbery gone.

Pirotecnia

Juana is a young waitress who is working alone in the new year. When midnight approaches, a very strange diner arrives at the bar.