Roma(QJJ Retro)
“Perhaps every storyteller has this same impossible ambition; I had always wanted to be able to shoot my hometown in this way…” – Qiu Jiongjiong
Ode to Joy / Portrait of Mr. Huang(QJJ Retro)
Movie Name: Ode to Joy
Mr. Zhang Believes(Director’s Cut)(QJJ Retro)
“He is one among many pawns sent across the river. Gazing and listening leave a bitter and prolonged aftertaste, so we resort to reenactment to converse with our subject.”
A New Old Play(QJJ Retro)
“As an author, as a filmgoer, I often thought about how I’ve never seen a film like this. So I decided to make one.”
Madame(QJJ Retro)
“A portrait of Fan Qihui; Fan Qihui on the altar.”
My Mother's Rhapsody(QJJ Retro)
“The matriarch – long widowed and independent – must move in with her children when her home is demolished. Uneasy at the intrusion, she turns to her grandson’s lens to pick at her past: the…
Mr. Zhang Believes(QJJ Retro)
“He is one among many pawns sent across the river. Gazing and listening leave a bitter and prolonged aftertaste, so we resort to reenactment to converse with our subject.”
The Moon Palace(QJJ Retro)
“Day in, day out, I rolled the camera as I drank. I wanted to document the restaurant’s farewells and demise. The hangover lasted half a year, until the end of editing; I could feel my fleshy…