In order to pay the bill for her father's illness, a young woman came to the city alone and worked in a foot massage physiotherapy store. In the process of buying medicine for her father, she fell into the dilemma of collusion between doctors and drug dealers.&nbsp;

Wo Yao Xing Fu - 我药幸福  (Pills and Joy)

Buying medicine for her father, a young woman finds herself between doctors and drug dealers.

Within an impoverished Chinese community, children are sent to a Kung Fu school as their only hope of finding successful futures. However, despite the promise of enrichment, their Master conditions them in a manner other cultures may find stressful.

Wu Shu Da Jia Ting - 武术大家庭 (Family of WuShu)

Parents send their children to a martial arts school, hoping it will bring them success in life.

Two young girls successfully navigating their lives through the ancient art of Chinese opera – offering them foundational roots grounding them in the vast diversity of their ancestral traditions – while their absent parents seek economic prosperity, in China’s rapidly expanding cities, far away from their children.

Liu Shou - 留守 (Left Behind Children)

Traditional Chinese opera provides a stable focus for two girls with absent parents.

A young talented composer met his idol, who inspired him to be a composer. He is disappointed to find that this respected composer was a plagiarist. Will the young man stay quiet or find his own voice?&nbsp;&nbsp;Based on a true story.&nbsp;

Zuo Qu Ren - 作曲人  (Underdog)

A young aspiring composer finds out his idol is not the person he admired

Drama: China, early 1990’s. A boy and his family have moved to a large factory complex. He comes up with a unique way of meeting the girl upstairs.&nbsp;

Xiao Jing Zi - 小镜子  (Angel's Mirror)

A young boy living in a factory complex finds a way to meet a shy girl.

China Day Chair Shanshan Whittal interviews the filmmakers of the five short films. NOTE: TWO OF THE INTERVIEWS ARE IN ENGLISH AND THREE ARE IN MANDARIN. ENGLISH SUBTITLES WILL BE ADDED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

Chinese Short Films - Conversations with Filmmakers

THIS PANEL IS PARTIALLY IN MANDARIN. ENGLISH SUBTITLES WILL BE ADDED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

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