Cinematography: Shan Xiaohui

The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Shan Xiaohui. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.


Dead Souls

2018 · Documentary · 495 min. · China

Direction Wang Bing

Plot A history of what truly went on in the Chinese "re-education" camps of the late 1950s. Premiere: Cannes Film Festival 2018.

7.7

34 votes

7.7

34 votes

Ta'ang

2016 · Documentary · 148 min. · Hong Kong

Direction Wang Bing

Plot A civil war has been smouldering for decades in Myanmar’s Kokang region, which is home to the Ta’ang people (also known as the Palaung). When their lives are once again...

7.0

79 votes

7.0

79 votes

Mrs. Fang

2017 · Documentary · 86 min. · China

Direction Wang Bing

Cast Fang Xiuying

Plot Fang Xiuying was a farmer born in Huzhou, Fujian in 1948. She suffered from Alzheimer’s for the last eight years of her life. By 2015, her symptoms were already very...

6.3

92 votes

6.3

92 votes

Youth (Homecoming)

2024 · Documentary · 152 min. · France

Direction Wang Bing

Plot As New Year’s break approaches, Zhili’s textile workshops are almost deserted. The few remaining employees are desperate to be paid for their trip home. From the banks of the Yangtze...

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Youth (Hard Times)

2024 · Documentary · 227 min. · France

Direction Wang Bing

Plot Wang Bing's sequel documentary chronicles the struggles of migrant workers at clothing workshops, capturing their daily struggles to survive on low wages and exploring the possibility of collective empowerment as...

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