Zhang Yuan Movies

Ai Jing and Zhang Yuan

Jiang Jie is famous throughout China: the “Chinese Joan of Arc,” in the words of director Zhang Yuan, a communist heroine executed by the...

Chen Jin and Zhang Yuan

Cui Jian and Zhang Yuan

The film documents a day in the life of Tiananmen Square in 1994, a mere five years after the crushing of a student-led democracy movement in 1989.

After her mother's lecherous boyfriend reveals she's adopted, incorrigible flirt Dada skips town -- with hopelessly smitten boy-next-door Zhou in tow...

Cui Jian and Zhang Yuan

A young woman who has lost her first love begins a relationship with his best friend, and the two of them attempt to create a baggage-free future.

Student film by Zhang Yuan, shot on film.

Cui Jian and Zhang Yuan

The first days of 2020's lockdown seem to drag forever for a group of tourists trapped in a Thai hotel. In strict confinement and as the big day of...

This TV documentary recounts the fact that residents of Beijing's old quadrangle refused to move during the process of rebuilding the old city for...

An exploration of Chinese cinema and its relationships with gender and sexuality, which the film argues has been more frankly and provocatively...

A rock musician looks for his girl-friend who left while pregnant, trying to decide whether to keep the baby.

Luo Qi and Zhang Yuan

The 2014 edition of an annual short film compilation. Zhang Yuan directs "I love you boss," about the relationship between a wealthy man and his...

2013 short film

Student film by Zhang Yuan, shot on 35mm film.

Despite its suggestive title, this multi-part Danish omnibus film is not a work of exploitation. Instead, it presents 20 different short films...