Sand and Sea (shot in 1989) was a collaboration between filmmaker Kang Jianning and Liaoning Television producer Gao Guodong. That film depicted the lives of two families: one living in the Ningxia desert and another, a Northeastern fishing family, living on a remote island. For the 2003 broadcast version of Life — which aired as part of the 'The Weight of Time' series on Chinese TV — Gao did not participate, thus this film is only about the desert family, headed by father Liu Zeyuan. Since 1989, Kang has remained in contact with the family and returned to film them multiple times over the years. Kang's filmmaking largely consists of striking landscape shots of the desert and rather tortured interviews with reticent family members, who often provide one-word answers to Kang’s audible questions. Kang himself also appears, and is an important catalyst to drawing out responses. The filmmaker emphasizes a deep connection to place, as opposed to an eventful or dramatic narrative.

Directed by Kang Jianning (under the pseudonym Wu Gong), and part of the 'Interesting Times' series with Duan Jinchuan's The Secret of My Success and Jiang Yue's This Happy Life. The film chronicles the progress of a lazy Chinese teenager who has a rude awakening when he joins the People's Liberation Army. The original film was finished in 2001, was titled 当兵 (Soldier), and is 88 minutes. It has never been broadcasted. There are two other, widely available versions: An English dub cut for BBC, which is 40 min, and a three-episode CCTV version that adds footage shot in 2003.

An early film by Chinese documentary director Kang Jianning. Whether it is a feature or a short is unknown.

Early film by Chinese documentary filmmaker Kang Jianning. Whether it's a feature or a short is not known.

Early documentary by Kang Jianning. Originally shot in 1987 for a planned series but re-edited into a short film and aired on Ningxia TV in 1992.

Never broadcasted film by Chinese documentary filmmaker Kang Jianning. Whether it's a feature or a short is not known.

Four-part documentary series about Tibet. Part 1: Heavenly Palace (天宫). Part 2: Guge (古格). Part 3: Trulchendanpa and Tholing Monastery (楚成旦巴和托林寺). Part 4: Echo (回声).

Never broadcasted feature film by Chinese documentary filmmaker Kang Jianning.

Never broadcasted film by Chinese documentary filmmaker Kang Jianning. Whether it's a feature or a short is not known.

A 1995 film co-directed by Kang Jianning and Gao Guodong that, most likely, grew out of their earlier film Sand and Sea, and saw at least Kang returning to the family in the desert that he interviewed for that film. Not to be confused with another film of this same title by Kang, from 2003, which includes more up-to-date footage, was itself edited down for broadcast on Chinese TV as part of the 'The Weight of Time' series, and does not include any contributions from Gao Guodong.