Zhang Xianmin

Zhang Xianmin, professor of Literature Department of Beijing Film Academy, independent film critic and curator. He is a judge for film festivals and competitions such as Hong Kong, Taipei, Busan, Yunzhinan, and China Documentary Exchange Week. Organizing exhibitions of Chinese independent films in Brazil, Italy, South Korea, Austria and other countries.

Raised from Dust (2007)

Xiao-Li is a devoted housewife and an active member of her local Catholic church in the farmlands of southern China. Her faith is put to the test when her husband is hospitalized with respiratory illness caused by unsafe working conditions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Xiao'er Gan
CAST:  Shuli Hu  •  Shengyue Lu  •  Zhang Xianmin

Xiao-Li is a devoted housewife and an active member of her local Catholic church in the farmlands of southern China. Her faith is put to the test when her husband is hospitalized with respiratory illness caused by unsafe working conditions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Xiao'er Gan
CAST:  Shuli Hu  •  Shengyue Lu  •  Zhang Xianmin

Rainclouds Over Wushan (1996)

A policeman investigates an introverted signal-station manager suspected of raping a hotel clerk.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zhang Ming
CAST:  Bing Li  •  Shengguo Wang  •  Wenqiang Wang  •  Xiu Zongdi

A policeman investigates an introverted signal-station manager suspected of raping a hotel clerk.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zhang Ming
CAST:  Bing Li  •  Shengguo Wang  •  Wenqiang Wang  •  Xiu Zongdi

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

Summer Palace (2006)

The lives of four Beijing University students, from 1988 to the early 2000s.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lou Ye
CAST:  Hao Lei  •  Guo Xiaodong  •  Hu Ling  •  Zhang Xianmin

The lives of four Beijing University students, from 1988 to the early 2000s.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lou Ye
CAST:  Hao Lei  •  Guo Xiaodong  •  Hu Ling  •  Zhang Xianmin