Lü Yulai – MRQE

You-zhong

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Beijing is happening these days, but not everyone is living the golden life. Dumped, fired, evicted and abandoned by everyone (including his dog), a down-on-his-luck man finds solace with a circle of equally ill-fated friends, in this touching and lighthearted drama from independent Chinese auteur Zhang Yuan (Beijing Bastards). (TIFF.)

Ping Yuan Shang De Mo Xi

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A series of murders strikes the city of Fentun. The crimes mysteriously stop without the authorities having been able to find the perpetrator. Eight years later, a young police officer, close to one of the victims, decides to reopen the investigation.

Kong que

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Brings viewers into a small Chinese city and inspires familiarity with the rhythms of everyday existence, with people’s dreams, shortcomings and illusions in a way that is universal.

Trap Street

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Qiuming is a trainee at a digital mapping company. His job is to survey the streets of the ever-changing city and keep the mapping system up to date. Typical of his generation, Qiuming is upbeat, energetic, and totally immersed in the world of Internet and video games. To make ends meet, he installs video cameras at public venues, but hides his side job from his strict father who is a senior editor of a government-run magazine. One day while out surveying, Qiuming has a brief encounter with an attractive woman who disappears into a secluded alley. He soon learns that the data he collected of this alley cannot register in his company’s mapping system. He goes back to the area for a second survey…

Dong fung po

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The story of two women, two generations apart, who coincidentally return to Hong Kong from San Francisco where they had their first, fleeting encounter on the streets as strangers.

Soundless Wind Chime

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Ricky leaves Hong Kong for Switzerland to look for the lost soul and the past of his deceased Swiss lover, Pascal. Ricky struggles with the confusion of memories, reality and illusion.

Shanghai Trance

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Young Dutch director made an (almost) entirely Chinese film. In a city where everything is new, an outsider is in any case no more out of place than the locals. Cinematographic portrait of modern life in the mega-city of Shanghai is made up of three separate stories about dreams and loves of twentysomethings.

Hongse kanbaiyin

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A father and son meet after five years of the father’s absence and they go on a trip to rebuild their relationship.

Niu lang zhi nu

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Daiping hates Haili. Haili came out of nowhere into her apartment, her life, and her romising relationship with Chen Jin and she bullies Daiping mercilessly. Then one day, Chen Jin disappears, leaving Daiping pregnant again. Haili has also experienced many difficulties in her life, and might be the right person to help Daping in these troubled times. Although her mocking attitude doesn’t change, there’s still a chance for a bond to form between these two women’s hearts.