Matthew Baren

8.0 MovieThe story of the six Chinese survivors of the Titanic disaster was written out of history. In The Six, we learn how these remarkable men beat the odds to make it off...

The Six

2021

MovieIn June 2023, seven young, queer Chinese signed up for a performance art project in East London. In this month-long community art project, they would learn about what...

Drag Up!

2023

MovieIn the months that follow the seventy-day citywide covid lockdown, three couples in Shanghai meet to talk, and to manifest their traumas in acts of fantastical violence.

Red Horse

2023

MovieFeel the shade, live the fantasy. A new documentary about the Shanghai drag scene.

Extravaganza

2018

MovieAn unnamed woman encounters three different people over the course of a day in Shanghai. Presenting herself as a blank canvas, she invites them to project their...

The Driver

2017

MovieIn Shanghai in the early 90s, a high school girl's choir achieved brief fame for their singing talents on the national stage. They were the promise of youth in a time...

Shanghai Girls

2023

MovieThe last days of M on the Bund, the restaurant that reinvented fine-dining in Shanghai, and its maverick founder Michelle Garnaut. A remarkable three-decade journey...

M on the Bund

2024

MovieAn identity, a burden, an escape, a symbol. The simplest thing we can share with others is our name, but it can also be one of the most complex. In this short...

Tell Me Your Name, Friend