2022 FreshPitch

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07 Project Huizhou: Business vs Blood

Bilibili Fresh Choice Award


CONTENT

A poor peasant worker originating from the mountains brings his wider family out of poverty.

They attain wealth they’d never dreamt of in just over a decade by helping China build its incredible high-speed rail infrastructure.  

In the beginning, the business united the family but now, it’s threatening to break it apart through many issues, like trust, lack of education and family politics.

This has been exacerbated by their biggest and most challenging project. Huizhou North Railway Station.

This is a human character driven story that shines a light on the trials and tribulations of the everyday workers behind a wider geopolitical backdrop.


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01 Baima Boy

Genre: Character-driven ; Social Issue & Investigation

Type: One-off 

Feature length: 90 min 

Language: Mandarin 

Production Status: Shooting stage, 80% completed, expected to complete the production in early 2023. 

Director:  YE Bingjun

Producer: Summer YANG


CONTENT

When a rebellious sixteen-year-old RSZ street biker boy, Adi, is about to leave the small town he lives in and seeks to work in Guangzhou, he gets an unexpected call from his long-lost mother...


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02 A Tale of 4000 Rubies

Genre: Wildlife & Nature

Type: One-off 

Feature length: 90 min, 45 min*2 episodes

Language: Mandarin / Japanese / Korean 

Production Status: Research and shooting preparation stage

Director:  Ansiqi Li


CONTENT

A collection of stories about 3 countries making concerted efforts to protect the crested ibis, a legendary journey from 7 to 4,000.

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03 The Dream Travels Through Time

Genre: Social Issue & Investigation

Type: One-off 

Feature length: 90 min 

Language: Mandarin 

Production Status: Shooting completed, pending post-editing. 

Director: ZHANG Baoguang

Producer: CHENG Gang


CONTENT

This is about the unconditional and absolute kindness and love. A 93-year-old grandma tries to build a non-profit, happy nursing home with a group of women in their 60s-70s-80s. It carries not only the aspiration of these women, but also the voice of the deceased loved ones who have never left and always been there.


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04 Replica Replika

Genre: Science & Knowledge; Character-driven; Art & Culture

Type: One-off 

Feature length: 90 min 

Language: Mandarin / English

Production Status: Project research stage

Director: LIANG Chouwa

Producer: ZHANG Yichuan


CONTENT

A group of Gen Z young people have chosen to start a romantic relationship with romantic and loyal AI. However, what do they give and get for this?


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05 Kungfu hockey

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

Type: One-off 

Feature length: 85 min 

Language: Mandarin 

Production Status: Shooting stage

Director: ZHANG Bo

Producer: ZHAI Guopeng


CONTENT

Kungfu kids cross over to the ice hockey program, overcome all difficulties to realize their dream of playing ice hockey, and grow in the process.


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06 Project Huizhou: Business vs Blood

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

Type: One-off 

Feature length: 70 min 

Language: Mandarin 

Production Status: Completed shooting, expected to complete post-production by the end of March 2023. 

Director / Producer: Crystal Liu

Director / Producer: Yu Kung


CONTENT

A story about a family of migrant workers behind the “China Speed”, how to choose between money and family.

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07 We Had Too Much Rain This Year

Genre: Social Issue & Investigation; Character-driven

Type: One-off 

Feature length: 90 min 

Language: Mandarin 

Production Status: In 2021, it rained more than ever in Beijing, making it harder for Wen Li and Hong Li in their lives. 

Director: CHEN Cheng

Producer: LI Shanshan


CONTENT

In 2021, it rained more than ever in Beijing, making it harder for Wen Li and Hong Li in their lives. 


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08 Close Circle of Life

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

Type: One-off 

Feature length: 75 min 

Language: Mandarin / English

Production Status: Entered the main shooting stage, expected to complete the production in December 2022, followed by promotional work. 

Director: ZHOU Yao


CONTENT

A story of seeking roots that spans the ages and connects China and foreign countries.


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09 Hard Love 2

Genre: Social Issue & Investigation; Character-driven

Type: One-off 

Feature length: 97 min 

Language: Mandarin 

Production Status: Research stage

Director: Tracy DONG


CONTENT

With in urbanization, internet age, and feminism today, what dilemmas and challenges will happen to single men ?


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10 The Lady

Genre: Character-driven; others: growing up/family of origin/mother-daughter relationship/female 

Type: One-off 

Feature length: 90 min, 30 min * 4 episodes 

Language: Mandarin/Sichuan dialect/Tibetan

Production Status: Shooting stage, expected to complete shooting by the end of 2022. 

Director: ZHOU Zhou

Producer: Annie SONG


CONTENT

Six pairs of mothers and daughters at different ages are divided into four main units in this film to show the changes in the boundaries of mother-daughter relationships in families of origin. With the memoirs of elderly women on mother-daughter relationships throughout the film, the changes in relationships and the plight of characters in the main units are explained to demonstrate the commonality of mother-daughter relationships in families of origin.


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19 Countryside

Genre: Character-driven ; Social Issue & Investigation

Type: Series 

Feature length: 30 min*4 episodes

Language: Mandarin

Production Status: Preliminary research has been completed; currently in the shooting stage. Expected to be completed in September 2023. 

Director: SONG Manchao


CONTENT

The memory of history is condensed in the countryside, reflecting the progress of civilization. 


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13 Take A Different Shower

Genre: Other: Family stories 

Type: One-off 

Feature length: 50 min 

Language: Mandarin 

Production Status: Post-production

Director: KANG Shiwei

Producer: Naoki Yonemoto


CONTENT

A three-year-old son loathes his father due to “Oedipal complex”. The pandemic gives the father an opportunity to improve their relationship by giving his son a daily bath. 

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11 Life Experiment

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

Type: One-off 

Feature length: 90 min 

Language: Mandarin 

Production Status: Post-production stage, expected to be completed in July 2023.

Producer: YU Feng

Chief Director: WANG Qixian


CONTENT

A couple conducts an experiment on traditional culture, life, and pursuit of ideals based on their lives.


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12 Mao Weitao

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

Type: One-off 

Feature length: 90 min 

Language: Mandarin 

Production Status: Shooting stage, expected to be completed in 2022. 

Director: ZENG Hui

Director: WANG Lili


CONTENT

Explore the spiritual journey of Mao Weitao, a contemporary Yue opera master, about her seeking breakthrough and enhancing the art, and record this odyssey that belongs to Mao Weitao.


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14 Guesthouse

Genre: Social Issue & Investigation

Type: One-off 

Feature length: 65 min 

Language: Mandarin 

Production Status: Later stage

Director: YANG Juan

Prroducer: ZHANG Xinwei


CONTENT

A story at a guesthouse next to the temporary labor market.

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15 Fish Lantern 2

Genre: Culture & history; Social Issue & Investigation

Type: One-off & Series 

Feature length: 25 min*3 episodes

Language: Mandarin(dialect)

Production Status: Research and shooting stage.

Director: XIE Xiuyuan

Producer: Cha Ma


CONTENT

Worship ancestors? Make wishes? Prevent fire? What is the purpose of fish lantern in Wangmantian Village? Many elders in the village no longer believe in it, but why the famous social media anchorwoman says that fish lantern is indispensable?


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16 Soul Ferryman

Genre: Social Issue & Investigation; Character-driven

Type: Series

Feature length: 15 min*6 episodes

Language: Mandarin/Sichuan dialect/Tibetan

Production Status: Expected to be completed in 180 days.

Producer/Director:WANG Xuesong


CONTENT

From the perspective of ordinary people with a special job, the film indicates that every struggling soul should have a warm harbor to handle adversities and heal every aspect of life.

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17 The Southern China Mural Painting: China's Lost Art

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

Type: Series 

Feature length: 25 min*3 episodes

Language: Mandarin

Production Status: Shooing stage, expected to be completed in October 2022. 

Director: XU Jifeng

Director: ZENG Hui


CONTENT

After years of hard work, Professor He Shiyang and his team at the China Academy of Art (CAA) have retraced the historical lineage to resurrect the “Southern China Mural Painting”, a lost art, and awaken the dormant value of traditional art.


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18 Nobody's Fight

Genre: Sports & Lifestyle;Social Issue & Investigation

Type: Series 

Feature length: 228 min*8 episodes

Language: Mandarin

Production Status: Shooting stage 

Producer / Co- director: TONG Shengjia

Director: LIU Qi


CONTENT

This is the story of ordinary people fighting for themselves in their respective rings.