Cell Phone
Adapted from Liu Zhenyun’s novel of the same name (手机)

Director: Feng Xiaogang
Screenwriter: Liu Zhenyun
Running Time: 107 mins.
Release Date: Dec. 18, 2003 (Mainland China)

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Back to 1942

Adapted from Remembering 1942 (温故一九四二)

Director: Feng Xiaogang
Screenwriter: Liu Zhenyun
Running Time: 146 mins.
Release Dates: Nov. 29, 2012 (Mainland China); Nov. 11, 2012 (Rome Film Festival)

Awards:
36 awards and nominations within China.
International awards:

  • — Fajr International Film Festival (Iran), Best Screenplay (Liu Zhenyun)
  • — 7th Rome Film Festival, Young Jury Golden Butterfly award for best film
  • — 7th Rome Film Festival, Italian Society of Cinematographers award for best cinematography (Lü Yue)

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Lost and Found
Adapted from Liu Zhenyun’s The Cook, The Crook, and the Real Estate Tycoon (我叫刘跃进, literally “I Am Liu Yuejin”)

Director: Ma Liwen
Screenwriter: Liu Zhenyun
Running Time: 85 mins.
Release Date: January 18, 2008

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Someone to Talk To

Adapted from Liu Zhenyun’s novel of the same name (一句顶一万句, literally “One Sentence is Worth Ten Thousand Sentences”)

Director: Liu Yulin
Screenwriter: Liu Zhenyun
Running Time: 110 minutes
Release Date: Nov. 11, 2016 (Mainland China)

Awards:
5 awards and nominations within China.
Participation in the following international festivals:

  • — 21st Busan International Film Festival, main competition
  • — 38th Cairo International Film Festival, main competition
  • — 27th Stockholm International Film Festival, “Discovery” section
  • — 15th Pune International Film Festival (India), main competition
  • — 39th Créteil International Women's Film Festival (France), main competition
  • — 67th Berlin International Film Festvial, “Asian Brilliant Stars” section, award for best screenwriter
  • — 19th Far East Film Festival (Udine, Italy)
  • — 8th Munich Chinese Film Festival, opening film
  • — 18th Hong Kong Asian Film Festival, “New Vision” section

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I Am Not Madame Bovary

Adapted from Liu Zhenyun’s I Did Not Kill My Husband (我不是潘金莲, literally “I Am Not Pan Jinlian”)

Director: Feng Xiaogang
Screenwriter: Liu Zhenyun
Running Time: 140 mins.
Release Dates: Nov. 18, 2016 (Mainland China); Sep. 8, 2016 (Toronto International Film Festival)

Awards:
Over 30 awards and nominations within China.
International awards:

  • — 41st Toronto International Film Festival, Prize of the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) for Special Presentation
  • — 64th San Sebastian Film Festival, Golden Shell for Best Film
  • — 64th San Sebastian Film Festival, Silver Shell for Best Actress (Fan Bingbing)
  • — 11th Asian Film Awards, Best Director (Feng Xiaogang)
  • — 11th Asian Film Awards, Best Actress (Fan Bingbing)
  • — 11th Asian Film Awards, Best Cinematographer (Luo Pan)

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