Zi'en Cui
2021Zhi tongzhi
Zi'en Cui
This documentary reviews and summarises the development of homosexuality as an issue in the past three decades in China. We interviewed thirty prominent figures in the gay community, who have experienced the changes of views and life-styles regarding homosexuality.
Queer China, 'Comrade' China
丑角登场
Zi'en Cui
Chen Bing, Narenqimuge
Xiao Bo lives in a world where the lines defining men from women are constantly dissolving. He kneels at the deathbed of his father who has become a woman, and whose dying wish is to have oral sex with his/her son. His boyfriend Nana has also undergone a sex change, but Xiao Bo no longer finds her attractive as a woman. A sexual chain reaction ensues that wreaks havoc on traditional Chinese roles that govern male and female, parent and child.
Enter the Clowns
我如花似玉的儿子
Zi'en Cui
Apollo, Wang Guifeng
When young art student Ray moves in with his estranged businessman father after years of separation, the two tentatively begin to reconcile their many differences -- including Ray's revelation that he's gay, which his father struggles to accept.
My Fair Son
目的地上海
Andrew Y-S Cheng
Zi'en Cui, Zhou Yi
Shanghai was once called the "Paris of the East," but changes come with time and social tumult. Now, amid crumbling buildings, crushing poverty and social decay, filmmaker Andrew Cheng captures a city fallen victim to moral and economic decline. Through a collection of vignettes involving male prostitutes, aging hookers and other sex-trade workers, Cheng reveals the sordid heart of a once glittering metropolis.
Welcome to Destination Shanghai
少年花草黄
Zi'en Cui
Wang Guifeng, Xianqwen
Brotherly love goes too far when Feng gets his twin sister pregnant while both of them are still in high school, creating a problem that's bigger than both of them. Convincing his gay friend Le Le to take the blame seems like the best option.
Withered in a Blooming Season
Du sheng zi
Zi'en Cui
Apollo, Shi Chao
A philosophical essay written in visuals. The pioneer in Chinese queer cinema, Cui Zi’en, talks about carnal instinct from a philosophical point of view in allegory form. Physical liberation is the way to true freedom.
Only Child, Upward, Downward, Forward, Backward, Rightward and Leftward
My Camera Doesn’t Lie
Solveig Klassen, Katharina Schneider-Roos
Zi'en Cui, Jia Zhangke
A film about Chinese underground filmmakers who were the first to express their truthful and realistic views on China from 1989 until today. It is also the first film to speak about the Chinese homosexual film scene. The documentary features Chinese intellectuals and directors such as Cui Zi’en, Jia Zhangke, Ju An Qi, Li Yu, Liu Bingjian, Liu Hao, Wang Xiaoshuai, Zhang Yuan.
My Camera Doesn’t Lie
雾语
Zi'en Cui
Wang Gui Feng, Gao Xiao Long
A young man wandering naked along a seemingly endless country road claims that he's an alien. So do the three other young men (also naked) who join him. These 'aliens' eventually find their route blocked—by five macho toughs, who see in them both potential ransom money and potential illicit pleasures.
The Narrow Path
