The Obscure (1999)

Time: 7:00 pm-8:30 pm, May 31
Venue: Yugongyishan, Zhang Zizhong Road 3-2, Dongcheng District, Beijing
Tel: 010-8402-8477
 

Directed by Lu Yue, The Obscure was filmed in 1999, but originally failed to make it past China’s censors, due to its complex content and sharp style.
Part documentary and part fiction, the first half of the film follows several famous writers as they discuss whether “poetry is still alive in our time,” while the second fictitious part follows a couple as they rekindle an old romance.

Our Fragrance (2003)

Time: 3:00pm, May 10
Venue: The Glamour Bar, 6/F, 5 Guangdong Lu, Shanghai
Tel: 021-6350-9988

Directed by Cheon Jong-pal, Our Fragrance focuses on the pull between the conservative and the modern in Korea. The film features the relationship between Pyeong-ho, who comes from a conservative family and develops new takes on the traditional Korean dish kimchi, and Sae-byeol, a young interpreter accustomed to a more westernised life. As the story unfolds, the clash between traditional and modern Korean lifestyles comes to the fore.

E.T. (1982)

Time: 20:00, May 27
Venue: Club Obiwan, 4 Xihai Xiyan, Xicheng District, Beijing
Tel: 010-6617-3231

Directed by Steven Spielberg, E.T. is a timeless classic about the unique bond forged between several children and a surprise visitor from outer space. Spielberg’s masterpiece narrates the story of little Elliot, who befriends and cares for an alien, and all the adventures that befall Elliot as he tries to help the alien find his way home.

My Favorite Season (1993)

Time: 17:00, May 8
Venue: Guangcai International Mansion, 18 Gongti Xilu, Chaoyang District, Beijing
Tel: 010-6553-2627

André Téchiné’s My Favorite Season narrates the story of estranged siblings Emilie and Antoine, who are drawn back together by their mother’s heart disease. Her eventual death helps the pair to face the past and reconsider their relationship. The movie was honored by the Boston Society of Film Critics in 1996.

American Fork (2007)

Time: 15:30, May 9
Venue: UCCA Auditorium, 798 Art District, 4 Jiuxianqiao Lu, Chaoyang District, Beijing
Tel: 010-8459-9269

Directed by Chris Bowman, American Fork features a grocery clerk pursuing his dream of becoming an actor. Tracy Orbison, weighing nearly 400 pounds, is a grocery clerk who proves all his detractors wrong through determination and hard work and achieves his dream of acting.