dGenerate Films Collection

The Search

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 16:18:12 GMT

A film crew travels through Tibet, searching for actors for their adaptation of a classic Buddhist story.

When the Bough Breaks

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 16:17:52 GMT

On the outskirts of Beijing, two teenage girls from a migrant family struggle to earn the money to pay for their brother's schooling.

Old Dog (Lao Gou/Khyi Rgan)

Mon, 24 Sep 2012 13:53:03 GMT

A family on the Himalayan plains discovers their dog is worth a fortune, but selling it comes at a terrible price.

ICARUS FILMS acquires distribution rights to the dGENERATE FILMS collection

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 18:12:47 GMT

Jonathan Miller, President of Icarus Films, and Karin Chien, President of dGenerate Films, announced today that Icarus Films has acquired the exclusive distribution rights to dGenerate Films’ collection of award-winning, contemporary independent films from China.

Before the Flood (Yan Mo)

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 18:10:59 GMT

A landmark documentary following the residents of the historic city of Fengjie as they clash with the officials forcing them to evacuate their homes to make way for the world's largest dam.

Before The Flood II - Gong Tan (Yan Mo II - Gong Tan)

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 18:10:00 GMT

Yan Yu follows his groundbreaking documentary BEFORE THE FLOOD with this profile of the residents of Gongtan, a 1700-year-old village soon to be demolished by a hydroelectric dam project.

Beijing Besieged by Waste (Wei Cheng La Ji)

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 18:09:02 GMT

Photographer Wang Jiu-liang travels to more than 500 landfills, fearlessly documenting Beijing's unholy cycle of consumption through poignant observational visits with the scavengers who live and work in the dumps.

Disorder (Xianshi Shi Guoqu de Weilai)

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 18:08:11 GMT

Huang Weikai collects footage from a dozen amateur videographers and weaves them into a unique symphony of urban social dysfunction.

Karamay (Kelamayi)

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 18:07:29 GMT

In Karamay, filmmaker Xu Xin helps a community break the silence nearly two decades after a horrible fire killed nearly 300 schoolchildren.

Meishi Street (Mei Shi Jie)

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 18:05:09 GMT

MEISHI STREET shows ordinary citizens taking a stand against the planned destruction of their homes for the 2008 Beijing Olympics>

1428

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 18:04:01 GMT

Du Haibin’s award-winning documentary of the earthquake that devastated China’s Sichuan province in 2008 explores how victims, citizens and government respond to a national tragedy.

Oxhide (Niu Pi)

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 18:02:53 GMT

Daily life in an impossibly cramped Beijing apartment takes on epic proportions in this, intimate portrait, with unprecedented access, of a working-class Chinese family

Oxhide II (Niu Pi II)

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 18:01:54 GMT

Breaking new ground in cinematic art, Liu Jiayin's follow-up to her masterful debut OXHIDE turns a simple dinner into a profoundly intimate study of family relationships.

Queer China, 'Comrade' China (Zhi Tong Zhi)

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 18:00:35 GMT

China's most prolific gay filmmaker presents a comprehensive historical account of the queer movement in modern China.

Super, Girls! (Chao Ji Nu Sheng)

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 17:57:02 GMT

Follows ten female teenagers on their quest to become instant superstars on China's biggest television show.

Tape (Jiao Dai)

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 17:46:30 GMT

Performance artist Li Ning turns his life into art in this epic work of experimental documentary.