Getting to Know China through Film: 10 Essential Films

1. 10 Essential
Chinese films
International School of Beijing
Breen O’Reilly

2. The Last Emperor
Director:
Bernardo Bertolucci
1987

3. Warm
Colours
Cool
Colours

4. Blind shaft
Director:
Li Yang
2003

5. The blood of yingzhou
district
Director:
Ruby Yang
2006

6. Xiu xiu
the sent-down girl
Director:
Joan Chen
1998

7. Up the yangtze
Director:
Yung Chan
2007

8. To Live (lifetimes)
Director:
Zhang Yimou
1994

9. shower
Director:
Yang Zhang
1999

10. Mardi Gras:
Made in China
Director:
David Redmon
2005

11. Blind mountain
Director:
Li Yang
2007

12. Manufactured landscapes
Director:
Jennifer Baichwal
2006

13. Since picking only 10 is
impossible

14. Just One more