Ai Weiwei Studio Movies

  • 2017
    Human Flow

    Human Flow

    Human Flow

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    More than 65 million people around the world have been forced from their homes to escape famine, climate change and war, the greatest displacement...

    Human Flow
  • 2009
    Disturbing the Peace

    Disturbing the Peace

    Disturbing the Peace

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    "Disturbing the Peace" is a documentary of an incident during Tan Zuoren's trial on August 12, 2009. Tan Zuoren was charged with inciting subversion...

    Disturbing the Peace
  • 2007
    Fairytale

    Fairytale

    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...

    Fairytale
  • 2009
    Little Girl's Cheeks

    Little Girl's Cheeks

    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...

    Little Girl's Cheeks
  • 2013
    Stay Home

    Stay Home

    Stay Home

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    Liu Ximei was born in 1985 in Xincai County, Zhumadian City in Henan Province. Being born in violation of the one child policy, she was given up to...

    Stay Home
  • 2014
    You Know What I Mean

    You Know What I Mean

    You Know What I Mean

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    The Bazhou police wrongfully arrested seven people without any evidence around September 16, 2001, for their involvement in the murders of two...

    You Know What I Mean
  • 2012
    The Crab House

    The Crab House

    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...

    The Crab House
  • 2013
    Wenchuan Rebar

    Wenchuan Rebar

    Wenchuan Rebar

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    A short documentary about the making of "Straight" and "Forge" (2008-2012).

    Wenchuan Rebar
  • 2012
    Discard the Old Path of Closed Doors and Rigidity and Reject Evil Attempts to Change the Party's Banner

    Discard the Old Path of Closed Doors and Rigidity and Reject Evil Attempts to Change the Party's Banner

    Discard the Old Path of Closed Doors and Rigidity and Reject Evil Attempts to Change the Party's Banner

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    A Beijing taxi driver's special understanding of the Party's entreaty "We will not follow the old and rigid path" during the 18th Party Congress.

    Discard the Old Path of Closed Doors and Rigidity and Reject Evil Attempts to Change the Party's Banner
  • 2012
    Ordos 100

    Ordos 100

    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...

    Ordos 100
  • 2012
    Beijing: The Second Ring

    Beijing: The Second Ring

    Beijing: The Second Ring

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    Beijing: The Second Ring is a document of the two opposite views of traffic flow on 33 bridges along Beijing’s Second Ring. The entire piece is...

    Beijing: The Second Ring
  • 2010
    One Recluse

    One Recluse

    One Recluse

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    In June 2008, Yang Jia carried a knife, a hammer, a gas mask, pepper spray, gloves and Molotov cocktails to the Zhabei Public Security Branch Bureau...

    One Recluse
  • 2014
    Ai Weiwei's Appeal ¥15,220,910.50

    Ai Weiwei's Appeal ¥15,220,910.50

    Ai Weiwei's Appeal ¥15,220,910.50

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    Ai Weiwei’s Appeal ¥15,220,910.50 opens with Ai Weiwei’s mother at the Venice Biennial in the summer of 2013 examining Ai’s...

    Ai Weiwei's Appeal ¥15,220,910.50
  • 2010
    A Beautiful Life

    A Beautiful Life

    A Beautiful Life

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    The Shanghai authorities rejected Feng Zhenghu, originated from Wenzhou, Jiejiang, China, from returning to the country for a total of eight times in...

    A Beautiful Life
  • 2003
    Eat, Drink and Be Merry

    Eat, Drink and Be Merry

    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...

    Eat, Drink and Be Merry
  • 2020
    Coronation

    Coronation

    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...

    Coronation
  • 2014
    Play of the Play

    Play of the Play

    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.

    Play of the Play
  • 2010
    Sanhua

    Sanhua

    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...

    Sanhua
  • 2015
    Fukushima Art Project

    Fukushima Art Project

    Fukushima Art Project

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    In August 2014, Ai Weiwei was invited as one of the participating artists for the Fukushima Nuclear Zone by the Japanese art coalition Chim↑Pom,...

    Fukushima Art Project
  • 2016
    Heaven and Earth

    Heaven and Earth

    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...

    Heaven and Earth