Qi Na Ri Tu

In 1969, a young Beijing student, Chen Zhen, is sent to live among the nomadic herdsmen of Inner Mongolia. Caught between the advance of civilization from the south and the nomads' traditional enemies - the marauding wolves - to the north; humans and animals, residents and invaders alike, struggle to find their true place in the world.

Mongolian girl Alima is assigned to accomplish an important mission by CCP. During the mission, her father and fellows are killed by the enemy in a public execution.

Former boss Wei Pingan makes his living by selling cemeteries. For the sake of a promise, Wei Pingan tries to find out the truth, but finds that the people who spread the rumors do not care about the truth, but only about what they believe to be the truth, and Wei Pingan himself is caught in a new rumor.

Chaogtu yearns to move to the city, while his wife, Sarula, is content with their life on the Mongolian prairie. Then one day change comes creeping into the region. This tale of conjugal love combines traditional landscapes with contemporary social issues. (TIFF)

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In the early 1940s, on the grasslands of northern China near Beijing, there lived a cunning and formidable horse thief named Chagan, nicknamed “The Lynx.” He was notorious for appearing and disappearing like a ghost, repeatedly stealing heavily guarded herds of horses. Although he had been captured by Nationalist troops, he managed to escape death several times, each time slipping away like a phantom.

Tells the tragic story of Mongolian herders in defense of their homeland against the invaders.

During the 12th Century a boy is born to a tribal chief. He is named Temujin, which means "blacksmith." Nine years later, his father is murdered by the Tartars After a long struggle, just when Temujin reclaims tribal chief status, the Merkit tribe kidnaps his wife. In order to fight against the Merkits, Temujin has to use his mother as a pawn in exchange for troops from ally tribes. Temujin manages to rescue his wife only to realise that she is pregnant with the enemy's child. Enduring tremendous anguish, Temujin throws himself into battle against the Tartars and slaughters the leader of the intruders. He eventually takes his wife back and accepts her child. Later on, he begins a campaign to unify all Mongolian tribes. By the age of 40, he is bestowed the title "Genghis Khan", which means "oceanic ruler".

During the course of her teaching, she unexpectedly discovers that Xiaobate’er, one of the students in her class, is actually the “son” of Chaoluomeng, the young man who works as a wagon driver. Led by Chaoluomeng, the young members of the pastoral farming contract group are precisely the people whom Wurihan’s father, Sangbu, the former commune leader, looks down upon.

A historical saga set during World War II, when Japan was at war with China. A veterinarian flees to Inner Mongolia after his wife and son are killed by the Japanese. He helps a woman who is unable to give birth because her child is important to the tribe, and begins to heal from his loss.

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