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Mr. No Problem

「不成问题的问题」

Director: MEI Feng
144 min / CHINA

Best Artistic Contribution, the 29th Tokyo International Film Festival

Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Leading Actor, the 53rd Golden Horse Film Awards

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Shot in stylish black-and-white, this three-act fable, set in wartime Chongqing, focuses on the indifferent rich, the head clerk on a farm, and some young intruders.

Mr. No Problem is directed noted screenwriter MEI Feng, based on a 1943 short story written by Lao She. Mei Feng has built a long-term collaboration with director Lou Ye. Their film Spring Fever won the award for Best Screenplay at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.

The Summer is Gone

「八月」

Director: ZHANG Dalei
104 min / CHINA

Best Feature Film, Best New Performer, the 53rd Golden Horse Film Awards

Selected to New Director/New Film 2017

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In Inner Mongolia in the early 1990s, 12-year-old Xiaolei is enjoying his summer vacation with his father, who works at a film studio. But life is rapidly changing, as stable jobs at state-owned companies are abolished. Hohhot-born director Zhang Dalei created a portrait of his country’s past in beautiful monochrome. The film presents a boy’s detached view of the world. 

Blind Date, Clear Night

「速求共眠」

Director: LU Yue
87 min / CHINA

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Gold Leopard winner Lü Lue has just finished his latest film, presenting a twisted story between a female PhD student and a 40-year-old construction worker.

Lü Lue is known as the cinematographer of Zhang Yimou’s films, with Shanghai Triad (1995) nominated for a Best Cinematography Oscar. Also as a director himself, Lü’s Mr. Zhao (1998) won Golden Leopard. Blind Date, Clear Night is written by Yan Lianke, a well-acclaimed, Booker-prize nominated author.