Ode to Joy

  • 31'
  • China
  • 2008

An essential background for Qiu Jiongjiong’s recent A New Old Play, this dazzlingly playful short documentary remixes a Sichuan opera company’s dress rehearsal for its tribute to Qiu Fuxin, the director’s grandfather – who was a legendary opera performer of 'clown' comedic roles, and the real-life subject of A New Old Play. This exuberant celebration of a not-yet-lost past re-activates the memories of ageing, but irrepressibly vital, stage artists.

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Available on Festival Scope Pro from 26 January 9:00 CET to 14 February 9:00 CET



  • 31'
  • China
  • 2008
Director
Qiu Jiongjiong
Country of production
China
Year
2008
Festival Edition
P&I Selection 2022
Length
31'
Medium
Digital
Original title
Cai pai ji
Language
Chinese
Producer
Qiu Jiongjiong
Sales
Qiu Jiongjiong
Screenplay
Qiu Jiongjiong
Cinematography
Qiu Jiongjiong
Editor
Qiu Jiongjiong
Sound Design
Qiu Jiongjiong
Cast
Zhao Xiuxin, Fu Sisong, Ai Guizhi, Meng Haifan, Wang Kaihua
Director
Qiu Jiongjiong
Country of production
China
Year
2008
Festival Edition
P&I Selection 2022
Length
31'
Medium
Digital
Original title
Cai pai ji
Language
Chinese
Producer
Qiu Jiongjiong
Sales
Qiu Jiongjiong
Screenplay
Qiu Jiongjiong
Cinematography
Qiu Jiongjiong
Editor
Qiu Jiongjiong
Sound Design
Qiu Jiongjiong
Cast
Zhao Xiuxin, Fu Sisong, Ai Guizhi, Meng Haifan, Wang Kaihua

Programme IFFR 2022

Focus: Qiu Jiongjiong

Qiu Jiongjiong is one of China’s most innovative, critical, and entertaining artists/filmmakers, whose works joyously blur the boundaries between fiction, documentary, and experimental cinema. Intimate memory and national history resonate in Qiu’s baroque rhapsodies of music and design. We present seven of his films including his new masterwork A New Old Play.

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