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XV Festival Internacional de Cine Documental
Synopsis
The year 2045. A man arrives on Mars. From far away, he will gaze upon the images he has brought with him of his distant home: the mountainous jungles of Vietnam and its unique indigenous minorities. The young filmmaker Minh Quý Trương composes a nourishing essay about the feeling of belonging somewhere, about the creation, memory and ethics of images by making an ethnographic study combined with elements of science fiction. (MMF)
Festivals
-Locarno Film Festival - Best Young Production of Independent Film Critics - 2019
-New York Film Festival - 2019
-Nantes 3 Continents - 2019
-Singapore International Film Festival - 2019
-International Film Festival Rotterdam - 2020
Biografía del director
Trương Minh Quý
Trương Minh Quý, 1990, was born in Buon Ma Thuot, a small city in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. In 2010 he quit Ho Chi Minh City College of Cinema and Theatre in his 2nd year to follow independent filmmaking. Quý lives and works here and there in the vibrancy of memories and present moments, his narratives and images, lying between documentary and fiction, personal and impersonal, draw on the landscape of his homeland, childhood memories, and the historical context of Vietnam. In his films, he has experimented with combining abstract concepts-images with realistic improvisations during shooting. His films have been selected for international film festivals and international exhibitions such as Clermont-Ferrand, Oberhausen, Rotterdam, Busan, VideoBrasil, Les Rencontres Internationales Paris&Berlin. He is the alumnus of 2012 AFA (Asian Film Academy, Busan International Film Festival) and 2016 Berlinale Talents (Berlin International Film Festival).
Credits
Language
Vitnamese - Subtitles in spanish and english
Director
Trương Minh Quý
Screenplay
Trương Minh Quý
Cinematography
Son Doan
Editing
Trương Minh Quý
Sound
Ernst Karel, Arnaud Soulier
Production
Xiao-Dong Guo
Contact
info@levofilms.com
AVAILABLE ON FILMIN
From 10 to 20 December
