Nai An

When Night Falls (2012)

The mother of a murderer awaits and prepares to meet her son. The true story of a man who killed six Shanghai policemen after suffering police beatings as a punishment for riding an unlicensed bicycle. This film was produced as a part of the Jeonju Digital Project.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ying Liang
CAST:  Nai An  •  Kate Wen  •  Sun Ming  •  Feng Yu

The mother of a murderer awaits and prepares to meet her son. The true story of a man who killed six Shanghai policemen after suffering police beatings as a punishment for riding an unlicensed bicycle. This film was produced as a part of the Jeonju Digital Project.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ying Liang
CAST:  Nai An  •  Kate Wen  •  Sun Ming  •  Feng Yu

Weekend Lover (1995)

The film follows a young man, A Xi who is recently released from prison. Once released, he seeks out his old girlfriend Li Xin who has since begun a relationship with La La a young musician. As the two men vie for her attention, tension and violence escalate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lou Ye
CAST:  Jia Hongsheng  •  Wang Xiaoshuai  •  Ma Xiaoqing  •  Zhiwen Wang

The film follows a young man, A Xi who is recently released from prison. Once released, he seeks out his old girlfriend Li Xin who has since begun a relationship with La La a young musician. As the two men vie for her attention, tension and violence escalate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lou Ye
CAST:  Jia Hongsheng  •  Wang Xiaoshuai  •  Ma Xiaoqing  •  Zhiwen Wang

Suzhou River (2000)

After getting out of prison, small-time crook Mardar stumbles upon a woman who looks exactly like his long-lost lover.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lou Ye
CAST:  Zhou Xun  •  Zhongkai Hua  •  Nai An  •  Jia Hongsheng

After getting out of prison, small-time crook Mardar stumbles upon a woman who looks exactly like his long-lost lover.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lou Ye
CAST:  Zhou Xun  •  Zhongkai Hua  •  Nai An  •  Jia Hongsheng

Old Stone (2016)

When a drunken passenger causes taxi driver Lao Shi to swerve and hit a motorcyclist, he stops to help the victim. As no ambulance arrives he drives him to the hospital, but soon has to face the rules of today's Kafkaesque China. With his family and life endangered ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Johnny Ma
CAST:  Chen Gang  •  Nai An  •  Wang Hongwei  •  Zebin Zhang

When a drunken passenger causes taxi driver Lao Shi to swerve and hit a motorcyclist, he stops to help the victim. As no ambulance arrives he drives him to the hospital, but soon has to face the rules of today's Kafkaesque China. With his family and life endangered ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Johnny Ma
CAST:  Chen Gang  •  Nai An  •  Wang Hongwei  •  Zebin Zhang

Girls Always Happy (2018)

Wu is in her mid-twenties and lives with her mother in a traditional one-story house in one of Beijing’s hutongs. Both consider themselves to be writers, but success has so far eluded them. The fact that Wu is supported by a divorced, elderly man helps the women ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yang Mingming
CAST:  Nai An  •  Yang Mingming  •  Zhang Xianmin  •  Li Qinqin

Wu is in her mid-twenties and lives with her mother in a traditional one-story house in one of Beijing’s hutongs. Both consider themselves to be writers, but success has so far eluded them. The fact that Wu is supported by a divorced, elderly man helps the women ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yang Mingming
CAST:  Nai An  •  Yang Mingming  •  Zhang Xianmin  •  Li Qinqin

I Have Nothing to Say (2017)

The Chinese police visit head-teacher Chen at home. Her daughter, a dissident filmmaker living in Hong Kong, plans yet another critical film about China's colonization of the small autonomous territory. The authorities demand that Chen travel to her daughter to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ying Liang
CAST:  Nai An  •  Gong Zhe  •  Pete Teo  •  Tham Xin Yue

The Chinese police visit head-teacher Chen at home. Her daughter, a dissident filmmaker living in Hong Kong, plans yet another critical film about China's colonization of the small autonomous territory. The authorities demand that Chen travel to her daughter to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ying Liang
CAST:  Nai An  •  Gong Zhe  •  Pete Teo  •  Tham Xin Yue

A Family Tour (2018)

A mainland Chinese filmmaker, exiled to Hong Kong for her politically-charged work, reunites with her mother on a trip to Taiwan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ying Liang
CAST:  Gong Zhe  •  Nai An  •  Pete Teo  •  Tham Xin Yue

A mainland Chinese filmmaker, exiled to Hong Kong for her politically-charged work, reunites with her mother on a trip to Taiwan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ying Liang
CAST:  Gong Zhe  •  Nai An  •  Pete Teo  •  Tham Xin Yue

Don't Be Young (1994)

A realistic depiction of the new difficulties people faced in the new era in China.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lou Ye
CAST:  Qu Ying  •  You Yongzhi  •  Xianheng Zhang  •  Wu Wenlun

A realistic depiction of the new difficulties people faced in the new era in China.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lou Ye
CAST:  Qu Ying  •  You Yongzhi  •  Xianheng Zhang  •  Wu Wenlun

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DIRECTION:  Raya Martin  •  Vimukthi Jayasundara  •  Ying Liang
CAST:  Lav Diaz  •  Antoine Thirion  •  Iara Diaz  •  Saskia Gruyaert

The Old Town Girls (2021)

High school girl living with her father and stepmother is visited by her biological mother, who left her soon after birth. They gradually reconcile, but the mother has a heavy debt. Emerging director's debut feature.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shen Yu
CAST:  Wan Qian  •  Li Gengxi  •  Huang Jue  •  Pan Binlong

High school girl living with her father and stepmother is visited by her biological mother, who left her soon after birth. They gradually reconcile, but the mother has a heavy debt. Emerging director's debut feature.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shen Yu
CAST:  Wan Qian  •  Li Gengxi  •  Huang Jue  •  Pan Binlong

Yanagawa (2022)

At a Japanese restaurant nestled within the busy streets of Beijing, Li Dong convinces his older brother Li Chun to travel together to the Japanese city of Yanagawa to find and catch up with their childhood sweetheart Liu Chuan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zhang Lu
CAST:  Ni Ni  •  Zhang Luyi  •  Xin Baiqing  •  Sosuke Ikematsu

At a Japanese restaurant nestled within the busy streets of Beijing, Li Dong convinces his older brother Li Chun to travel together to the Japanese city of Yanagawa to find and catch up with their childhood sweetheart Liu Chuan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zhang Lu
CAST:  Ni Ni  •  Zhang Luyi  •  Xin Baiqing  •  Sosuke Ikematsu