Someone to Talk To

An adaptation of Liu Zhenyun’s award-winning novel One Sentence Worth Ten Thousand, produced by Bill Kong. The novel, which won the Mao Dun Literature Prize after it was published in 2008, revolves around a divorced woman and her married younger brother and deals with loneliness and alienation in contemporary Chinese society. The film marks the feature debut of award-winning short filmmaker Liu Yulin, who is adapting her father’s work. A New York University film graduate, Liu’s short film Door God (2014) won a silver medal at the 41st Stud...

Earth Rescue Day

Mankind is forced to live underground after a giant alien descends upon our planet. After spending years below, a team of braves a finally ready to head back to the top and fight for their planet, with a secret weapon that has been years in the making.

Remembrance

Jia Zhangke’s short for Modern Weekly’s special tenth anniversary issue.