TO MY DEAREST
documentary / 23’ / 2026
A Chinese filmmaker and an American single mother reunite after years apart in a low-income community in Georgia, USA, where long-held secrets lead them to navigate love, motherhood and autonomy. Their reunion across poverty and cultural divides turns into a radical question: What does it mean to build a life on your own terms?
Down By The Water
documentary / 7’ / 2023
This is a cross-cultural documentary film about winter scenes and story of people who lives around the Qianhai River and Houhai River area in Beijing. Through four different groups of people telling the details and transformation of life in Beijing in the past 40 years, it presents a fresh and unique humanistic picture of Beijing winter.
Still Home
documentary / 29’ / 2017
Xiu Ru is a shy, introverted girl who records her thoughts and feelings in her cellphone diary–especially her thoughts about her mother. But when her cellphone is stolen, her private thoughts are exposed one after another.
A Temporary Home
documentary / 45’ / 2017
The biggest night food market in Changsha, China has been usually stopped because of controversy of complicated area management and and pollution issue. There are about 178 people making their living in this quare every night .But this square will be turned down by government because of the construction of the subway soon. I followed this group of people to get to know the story and challenge of their lives. This documentary film about night market workers life under urbanization was shot by myself for half year in 2014-2015.
Lost With Dream
documentary / 45’ / 2016
When an aspiring female director, Tingting Yao, finally gets a chance to shoot her first feature film, she has to contend with unproven actors, a young team and a tiny production budget. This film tells the story of a group of young of people struggling to make their dreams a reality in the Chinese film industry.
My No.1
documentary / 35’ / 2015
Roxy, a 22 year-old South African girl, enters the skateboarding community in Changsha where she meets Pan Xi. This film shows the unique worldview of two young in love set against the backdrop of an emerging Chinese city.
A Bohemian In China
documentary / 22’ / 2014
A Bohemian In China is an original music documentary featuring Swiss musician, Mati and also my first time practice in documentary when I was 21. This film follows Mati, a 48 year-old Swiss musician, on a journey from his hermit-style music studio through the sprawling Chinese countryside in pursuit of his pure music dream and also observing contemporary China in village.
Grace Hsia Film Studio Production 