Beijing, 1902: an enterprising young portrait photographer named Liu Jinglun, keen on new technology, befriends a newly-arrived Englishman who's brought projector, camera, and Lumière-brothers' shorts to open the Shadow Magic theater. Liu's work with Wallace brings him conflict with tradition and his father's authority, complicated by his falling in love with Ling, daughter of Lord Tan, star of Beijing's traditional opera. Liu sees movies as his chance to become wealthy and worthy of Ling. When the Shadow Magic pair are invited to show the films to the Empress Dowager, things look good. But, is disaster in the script? And, can movies preserve tradition even as they bring change?
People in Hujiazhuang Village focus less and less on the Spring Festival. The lion dance boy Luo Chuan dreams of carrying forward lion dance culture and skills but often causes great turmoil wherever he goes. He's considered as a "dangerous element" by the villagers and the head Hu. The Monster Nian, comes to the human world by accident and takes away the lion head, the village's heirloom. While trying to get the lion head back, Luo Chuan gets to know Axi, the Immortal Mouse, that comes to the mortal world to catch the Monster Nian. They gradually realize Nian is not scary at all and can make friends with humans, but Hu makes a plot against Nian after being possessed by the Spirit-Devouring Demon. In the end, Luo Chuan and Axi, together with other villagers, defeat the Spirit-Devouring Demon and awakens Hu.
Ah Shui returns with her sister to a remote mountain village in Hunan (Western China) by car(an S.U.V.) and remembers episodes of her life that are related to a water project. Despite being a foggy and sometimes rainy area water is scarce and poverty is omnipresent.
Having been released after serving his sentence, a funeral director accidentally crosses paths with a girl which brings about an unexpected change in his attitude towards life.
With a unique perspective of the accompanying cameraman of Premier Zhou Enlai, the film tactfully tells the story that Premier Zhou went to the old revolutionary base area of Hebei Province at the beginning of the 1960s when our country suffered from the Great Chinese Feminine. He made in-depth research in Boyan commune of Handan District, work closely with the masses, followed up a clue and seized the culprit in four days and nights.
An accidental death of the suspect leads to the entire team of the Third Division being imprisoned. Six years later, team leader Cheng Bing is released but remains consumed by the case. Over the next eleven years, he lives a normal life while secretly tracking down the killer, determined to see justice served.
Have you ever felt incredibly alone in the world? Have you ever suspected that everything around you is unreal? Ah Zhi is a strange young man who spends his spare time searching for evidence that this world is a virtual world. He spends his spare time searching for proof that this world is a virtual one, until the appearance of a quirky girl named Xiao Yi, who makes him almost give up on the search for the truth. Through the fast-igniting love between Ah Zhi and Xiao Yi, life seems so romantic and real. But is Xiao Yi an NPC in a virtual game or the perfect lover in real life, and can they live happily ever after in this world? ......
Jiayi (Tong Liya), who grew up in an orphanage, has not been buried by life, but instead has a natural strength to not give up and has become a stubborn seed. She recognizes Curly Hair (Huang Minghao), who also grew up in the orphanage, as her younger brother, and the two support each other along the way. A chance encounter awakens in her a mother's love and a new desire for life. For the sake of her own nature and rights, she must bravely face everyone's doubts and difficulties, fight to the end, and go forward alone.
The film begins following the British victory of the first Opium War and the seizure of Hong Kong. Although the island is largely uninhabited and the terrain unfriendly, it has a large port that both the British government and various trading companies believe will be useful for the import of merchandise to be traded on mainland China, a highly lucrative market.
Following a fatal accident, a Chinese expatriate working for a mining company in Australia discovers that new technology developed by the company may be a health risk, and investigates a web of conspiracies in his search for the truth.
Continuing the story of Beijing Meets Seattle I from 2013, the new movie has the couple fall in love again.
Wang Jicai and his wife Shihua have been guarding the small Kashan island on the Chinese border for 32 years.
A street gangster, who has suffered from a lot of neglect, and a transfer student, who has been ostracized, become each other's only friends in a series of accidents.
Set during the turbulent Republic of China era, forensic pathologist Fang Tianyi ventures into the forests of Northeast China to uncover the truth behind a series of mysterious murders.
In 1900, a white woman was murdered in Chinatown in San Francisco, and the suspect was a Chinese man. The murder caused social shock, and people demanded the closure of Chinatown.
It is said that in the Northeast, people call spiritual animals immortals. During the turbulent times of the Republic of China, girls in Qingliu Village were frequently kidnapped and killed by gray immortals, and the entire Qingliu Village was invaded by evil spirits. Forensic doctor Fang Tianyi is proficient in the art of exorcising evil spirits and breaking the mystery. In order to find out the truth, he went deep into the old forest in Northeast China to uncover the dusty mystery.
Journalist Ye Pan is looking for the truth behind a puzzling double fall. During her investigation, she reports nurse Li Yue and mother You Xi as suspects, which triggers public outcry and the situation gradually gets out of control.
Investigators Lu Lingfeng and Su Wuming return to Chang’an under the pretense of escorting a royal tribute, but soon find themselves entangled in a series of baffling crimes and political conspiracies. As they uncover hidden truths behind each case, their pursuit of justice draws them into a dangerous struggle that could decide the fate of the empire.
On her way back from a family visit, young female intellectual Xing-Yu meets the equally young and rebellious Si-Mong and the two fall in love. When Xing-Yu's childhood friend and lover Yuan gets into a fight with Si-Mong, Xing-Yu tries to make peace between the two jealous rivals. Her attempts for truce further draw her into a forbidden and passionate relationship instead.