Ai Weiwei Movies

  • 2012
    Ordos 100

    Ordos 100

    Ordos 100

    52012HD

    "Ordos 100" provides a picture of an Ai Weiwei at the pinnacle of his artistic fame, but not yet in the political hot water that was to give him a...

    Ordos 100
  • 2022
    Ithaka

    Ithaka

    Ithaka

    8.52022HD

    The campaign to free Julian Assange takes on intimate dimensions in this documentary portrait of an elderly man’s fight to save his son. ...

    Ithaka
  • 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
  • 2019
    Ximei

    Ximei

    Ximei

    02019HD

    Twenty years after China’s scandalous “Black Blood Economy,” when a million Chinese citizens were infected with HIV and countless...

    Ximei
  • 2012
    The Crab House

    The Crab House

    The Crab House

    02012HD

    Early in 2008, the district government of Jiading, Shanghai invited Ai Weiwei to build a studio in Malu Township, as a part of the local government's...

    The Crab House
  • 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
  • 2003
    Eat, Drink and Be Merry

    Eat, Drink and Be Merry

    Eat, Drink and Be Merry

    02003HD

    In 2003, the infectious disease SARS quickly spread across China, causing widespread panic. At the peak of the hysteria accompanying the mysterious...

    Eat, Drink and Be Merry
  • 2019
    Propaganda: The Art of Selling Lies

    Propaganda: The Art of Selling Lies

    Propaganda: The Art of Selling Lies

    6.62019HD

    From ancient cave paintings to Twitter feeds and deep fakes, propaganda's rapid progression hasn't compromised its potency. Tracing its effective use...

    Propaganda: The Art of Selling Lies
  • 2013
    Wenchuan Rebar

    Wenchuan Rebar

    Wenchuan Rebar

    02013HD

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

    Wenchuan Rebar
  • 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
  • 2015
    Straight

    Straight

    Straight

    02015HD

    On May 12, 2008, Sichuan province suffered a devastating earthquake with thousands of deaths and many more injured and displaced. School buildings...

    Straight
  • 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
  • 2009
    冯正虎回家

    冯正虎回家

    冯正虎回家

    02009HD

    冯正虎回家
  • 2012
    Chang'an Boulevard

    Chang'an Boulevard

    Chang'an Boulevard

    02012HD

    Shot in one-minute increments, Ai's video obsessively documents daily life along Chang'an Boulevard, a thriving road that bisects the capital city...

    Chang'an Boulevard
  • 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
  • 2010
    Jingmei Wang

    Jingmei Wang

    Jingmei Wang

    02010HD

    Jingmei Wang
  • 2007
    Fairytale

    Fairytale

    Fairytale

    02007HD

    Fairytale chronicles the making of an installation-cum-performance of the same name. In 2007, Ai Weiwei invited 1001 Chinese citizens of varying ages...

    Fairytale
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2015
    Fukushima Art Project

    Fukushima Art Project

    Fukushima Art Project

    02015HD

    In August 2014, Ai Weiwei was invited as one of the participating artists for the Fukushima Nuclear Zone by the Japanese art coalition Chim↑Pom,...

    Fukushima Art Project