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Odyssey: a Chinese cinema season 2022

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2026 Programme

Opening Film
Hard Love
1h 37m • Documentary • 2021

Neo Horizon: The Audience Award
Mr. Zhao’s Second-hand Bookstore
8m • Documentary • 2020
Then She Went On Stage
17m • Drama • 2021
Summer Swing
21m • Drama • 2020
Mother Tongue
10m • Drama • 2019
Sarira
28m • Drama • 2021
Herstory
21m • Experimental • 2021

An Exploration
Day is Done
24m • Drama • 2021
200 Cigarettes From Now
45m • Drama, Comedy • 2020
Mountain
20m • Drama • 2021
Christmas
19m • Drama • 2021
Please Do Not Tell Her
6m • Drama • 2021
Kid
6m • Animation • 2021
An Excessive Day
26m • Drama • 2021
Marriage on the Border
36m • Drama • 2021
The First Grade
30m • Documentary • 2021
Double Helix
26m • Science Fiction • 2021
Paper Airplane
20m • Drama • 2021
The Cuckoos
26m • Drama • 2021
Handscape
19m • Drama • 2020
The Speech
25m • Drama • 2020
Twilight Zone
39m • Documentary • 2020
Red Bean
10m • Sci-Fi • 2020
The Thorn Birds
9m • Animation • 2020
In the Dusk
18m • Drama • 2020
Together Apart
52m • Drama • 2019
Mr. Strange
15m • Fantasy • 2020
Bathhouse Drummer
17m • Drama • 2019
Modern Babel
11m • Animation • 2019
The Secret
20m • Drama • 2019
Spring Fever
7m • Animation • 2018
New Year's Eve
22m • Drama • 2018
A Gentle Night
15m • Drama • 2017
Birth Permit
17m • Drama • 2017
Hair Tie, Egg, Homework Books
15m • Drama • 2021
All the Crows in the World
14m • Drama, Dark Comedy • 2021

The Galaxy: Artists' Moving Image
56-75 Decibel
4m • Experimental • 2021
Awake
3m • Experimental • 2020
War Story
6m • Experimental • 2020
The Honor Among Thieves
50m • Experimental • 2019
Catching Light
4m • Animation • 2016

The Emerging Waves
Lan Yu 4K
1h 26m • Drama, Love • 2001
River of Salvation
1h 44m • Love; Drama; Family; Crime • 2020
Being Mortal
1h 37m • Drama • 2020
The Ark
1h 36m • Documentary • 2020
Black Tide Coast
1h 39m • Drama • 2020
The Fourth Wall
1h 36m • Drama • 2019

Shanghai Animation Film Studio Retro
The Monkey King 4K
1h 54m • Animation, Action • 1961
Prince Nezha's Triumph Against Dragon King
1h 45m • Animation, Action • 1979
Black Cat Detective
1h 16m • Animation • 2010
Lotus Lantern
1h 22m • Animation • 1999
Feelings of Mountains and Waters
17m • Animation, Drama • 1988
The Cowboy’s Flute
17m • Animation, Short • 1963
Baby Tadpoles Look for Their Mother
12m • Animation, Short • 1959
The Story of Mr. Nanguo
18m • Animation • 1981
Golden Conch
26m • Animation • 1963
Fishing Child
30m • Animation, Short • 1959
Snow Kid
20m • Animation, Short • 1980

Women Through the Lens
Wind
1h 37m • Drama • 2020
Love Conquers All
1h 30m • Drama, Romance • 2006
Spring Tide
2h 8m • Drama • 2019
Chang E
1h 22m • Feature • 2021
One Summer
1h 33m • Drama • 2015
Only You Alone
1h 30m • Drama • 2020
A Girl From Hunan
1h 50m • Drama • 1984

Surprise Film
The Legend of Sealed Book 4K
1h 40m • Animation • 1983

Chinese Regional Cinema
Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains
2h 34m • Drama • 2019
Wisdom Tooth
1h 44m • Drama • 2019
Drifted in Life
1h 18m • Drama • 2021
Great Happiness
2h 39m • Drama • 2020

Discussion Panels 2022
Panel 1丨 TwinFlame: the reception of British cinema among a Chinese audience
Panel 2丨Virtual Production & potential impact on film co-production
Panel 3丨 Women’s practice in the contemporary Chinese film industry: female film programmers on the rise
Panel 4丨Potentials and Obstacles for British cinema showcase in China
Panel 5丨Chinese regional cinemas
Panel 6丨Global sustainability as a storytelling strategy for non-Hollywood films
Panel 7丨Future development of Chinese animation industry and international collaboration
Panel 8丨An investigation into current press coverages of Chinese-language films in the UK
Panel 9丨New business ideas and model for UK-China film collaboration
Panel 10丨New distribution strategies for Chinese films in the UK