ACCLAIMED documentaries released this year and last year are being shown at the Ninth Golden Kapok Screening through Thursday at two Broadway cinemas in Shenzhen. All the documentaries are in their original languages with Chinese subtitles and only some have English subtitles.

Over the past weekend, “Anxious in Beirut,” “Against the Tide,” “Fragments From Heaven,” “Between the Rains,” “Caiti Blues,” “Becoming Giulia,” “Close to Vermeer” and “Leap of Faith” were shown.

Schedule and booking: WeChat miniprogram “百老汇影城”

Films at Palace Cinema

‘The Third Pole’ (2023)

Plot: In the picturesque Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, there are groups of rare animals, such as pikas and golden snub-nosed monkeys. Within the cycle of the four seasons, these fragile yet resilient lives are thriving generation after generation with extraordinary survival skills.

Language: Mandarin (English subtitles)

‘Objectos de Luz’ (2022)

Plot: The evocation of the use of light in cinema leads the “Character of the Man of Light” to ponder over it, over its essence and its multiple manifestations in a revisitation of various geographical places and memories.

Language: Portuguese

‘Bringing the Voice’ (2023)

Plot: Klaudia Kemper reconnects with her aphasic and elderly father, a psychoanalyst who stayed in Brazil after she left for Chile when she was young.

Language: Spanish

‘Building’ (2022)

Plot: Directed by Ju Anqi, “Building” focuses on the conservation and revitalization of architectural heritage in Chinese metropolitan areas. Ju spent two years in interviewing more than 80 internationally acclaimed architects, experts, scholars, and practitioners to film the documentary.

Language: Mandarin (English subtitles)

Venue: Palace Cinema, 4/F, Raffles City, Nanshan District (来福士广场四楼深圳百丽宫影城)

Metro: Line 9 or 12 to Nanyou Station (南油站), Exit E

Films at Broadway Cinematheque

‘On the Adamant’ (2023)

Plot: “On the Adamant” follows patients and caregivers at a psychiatric center on a unique floating structure located in the middle of the Seine River in central Paris.

Language: French (English subtitles)

‘Much Ado About Dying’ (2022)

Plot: David, an eccentric gay actor, is a Shakespeare-loving drama queen who has grown old on a diet of attention and applause.

Language: English

‘Lynx Man’ (2023)

Plot: “Lynx Man” revolves around a bearded Finnish hermit who oscillates between sweating out his demons in a sauna, and crawling around the forest at night to document the endangered lynx.

Language: Finnish

‘Bitter Sweet Ballad’ (2023)

Plot: At the choir of the Dandelion School, Beijing’s first middle school specifically established for the children of migrant workers, students have been savoring the joys and sorrows of their youth along this journey accompanied by music.

Language: Mandarin (English subtitles)

Venue: Broadway Cinematheque, 5/F, MixC World, Nanshan District (华润万象天地五楼深圳百老汇电影中心)

Metro: Line 1 to Hi-tech Park Station (高新园站), Exit A

(SD News)