Once Upon a Time There Was a Mom
Playful, unconventional black-and-white film that sees a man undergoing a transformation after his wife’s death.
29'
Myanmar
IFFR 2023
Two exiled beings trade stories of kin, loss, folklore, and queer intimacy as they prepare for reincarnation in a forest. Jazz guides the journey as ghostly connections between Chinese, West African, and Caribbean migrant experiences are revealed and explored.
– Leonie Woodfin
IFFR 2023
- 22'
- United Kingdom
- 2023
- Director
- Chris Zhongtian Yuan
- Premiere
- World premiere
- Country of production
- United Kingdom
- Year
- 2023
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2023
- Length
- 22'
- Medium
- DCP
- Language
- English
- Producer
- Chris Zhongtian Yuan
- Sales
- Chris Zhongtian Yuan
- Screenplay
- Chris Zhongtian Yuan
- Cinematography
- Bea Macdonald
- Editor
- Chris Zhongtian Yuan
- Production Design
- Chris Zhongtian Yuan
- Sound Design
- Olukemi Lijadu
- Music
- Kevin G. Davy
- Cast
- Ella Frost, Huiqi He, Jiaying Kou
Also in this combined programme
Procuro teu auxílio para enterrar um homem
Brazil, 1870. A tangled story of power, lust and freedom unfolds, where nothing is tangible.
21'
Brazil
IFFR 2023
- Director
- Chris Zhongtian Yuan
- Premiere
- World premiere
- Country of production
- United Kingdom
- Year
- 2023
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2023
- Length
- 22'
- Medium
- DCP
- Language
- English
- Producer
- Chris Zhongtian Yuan
- Sales
- Chris Zhongtian Yuan
- Screenplay
- Chris Zhongtian Yuan
- Cinematography
- Bea Macdonald
- Editor
- Chris Zhongtian Yuan
- Production Design
- Chris Zhongtian Yuan
- Sound Design
- Olukemi Lijadu
- Music
- Kevin G. Davy
- Cast
- Ella Frost, Huiqi He, Jiaying Kou
Programme IFFR 2023
Short & Mid-length
Just as long as it takes. The Short & Mid-length film programme offers a unique showcase of films under 63 minutes.
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An affecting meditation on the pain experienced by refugees forced to live in limbo.
12'
United Kingdom
IFFR 2023
3 Lieder
Timeless, silent film vignettes based on songs from Robert Schumann’s Dichterliebe. A tribute to early film.
7'
Germany
IFFR 2023
3 Peonies
Flowers are stuck down and covered by tape: a wry comment on 20th-century modernist art.
3'
United States
IFFR 2023