Ai Weiwei Movies
- 2007
Fairytale
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Fairytale chronicles the making of an installation-cum-performance of the same name. In 2007, Ai Weiwei invited 1001 Chinese citizens of varying ages...
- 2010
Jingmei Wang
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- 2009
Little Girl's Cheeks
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On December 15, 2008, a citizens' investigation began with the goal of seeking an explanation for the casualties of the Sichuan earthquake that...
- 2012
The Crab House
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Early in 2008, the district government of Jiading, Shanghai invited Ai Weiwei to build a studio in Malu Township, as a part of the local government's...
- 2014
Play of the Play
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Ai Weiwei Studio presents the process of creating a Yu opera based on the first trial over Ai's fake tax case.
- 2017
Ai Weiwei Drifting
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Ai Weiwei is a global star and an enigma. DW followed him for a year for this intimate portrait. The film shows Ai Weiwei at home, at work, and on...
- 2020
Coronation
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As the first city hit in the global pandemic, Wuhan, with a population of 11 million, was placed under an unprecedented lockdown. The film showcases...
- 2012
4851
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At 14:28 on May 12, 2008, an 8.0-magnitude earthquake happened in Sichuan, China. Over 5,000 students in primary and secondary schools perished in...
- 2017
The Chinese Lives of Uli Sigg
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Swiss collector Uli Sigg has played in the time of economic opening of China by Mao an essential role, which is still continuing. To better...
- 2003
Eat, Drink and Be Merry
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In 2003, the infectious disease SARS quickly spread across China, causing widespread panic. At the peak of the hysteria accompanying the mysterious...
- 2010
Sanhua
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The documentary depicts a complete picture of a chain in the cat-trading industry. Since the end of 2009 when the government began soliciting expert...
- 2016
Heaven and Earth
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A Henan opera based on the complete recording of a lawsuit filed against the Beijing Local Taxation Bureau by Ai Weiwei's Fake Cultural Development...
- 2013
Ping'an Yueqing
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Ping’an yueqing investigates the 2010 death of Qian Yunhui, a village leader from Yueqing in the eastern province of Zhejiang, who died under...
- 2012
Chang'an Boulevard
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Shot in one-minute increments, Ai's video obsessively documents daily life along Chang'an Boulevard, a thriving road that bisects the capital city...
- 2014
Ai Weiwei - Evidence
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Documentary about artist Ai Weiwei's 2014 exhibition in Berlin.
- 2019
The Rest
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Europe's refugees are met at eye level in a film by the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, who defends the ideals of humanism in the midst of the crisis.
- 2012
Ordos 100
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"Ordos 100" provides a picture of an Ai Weiwei at the pinnacle of his artistic fame, but not yet in the political hot water that was to give him a...
- 2022
Opera di Roma: Turandot
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Opera in three acts (1926) New Production! Celebrated contemporary artist Ai Weiwei makes his operatic debut with a new reading of Puccini’s...
- 2013
Wenchuan Rebar
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A short documentary about the making of "Straight" and "Forge" (2008-2012).
- 2019
Ximei
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Twenty years after China’s scandalous “Black Blood Economy,” when a million Chinese citizens were infected with HIV and countless...