Ai Weiwei Movies

  • 2019
    The Rest

    The Rest

    The Rest

    52019HD

    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.

    The Rest
  • 2022
    Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War

    Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War

    Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War

    02022HD

    One of Britain’s greatest landscape artists, Eric Ravilious, is killed in a plane crash while on commission as Official War Artist in Iceland...

    Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War
  • 2010
    One Recluse

    One Recluse

    One Recluse

    72010HD

    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
  • 2013
    Ping'an Yueqing

    Ping'an Yueqing

    Ping'an Yueqing

    02013HD

    Ping’an yueqing investigates the 2010 death of Qian Yunhui, a village leader from Yueqing in the eastern province of Zhejiang, who died under...

    Ping'an Yueqing
  • 2013
    Wenchuan Rebar

    Wenchuan Rebar

    Wenchuan Rebar

    02013HD

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

    Wenchuan Rebar
  • 2020
    Cockroach

    Cockroach

    Cockroach

    72020HD

    In February 2019, the Hong Kong government proposed a bill that would have allowed the extradition of criminal suspects from Hong Kong to face trial...

    Cockroach
  • 2022
    Rohingya

    Rohingya

    Rohingya

    02022HD

    The Rohingya are an ethnic Muslim minority from Myanmar's Rakhine State who have suffered several decades of persecution by the Burmese government....

    Rohingya
  • 2012
    Beijing: The Second Ring

    Beijing: The Second Ring

    Beijing: The Second Ring

    02012HD

    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
  • 2013
    Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case

    Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case

    Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case

    52013HD

    After 81 days of solitary detention world famous Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is put under house arrest. He suffers from sleeping disorder and memory...

    Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case
  • 2009
    Disturbing the Peace

    Disturbing the Peace

    Disturbing the Peace

    6.52009HD

    "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
  • 2012
    Beijing: The Third Ring

    Beijing: The Third Ring

    Beijing: The Third Ring

    02012HD

    Beijing: The Third Ring is a document of the two opposite views of traffic flow on 55 bridges along Beijing’s Third Ring. The entire piece is...

    Beijing: The Third Ring
  • 2019
    Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly

    Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly

    Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly

    8.82019HD

    Ai Weiwei, famous for his large-scale installation work and his dogged social justice advocacy, created a career-defining work in 2015 with @Large,...

    Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly
  • 2011
    Flower Good Moon Round

    Flower Good Moon Round

    Flower Good Moon Round

    02011HD

    In the summer of 2010, the Chinese government began a crackdown on dissent, and Hua Hao Yue Yuan documents the stories of Liu Dejun and Liu Shasha,...

    Flower Good Moon Round
  • 2011
    Who's Afraid of Ai Wei Wei?

    Who's Afraid of Ai Wei Wei?

    Who's Afraid of Ai Wei Wei?

    02011HD

    An intimate portrait of a man who’s sometimes called China’s Andy Warhol — Ai Weiwei. He’s a global art star who’s now...

    Who's Afraid of Ai Wei Wei?
  • 2010
    A Beautiful Life

    A Beautiful Life

    A Beautiful Life

    02010HD

    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
  • 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

    02014HD

    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
  • 2014
    Play of the Play

    Play of the Play

    Play of the Play

    02014HD

    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
  • 2024
    Free to Create - Artists in Exile

    Free to Create - Artists in Exile

    Free to Create - Artists in Exile

    72024HD

    Artists forced to leave their country talk about the ambivalence of exile. With Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani, Chinese artist Ai Weiwei,...

    Free to Create - Artists in Exile
  • 2012
    Remembrance

    Remembrance

    Remembrance

    02012HD

    On April 24, 2010 at 00:51, Ai Weiwei (@aiww)
started a Twitter campaign to commemorate
students who perished in the earthquake...

    Remembrance
  • 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

    02012HD

    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