1. The Way of the Shaman Drum (鼓韵关东)
During the Cultural Revolution in China in the late 20th century, ethnic Manchu people were persecuted and forced to give up such cultural traditions as the shaman dance . However, on Changbai Mountain in Northeast China, a farmer named Guan Yunde decided to start designing and building traditional Manchu shaman drums. At age 70, he is one of a minority of ethnic Manchu people in China's Jilin province, and one of the few people keeping the Manchu shamanic tradition alive.
It has an average vote of 9 on TMDB.
2. Verliebte Jungs (Verliebte Jungs)
(Verliebte Jungs)
It has an average vote of 4.3 on TMDB.
3. Mrs. B., a North Korean Woman (마담 B)
Portrait of Mrs. B., a tough charismatic North Korean woman who smuggles between North Korea, China and South Korea. With the money she gets, she plans to reunite with her two North Korean sons after years of separation.
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
4. A French Revolution (Un Peuple)
October 2018, France. Macron’s government decrees a tax increase on the price of fuel. A wave of protests starts to grow. Citizens mobilize throughout the country: this is the beginning of the Yellow Vests movement. In Chartres, a group of men and women gather daily. Among them, Agnès, Benoît, Nathalie and Allan commit themselves to the collective struggle. Like a whole nation, they discover that they have a voice to be heard...
It has an average vote of 7.4 on TMDB.
5. Dangerous Liaisons: A Feminist Manifesto? (Les Liaisons scandaleuses)
Well known for its exploration of seduction and revenge, the “Dangerous Liaisons” by Choderlos de Laclos caused a scandal from its first publication in 1782. Despite – or because of the scandal – the book was a top-seller. Since then, it stood the test of time. Combining eras, continents and people, the novel is adapted around the world. Marvelous tool for reflection on the female condition, social satire announcing the Revolution, remarkable work on the conflicting nature of love but also of the gender war, consecration of the power of the words, a libertine manual… “Dangerous Liaisons” is all of these at once.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
6. Swimming, Dancing
Swimming, Dancing examines audiovisual representations of the Yangtze , from silent film to video art to the contemporary vlog. Inspired by the city symphonies of the 1920s, Swimming, Dancing pieces together a “river symphony”, evoking the images, sounds and contradictions that make up the river’s turbulent history.
7. Maos China, Protokolle einer Revolution (Maos China, Protokolle einer Revolution)
Short film directed by Walter Knoop
8. Tartuffe ou l'Imposteur (Tartuffe ou l'Imposteur)
(Tartuffe ou l'Imposteur)
9. Faut-il avoir peur d'Amazon ? (Faut-il avoir peur d'Amazon ?)
(Faut-il avoir peur d'Amazon ?)
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
10. The Road (大路朝天)
A highway is waiting to go through a quiet village in Hunan, a province in central China where Mao was from. Due to the high cost of construction, construction companies and migrant workers who live on road work rush to here like the tide. In the following four years, they root in this strange place for interests, paying sweat and blood, even their lives. With their arrival, local village and peasants are forced to change their lives. Many hidden interest lines and hidden rules about road construction of the nation are unveiled, together with the shocking truth and emerging secrets.
It has an average vote of 8.5 on TMDB.
11. Madame Soleil, la femme qui était supposée savoir (Madame Soleil, la femme qui était supposée savoir)
(Madame Soleil, la femme qui était supposée savoir)
12. Under the Same Sky (Under the Same Sky)
The Chinese government is sponsoring a national campaign on "equal" education. UNDER THE SAME SKY documents school children in the city as well as the country to compare the two educational experiences. UNDER THE SAME SKY had been nominated for best short documentary at the 2017 Asian Pacific Film Festival, 2017 St. Louis International Film Festival, Long beach indie Film Festival and Los Angeles Chinese Film Festival. It's also been shown and won awards at 15 other film festivals around the world, including the Cannes Short Film Corner and The Impact Docs Awards.
13. The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (L'arrivée d'un train à La Ciotat)
Likely in June 1897, a group of people are standing along the platform of a railway station in La Ciotat, waiting for a train. One is seen coming, at some distance, and eventually stops at the platform. Doors of the railway-cars open and attendants help passengers off and on. Popular legend has it that, when this film was shown, the first-night audience fled the café in terror, fearing being run over by the "approaching" train. This legend has since been identified as promotional embellishment, though there is evidence to suggest that people were astounded at the capabilities of the Lumières' cinématographe.
It has an average vote of 7.106 on TMDB.
14. Le Parti du cinéma (Le Parti du cinéma)
(Le Parti du cinéma)
It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.
15. Rue Campagne-Première (Rue Campagne-Première)
Man Ray shoots from a window on 31 bis rue Campagne-Première, in the heart of Montparnasse, where he rented a ground-floor studio.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
16. La Garoupe (La Garoupe)
Home movie from Man Ray while on vacation with Pablo Picasso, Paul, Nusch and Cecile Eluard, Emily Davies, Valerie and Roland Penrose. The friends have fun with themselves and performing for the camera.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
17. Ady (Ady)
Very brief view of Man Ray and his friend Ady Fidelin while at a seaside resort
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
18. Chinese Portrait (我的镜头)
Shot over the course of ten years on both film and video, the film consists of a series of carefully composed tableaux of people and environments. Pedestrians shuffle across a bustling Beijing street, steelworkers linger outside a deserted factory, tourists laugh and scamper across a crowded beach, worshippers kneel to pray in a remote village. With a painterly eye for composition, Wang captures China as he sees it, calling to a temporary halt a land in a constant state of change.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
19. Most Valuable Players
Documentary about the Freddy Awards, similar to Broadway's Tony Awards, that gives high school musical theater geeks one night of the year to shine in a Pennsylvania town that devotes all its resources to high school sports.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
20. Dutti der Riese (Dutti der Riese)
Documentary about Swiss grocery store pioneer Gottlieb Duttweiler
