Filmmaker returns to Wenchuan where he was born and which was hit by the most devastating earthquake in Chinese history with 70,000 deaths, 375,000 seriously injured and over 17,000 people missing. His parents survived, but lost everything. How does an artist deal with this much suffering?
Also in this combined programme
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A Dream
Artist duo L.A. Raeven look for each other. A sister appears, one disappears; the tragic search on a stairwell catches itself out.
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Herna
A man goes for a ‘quick’ gamble. His wife and child wait for him. But the soundtrack tells a different story. Image and sound interlock
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Il giardino della speranza
Report on how a boy’s disease progresses: the suffering, the will to survive and the intimate thoughts that betray this.
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Juanita
In her unique, associative manner, Nina Yuen juxtaposes a number of stories about death and its rituals, with growth, flowering and decay.
Film details
- Countries of production
- Canada, China
- Year
- 2010
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2011
- Length
- 20"
- Medium/Format
- HDcam
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