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Young Love Lost

In the latter part of the last century, Lu Xiaolu has just graduated from technical school and is currently working in a chemical factory. He hasn’t a clue about what he will do in the future or how he should lead his life. Lu Xiaolu lacks skills. Moreover, he loves to play games, fight amongst his colleagues and is often found redoing poorly executed tasks. However, Lu Xiaolu is captivated by a beautiful young girl … Read more

Duckweed

When a son attempts to reconcile with his father, a series of fateful events allow him to experience the father’s life in the past.

Cold War II

Picking up some time after the events in the first movie, Sean Lau is now the Commissioner of Police after the successful rescue operation. However, things turn bad when his wife and daughter are kidnapped. Sean has to seek help from former rival and retired DCP, Waise Lee, to return to his job to help save Sean`s wife and child.

So Young 2: Never Gone

A sequel to the 2013 hit film based on the bestselling novel by Xin Yi Wu, SO YOUNG 2: NEVER GONE stars Kris Wu as Cheng Zheng, a brash and loud student who meets Su-Yun-Jin (Liu Yifei). As they grow closer they must deal with the consequences of getting older and the inevitable problems that arise outside of their previously comfortable college lives.

Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk

An infantryman recounts the final hours before he and his fellow soldiers return to Iraq.

Life After Life

A hare is let loose in the forest, a dog gives chase and the boy tears after them, his father in tentative pursuit. Minutes pass, the forest falls silent, and when the boy re-enters the frame, something has changed: he now speaks with the voice of his dead mother. Mingchung shows little surprise at Xiuying’s return, he even asks why she didn’t come earlier. She says she’ll leave again once she’s completed one simple task, … Read more

Chungking Express

Every day, Cop 223 (Takeshi Kaneshiro) buys a can of pineapple with an expiration date of May 1, symbolizing the day he’ll get over his lost love. He’s also got his eye on a mysterious woman in a blond wig (Brigitte Lin), oblivious of the fact she’s a drug dealer. Cop 663 (Tony Leung Chiu Wai) is distraught with heartbreak over a breakup. But when his ex drops a spare set of his keys at … Read more

Hollywood Hong Kong

A prostitute named Tong Tong enters the life of a man who runs a barbecue pork restaurant and quickly begins to ruin his life, as well as the life of his two rotund sons, and a local gangster.

Romance of the West Chamber

A love story between a poor scholar and wealthy woman. The film is an adaption of the classic Chinese dramatic work Romance of the West Chamber by Wang Shifu. Originally consisting of ten film reels, only 5 reels have survived.

Infernal Affairs

Chan Wing Yan, a young police officer, has been sent undercover as a mole in the local mafia. Lau Kin Ming, a young mafia member, infiltrates the police force. Years later, their older counterparts, Chen Wing Yan and Inspector Lau Kin Ming, respectively, race against time to expose the mole within their midst.

Ip Man 2

Having defeated the best fighters of the Imperial Japanese army in occupied Shanghai, Ip Man and his family settle in post-war Hong Kong.Struggling to make a living, Master Ip opens a kung fu school to bring his celebrated art of Wing Chun to the troubled youth of Hong Kong. His growing reputation soon brings challenges from powerful enemies, including pre-eminent Hung Gar master, Hung Quan (Sammo Hung). However, when corrupt colonial officials stage a life-or-death … Read more

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Chuang Tsi Tests His Wife, Zhuangzi Tests His Wife

Philosopher-eccentric Chuang Tsi comes across a woman fanning the newly built grave of her dead husband because she desires to marry again. On returning home, Chuang Tsi decides to put his wife to the test – he fakes his own death; the wife is grief-stricken and goes into mourning. While funeral arrangement are in progress, a handsome young man come to call on Chuang Tsi. Later, there is talk of marriage between Chuang Tsi wife … Read more

Wong Ka Yan

Wong Ka Yan (2015)

— 96 min - Romance, Drama - 22 October 2015

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In 1992, on a small island in Hong Kong, a boy fell for Yan crazily searched for her by dozens of unbelievable means. Although every 'Yan' he met turned out to be someone else, they did bring life-changing influences to each other. 22 years later, when the story is finally unveiled, middle-aged Yan is deeply moved.

Director: Benny Lau

Writers: Benny Lau, Petrina Wong

Stars: Wong Yau-Nam, Karena Ng, Tyson Chak, Lap-Man Sin, Jason Pai Piao, Shirley Yim, Prudence Liew Mei-Kwan, Janelle Sing, Gigi Leung, Hacken Lee, Patrick Tam, Vincent Wan Yeung-Ming, Wan Kwong

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Genres: Romance, Drama

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Official Website: https://www.facebook.com/wongkayanmovie/

Country: Hong Kong

Language: 广州话 / 廣州話

Release Date: 22 October 2015

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Production Companies: Pegasus Motion Pictures

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Runtime: 1 h 36 min

In 1992, on a small island in Hong Kong, a boy fell for Yan crazily searched for her by dozens of unbelievable means.

Sand Pebbles

Sand Pebbles (2015)

— 95 min - Drama - 6 June 2015

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A retiring primary school teacher and her three teenage grandchildren of different cultural backgrounds cope with the outbreak of the deadly SARS virus in Hong Kong in 2003.

Director: Clifford Choi

Writers: Clifford Choi

Stars: Hee Ching Paw, Kitson Shum, Choi Si-Kei, SimC

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A retiring primary school teacher and her three teenage grandchildren of different cultural backgrounds cope with the outbreak of the deadly SARS virus in Hong Kong in 2003.

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Genres: Drama

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Official Website: http://www.facebook.com/sandpebbles2015

Country: Hong Kong

Language: 普通话, 广州话 / 廣州話, English

Release Date: 6 June 2015

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Runtime: 1 h 35 min

A retiring primary school teacher and her three teenage grandchildren of different cultural backgrounds cope with the outbreak of the deadly SARS virus in Hong Kong in 2003.

The Gigolo

Fung looks like a super-heartthrob and was bon with a special endowment, making him the high school idol. He was expelled from school when he was caught fighting on campus. When his mom, the sole provider of his family with her poultry business, had to stop working due to her back problems, Fung decides to support his family financially. And from that moment, his life takes on a tumultuous change…

Fundamentally Happy

Fundamentally Happy (2015)

— 61 min - Drama - 24 April 2015

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Twenty years ago, Habiba and Eric were neighbours. When Eric revisits her home to find her still living there with her husband, what seems like a friendly reunion turns into the gradual revelation of a painful secret from the past. An unflinching look at the consequences of abuse, Fundamentally Happy explores without judgment or condemnation critical issues such as trust, memory, relationships and consent.

Director: Yuan Bin Lei, Bee Thiam Tan

Stars: Joshua Lim, Adibah Noor

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Collections: Bee Thiam Tan, Yuan Bin Lei

Genres: Drama

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Country: Singapore

Release Date: 24 April 2015

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Production Companies: 13 Little Pictures

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Runtime: 1 h 01 min

Twenty years ago, Habiba and Eric were neighbours.

Imprisoned: Survival Guide for Rich and Prodigal

Imprisoned: Survival Guide for Rich and Prodigal (2015)

— 108 min - Drama, Comedy - 28 May 2015

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This is a story in jail. A story about learning a "new life”…

Director: Christopher Sun

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This is a story in jail. A story about learning a "new life”…

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Genres: Drama, Comedy

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Official Website: http://www.facebook.com/richguyimprisoned

Country: Hong Kong

Language: 广州话 / 廣州話

Release Date: 28 May 2015

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Production Companies: Sun Entertainment Culture, China 3D Digital Entertainment

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Runtime: 1 h 48 min

This is a story in jail. A story about learning a “new life”…

To the Fore

To the Fore (2015)

— 125 min - Romance, Action, Drama - 6 August 2015

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A young man chases his dream of becoming a pro cyclist and is met with challenges.

Director: Dante Lam

Stars: Eddie Peng, Siwon Choi, Shawn Dou, Luodan Wang, Carlos Chan, Andrew Lin

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A young man chases his dream of becoming a pro cyclist and is met with challenges.

Collections: Dante Lam

Tagline: Attitude is everything.

Genres: Romance, Action, Drama

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Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong

Language: 한국어/조선말, 普通话, 广州话 / 廣州話, English

Release Date: 6 August 2015

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Production Companies: Emperor Motion Pictures

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Runtime: 2 h 05 min

A young man chases his dream of becoming a pro cyclist and is met with challenges.

Triumph in the Skies

Triumph in the Skies (2015)

— 100 min - Comedy, Drama, Romance - 19 February 2015

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Young pilot Branson (Louis Koo) recently takes over Skylette, his father's aviation empire, only to realise his old flames Cassie (Charmaine Sheh) is a flight attendant there. Several years ago, he was forced to break up with her and move to New York to take care of his father's business. To this day, the two continue to harbour feelings for each other but decide to keep them bottled up. In an effort to rebrand the airline, Branson invites rock idol TM to star in an upcoming commercial and appoints Sam (Fransic Ng) as her flying consultant. Incongruent in both tastes and experience, this odd couple gets off on the wrong foot. As the shoot progresses, however, they slowly discover each other's merits, developing a strong mutual attraction. Jayden (Julien Cheung) has left Skylette Airline to become a pilot for private jets. He meets the young and vivacious Kika (Kuo Tsai Chieh) during a flight and assumes her to be wayward and shallow...

Director: Matt Chow, Wilson Yip

Stars: Louis Koo, Sammi Cheng, Francis Ng, Julian Cheung, Charmaine Sheh, Amber Kuo, Oceane Zhu, Liu Junxiao, Kenneth Ma, Elena Kong, Jun Kung, Liao Jingsheng

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Collections: Matt Chow, Wilson Yip

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

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Country: Hong Kong

Language: 普通话, 广州话 / 廣州話

Release Date: 19 February 2015

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Production Companies: Shaw Brothers, Media Asia Group

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Runtime: 1 h 40 min

Young pilot Branson (Louis Koo) recently takes over Skylette, his father’s aviation empire, only to realise his old flames Cassie (Charmaine Sheh) is a flight attendant there.

Murmur of the Hearts

Murmur of the Hearts (2015)

— 119 min - Drama, Romance - 10 April 2015

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Not Louis Malle's classic but the latest from director Sylvia Chang who, after years of absence from the helm, digs deep into her Taiwanese roots to tell a story about growing up, and letting go. Isabella Leong plays an uncertain painter, Mei, who drifted apart from her tour guide brother after leaving Liudau, the off-shore island of Taiwan, with their mother. Mei falls for an underachieving boxer, and begins years of soul searching in the city, where the siblings reunite under unexpected circumstances. What was remembered and forgotten are lessons that have profound consequences in this emotional drama.

Director: Sylvia Chang

Stars: Isabella Leong, Joseph Chang, Lawrence Ko, Angelica Lee

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Genres: Drama, Romance

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Official Website: http://www.facebook.com/murmurofthehearts

Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan

Language: 普通话

Release Date: 10 April 2015

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Production Companies: Dream Creek Film

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Runtime: 1 h 59 min

Not Louis Malle’s classic but the latest from director Sylvia Chang who, after years of absence from the helm, digs deep into her Taiwanese roots to tell a story about growing up, and letting go.

Little Big Master

Little Big Master (2015)

— 112 min - Drama - 19 March 2015

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The story of a hopeful headmaster who perseveres in running a kindergarten for underprivileged children in Yuen Long, despite many challenges and little reward. Based on true events.

Director: Adrian Kwan

Writers: Adrian Kwan

Stars: Miriam Yeung, Louis Koo, Patrick Keung Hiu-Man, Richard Ng, Anna Ng Yuen-Yee, Rain Lau

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The story of a hopeful headmaster who perseveres in running a kindergarten for underprivileged children in Yuen Long, despite many challenges and little reward. Based on true events.

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Genres: Drama

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Country: Hong Kong

Language: 广州话 / 廣州話

Release Date: 19 March 2015

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Production Companies: Sil-Metropole Organisation, Sun Entertainment Culture

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Runtime: 1 h 52 min

The story of a hopeful headmaster who perseveres in running a kindergarten for underprivileged children in Yuen Long, despite many challenges and little reward.

12 Golden Ducks

12 Golden Ducks (2015)

— 84 min - Drama, Comedy - 19 February 2015

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Devastated by a love affair, former in-demand gigolo Future Chang (played by Sandra Ng) retreats to Thailand, leading the life a dissolute. Thanks to the intervention of his high school teacher, Mr. Lo, Future summons the courage to return to Hong Kong. With the help of his friend Ricky, a gym trainer, he works hard to get back into shape, determined to make a comeback in the “duck” (male escort) trade. To Future’s surprise, Hong Kong has undergone a dramatic transformation since he left the city. Even the rules of the duck trade have completely changed! In order to ply his trade, Future is reduced seeking clients at an old age nursery home for women. Meanwhile, the places where women can buy happiness have become much more accessible, operating in neighborhood establishments such as a Thai restaurant…Determined to adapt to their new environment, Future and his desperate cohorts Dick Wide, Nebula and Broker Chan decide to dedicate themselves to satisfying the needs of their new client.

Director: Matt Chow

Stars: Sandra Ng, Louis Koo, Nicholas Tse, Simon Yam, Joey Yung, Chrissie Chau, Anthony Won, Zhao Wei, Michelle Chen, Fiona Sit, Eason Chan, Ivana Wong, Luhan, Wilfred Lau, BabyJohn Choi, Dada Chan, Pakho Chau, Kelvin Kwan, Philip Keung, Carman Lee, Joyce Cheng, Isabella Leong, Michelle Loo, Wyman Wong, Louis Yuen, Michelle Wai, Lo Hoi-Pang, Benz Hui

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Genres: Drama, Comedy

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Official Website: —

Country: Hong Kong, China

Language: 广州话 / 廣州話

Release Date: 19 February 2015

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Runtime: 1 h 24 min

Devastated by a love affair, former in-demand gigolo Future Chang (played by Sandra Ng) retreats to Thailand, leading the life a dissolute.

In the Room

In the Room (2015)

— 90 min - Drama, Romance - 15 September 2015

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This sensitive and sensual film draws together several narratives spanning several decades, all of them transpiring in the same room of the same Singaporean hotel — and all of them involving sex.

Director: Eric Khoo

Stars: Josie Ho, Shô Nishino, Choi Woo-shik, Kim Kkobbi, Gillian Tan, Boon Pin Koh, George Young

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This sensitive and sensual film draws together several narratives spanning several decades, all of them transpiring in the same room of the same Singaporean hotel — and all of them involving sex.

Collections: Eric Khoo

Genres: Drama, Romance

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Country: Singapore

Language: 日本語, 한국어/조선말, Bahasa melayu, ภาษาไทย, English

Release Date: 15 September 2015

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Runtime: 1 h 30 min

This sensitive and sensual film draws together several narratives spanning several decades, all of them transpiring in the same room of the same Singaporean hotel — and all of them involving sex.

She Remembers, He Forgets

Unfulfilled at work and dissatisfied with her marital life, a middle-aged woman attends a high school reunion and finds a floodgate of flashbacks of her salad days open before her mind’s eyes. She was inseparable with two boys 20 years ago but married one of them eventually. All the memories eventually zero in on one critical incident that changed her life and those of the boys forever.

SPL 2: A Time for Consequences

A Hong Kong cop named Kit busts a major gangster only to find his cover blown and his main witness gone. The gangster, in retaliation, has him kidnapped and put in a Thai jail with a false criminal identity. A lowly prison guard Chai with extraordinary fighting skills guards kit and prevents his escape from prison. The prison guard’s daughter suffers from a rare form of leukemia and Kit is the only donor who can … Read more

Erdos Rider

Three stories and about love, fate, misunderstanding, desire and birthplace linked together by ingenious details. From the plains of in Mongolia to a hotel room in Beijing and back. A beautiful fiction debut by the maker of the award-winning The Land. Time and the impossibility of reconstructing the past form the themes that bring together the three stories in Erdos Rider – just as previously in Wang Haolin’s 2009 film The Land (at that time … Read more

The Promised Land

Ling Ai and He Jiang are young, ambitious, and in pursuit of careers imported from the West, but romantic longings and career ambitions are inevitably shaped by larger social forces.

Where Are All the Time

Yao Yuan (Dylan Kuo) and Lin Yutong (Yang Zi ), a boy and a girl become friends in the period of SARS. Years later, the two meet again in the university campus and their teenager’s innocence friendship, today is a beautiful love story. After graduation, Yao Yuan originally intended to get married with Lin Yutong, but accidentally they lost contact and miss each other.

In the Heat of the Sun

The film is set in Beijing during the Cultural Revolution. It is told from the perspective of Ma Xiaojun nicknamed Monkey, a teenage boy. Monkey and his friends are free to roam the streets of Beijing day and night because the Cultural Revolution has caused their parents and most adults to be either busy or away. The story revolves around Monkey’s dalliances with his roguish male friends and his subsequent angst-filled crush with Mi Lan.

Where the Wind Settles

“Where the Wind Settles 風中家族” is a film about China during World War II wartime period. The later half of the movie is filmed in Taiwan depicting early Kuomintang rule in Taiwan.

Paths of the Soul

Paths of the Soul (2015)

— 115 min - — - 10 September 2015

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Paths of the Soul documents the simplicity of spiritual life on the world’s highest plateau, where the rarefied air makes each and every humble gesture an arduous task.

Director: Zhang Yang

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Paths of the Soul documents the simplicity of spiritual life on the world’s highest plateau, where the rarefied air makes each and every humble gesture an arduous task.

Collections: Zhang Yang

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Country: China

Release Date: 10 September 2015

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Runtime: 1 h 55 min

Docu-drama follows the journey of a group of Tibetans on a pilgrimage to Lasa, the holy capital of Tibet.

Underground Fragrance

The lives of three people entwine in Beijing’s Underground City. Yong Le, a young migrant worker from the south, salvages furniture to re-sell. He lives in a room in Beijing’s Underground City, a labyrinthian former bomb shelter that serves as cheap housing for people looking for opportunity in the big city. But after a bad work accident leaves him temporarily blind, he has to use a rope to find his way around the dimly lit … Read more

Tharlo

Tharlo is an orphan. Now grown up, he makes a living as a sheep herder in the village. He has grown a ponytail, so people simply call him “Ponytail”, since nobody remembers his real name anyway. Tharlo has a remarkable memory. He remembers so many things, except his own name. He is now in his forties, and he has yet to have his first woman. Now Tharlo goes to town to take a photo for … Read more

Return of the Cuckoo

A film adaptation of the hit TV series by the same name, the movie continues the story where the series left off. 15 years on, the city of Macau has changed a lot but not the people and their compassion. In a twist of events, Kwan-Ho’s husband dies in a car accident and she reunites with Man-Cho in Macau. Can true love really stand the test of time?

Time to Love

A film adaptation of the best-selling novel “Bu Bu Jing Xin” written by Chinese author Tong Hua. A single modern-day city girl name Zhang Xiaowen accidentally travels back in time to the Qing Dynasty and becomes Ruoxi, but gets caught up in a web of love and politics in the royal court of Emperor Kangxi.

K

A mongolian interpretation of Kafka’s “The Castle”. A stranger claiming to be a land surveyor arrives at a remote frontier village governed by a nearby castle, and fights to gain the acceptance of the villagers

I Am Somebody

I Am Somebody (Chinese: 我是路人甲) is a 2015 drama film written and directed by Derek Yee about extras working at the Hengdian World Studios. A Chinese-Hong Kong co-production, the film was released in China on July 3, 2015. The film opened the 2015 Shanghai International Film Festival on June 12, 2015 and was released in China on July 3, 2015.

The Ark Of Mr. Chow

A group of bright teenagers are recruited for a special college program for young geniuses only to find themselves socially awkward among their more normal peers.

The Left Ear

Li Er, a 17 year old girl who has great difficulty hearing out of her left ear, is rejected after confessing her love to a boy, Xu yi. Instead the boy is in love with Li Bala, a girl who is in fact in love with Zhang Yang. Li Er befriends Li Bala, who dies due to an accident. As the movie progresses, Li Er overcomes her hatred of Zhang Yang, whom she blamed for … Read more

Ever Since We Love

The film “Ever Since We Love”, directed by Li Yu, is based on the novel of the same title. The story depicts the life of a medical school student who grows through his experience of love and friendship.

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Drama

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Wong Ka Yan (2015)

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Sand Pebbles (2015)

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Fundamentally Happy (2015)

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Imprisoned: Survival Guide for Rich and Prodigal (2015)

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To the Fore (2015)

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Triumph in the Skies (2015)

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Murmur of the Hearts (2015)

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Little Big Master (2015)

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12 Golden Ducks (2015)

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In the Room (2015)

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Paths of the Soul (2015)

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