2023 FreshPitch

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01 No Sweat

Genre: Social Issue & Investigation; Art & Culture;Character-driven

Type: One-off 

Feature length: 90 min 

Language: Mandarin 

Production Status: Currently in the filming stage, expected to complete all the filming in May 2023, enter post-production in June 2023, complete production in December 2023, and start submission to film festivals and distribution, etc.

Director: YANG Lizhu

Producer: Kay XU


CONTENT

Ge Yulu, a contemporary young artist, started preparing for his new work in 2021- collecting the sweat of others to use in the next rain.

In the early stages, he tried to find sweat with "meaningful" meaning, in order to make the work looks more believable. After going through a series of curious and absurd attempts and contemplations, he realized that the underlying logic of this work was to return to reality, so he shifted his focus to people around him.

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02 Ripple

Genre: Social Issue & Investigation; Character-driven

Type: One-off 

Feature length: 100 min 

Language: Anhui Bengbu dialect 

Production Status: Currently in the final stage of filming and simultaneous post-production editing, expected to be completed in July 2023.

Director: YIN Hang

Producer: WANG Cheng


CONTENT

With those tiny ripples, where we end up.


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03 A Fake Drama Turns Real

Genre: Social Issue & Investigation; Character-driven

Type: One-off 

Feature length: 90 min 

Language: Mandarin

Production Status: Currently in the beginning stage of filming and expected to be completed in H1 2024.

Director: JIN Bohu

Executive Director: CHANG Jiaming


CONTENT

The story of a wealthy city dweller who retires to focus on farming and becomes the owner of a one-man farm, making his life more meaningful.


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04 A City of Memory

Genre: History & Culture;Character-driven

Type: One-off 

Feature length: 75 min/ 52 min

Language:English/Japanese/Chinese

Production Status: Development

Executive Producer: Ken-ichi IMAMURA 

Director: Tatsuya ONISHI 


CONTENT

A Japanese garden master tries to make a garden which links the culture of Japan and China.


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05 A City of Memory

Genre: History & Culture

Type: One-off 

Feature length: 90-120 min

Language: Mandarin

Production Status: We have been shooting for four years, from 2008 to 2012, and have completed 70% of the filming. 

Director: Siyuan

Editor: CHEN Lan


CONTENT

A filmmaker from Tangshan explores the impact of the devastating earthquake in 1976 on her hometown and its people and how they have coped with the loss and trauma over the decades.


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06 A Reunion

Genre: Character-driven; History & Culture; Social Issue & Investigation

Type: One-off 

Feature length: 80 min

Language: Mandarin, etc.

Production Status: Currently in the shooting stage, expected to be completed in 2024.

Director: Cecilia Kuo

Producer: XIE Yichun


CONTENT

The director’s family was scattered around the world and went their separate ways for nearly 30 years. As each member faces life choices, when will the next family reunion be... 

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07 Whispers in May

Genre: Social Issue & Investigation; Character-driven; Others: Youth Growth

Type: One-off 

Feature length: 90 min

Language: Yi dialect

Production Status: Post-production, rough cut stage.

Director: CHEN Dongnan

Producer: Kay XU


CONTENT

friends to find a skirt for her menarcheal ceremony.


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08 Village

Genre: History & Culture; Art & Culture; Others: Architecture

Type: One-off 

Feature length: 90 min

Language: Mandarin

Production Status: Filming stage, expected to complete production in 2024.

Director: JU Anqi 

Producer: Ruby CHEN


CONTENT

The world’s first theater documentary feature film on the architectural heritage of China’s countryside, documenting the dilemma, preservation, and revitalization of the architectural heritage in the vast rural areas, shedding light on the dependent relationship of these ancient villages with nature and human civilization.


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09 Xiexie Pot

Genre: Social Issue & Investigation; Character-driven

Type: One-off 

Feature length: 60 min

Language: Mandarin

Production Status: Currently in the shooting stage, expected to be completed in December 2023.

Director: WANG Xun


CONTENT

In the harsh business war, is "benevolence" a weapon or a liability?


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10 Faraway, Never Forgotten: Films of My Home

Genre: History & Culture; Art & Culture;Character-driven

Type: One-off 

Feature length: 90 min

Language: Mandarin

Production Status: Preliminary research and data collection have been completed, with permission to interview most of the characters involved. The creative team is being established.

Director: ZHANG Yang

Director: ZHANG Bin


CONTENT

A search for Wan-go Weng, the first generation of Chinese documentarians, and his timeless hometown under his camera.

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11 Finding Gaokao Takers

Genre: Art & Culture; Social Issue & Investigation; Character-driven

Type: One-off 

Feature length: 90 min

Language: Mandarin

Production Status: The research stage is almost complete. 13 candidates have been found,and the interview and documentary follow-up stage will start.

Director: YU Juan

Co-director: SHI Yina


CONTENT

True stories of the college entrance examination (Gaokao) 30 years ago, told by 13 candidates. Find the Gaokao takers and tell the past stories of ordinary people in pursuit of higher learning.

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12 Sometimes Fierce, Sometimes Flat

Genre: Character-driven;Social Issue & Investigation

Type: One-off 

Feature length: 90 min

Language: MXuhuai dialect, Mandarin

Production Status: The preliminary shooting of the project has been completed, and it is in the post-editing stage. The rough cut is expected to be completed in June this year. 

Director: ZHANG Xu

Producer: XU Yiqing 


CONTENT

Li Meng, a business owner with tens of millions of yuan in debt, returns to his hometown with his family to start a new life. He wants to pay off his debts through live streaming marketing. How should he face life without any money? Can he make it?


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13 Punmailone

Genre: Social Issue & Investigation; Character-driven

Type: One-off 

Feature length: 97 min

Language: Mandarin

Production Status: Filming/post-production stage, expected to be completed in June 2024.

Director: LI Shiyu


CONTENT

The story of the director, in a dual role, following Pang Mailang as he goes through a cycle of reincarnation in the real world and his parallel world.


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14 China Bottle

Genre: History & Culture; Character-driven; Sports & lifestyle; Others: Food & Travel

Type: Series

Feature length: 30 min*6 episodes

Language: English / Mandarin

Production Status: Pre-Production

Executive Producer: Erik Osterholm


CONTENT

Exploring the incredible wine growing regions of China and telling their stories.

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15 China, the Story of Us

Genre: History & Culture

Type: Series

Feature length: 5 min*20 episodes 

Language: Mandarin

Production Status:

① 50% manuscript completed;

② Trailer production completed; expected to complete the film production in 2024

Director: ZHU Lexian

Producer: Charlotte Zijin


CONTENT

A micro-drama version of the comprehensive history of China presented in animation, with a balance of story and knowledge.


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16 Movie Dreaming of Comedy

Genre: Character-driven; Art & Culture

Type: Series

Feature length: 20 min*5 episodes 

Language: Mandarin

Production Status: Filming stage, expected to be completed within 2023 and aired in H1 2024.

Producer: DENG Xin

Director: WU Qin


CONTENT

Being through the rise and fall of Hong Kong cinema, Director Lee Lik-Chi comes to the Greater Bay Area in response to the national development policy. As a self-proclaimed spokesman for the Greater Bay Area, he is still striving to press ahead with his dream of comedy at the age of 61. 


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17 The Ardent Youths Ⅱ

Genre: Character-driven; Sports & Lifestyle; Social Issue & Investigation

Type: Series

Feature length: 50 min*5 episodes 

Language: Mandarin

Production Status: Currently in the research stage, expected to complete production on September 1, 2023, and aired on September 13, 2023.

Chief Director: TAN Bo

Producer: ZHANG Zhe


CONTENT

Being through the rise and fall of Hong Kong cinema, Director Lee Lik-Chi comes to the Greater Bay Area in response to the national The Ardent Youths II is a high-quality documentary focusing on rural sports youths, a championship journey to the future of rural sports.


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18 Game & Life

Genre: Character-driven

Type: Series

Feature length: 15 min*10 episodes

Language: Mandarin

Production Status: Research and preliminary shooting stage

Director: HUANG Xin

Producer: XIE Ningxin


CONTENT

Life stores linked to games.

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19 The Journey of Songs

Genre: Art & Culture; Character-driven

Type: Series

Feature length: 30 min*5 episodes

Language: Mandarin

Production Status: In research and filming, expected to be completed by mid-2024.

Director: ZHANG Qijia


CONTENT

The Journey of Songs II continues the journey of seeking folk songs in Season I by focusing on the “present time” of minority folk songs in the Chinese folk song family. Answering the question “Where does a folk song come from and where is it going?”

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20 Free Growth

Genre: Character-driven; Social Issue & Investigation; Art & Culture

Type: Series

Feature length: 26 min*8 episodes 

Language: Mandarin

Production Status: Shooting stage

Director: TONG Shengjia


CONTENT

A collection of stories about the current living conditions of artists.