A River Runs, Turns, Erases, Replaces

河流，奔跑着，倒映着

2021 | Documentary | 87 min | Color | No Dialogue | USA | Trailer

director & editor: SHENGZE ZHU | producer: ZHENGFAN YANG | cinematographer: SHENGZE ZHU & ZHENGFAN YANG | re-recording mixer: AYMERIC DUPAS

 

SYNOPSIS

A portrait of urban spaces along the Yangtze River in the city of Wuhan. An engaging communal stage on which people perform in various ways: some dancing, singing, swimming; some shoveling, welding, and hammering. An evolving landscape that is continuously sculpted by nature and dramatically altered by roaring machines and rising infrastructure. Where desires are planted. Where memories are buried. The lost place.

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  • Berlinale Forum (Germany, 2021) - Caligari Prize

  • Cinéma du Réel (France, 2021)

  • Hot Docs (Canada, 2021)

  • Documenta Madrid (Spain, 2021)

  • Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival (Ukraine, 2021)

  • Dokufest (Kosovo, 2021)

  • Dokumentarfilmwoche Hamburg (Germany, 2021)

  • DMZ International Documentary Film Festival (South Korea, 2021)

  • Beldocs (Serbia, 2021)

  • New York Film Festival (USA, 2021)

  • Taipei Film Festival (Taiwan, 2021)

  • BFI London Film Festival (UK, 2021)

  • Viennale (Austria, 2021)

  • São Paulo International Film Festival (Brazil, 2021)

  • IDFA - International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (Netherlands, 2021)

  • San Diego Asian Film Festival (USA, 2021)

  • Milan Filmmaker Fest (Italy, 2021) - Filmmaker Award Best Film

  • Festival des 3 Continents (France, 2021)

  • RIDM - Montreal International Documentary Festival (Canada, 2021)

  • Human Rights Film Festival (Croatia, 2021)

  • Costa Rica Festival Internacional de Cine (Costa Rica, 2022)

  • Seattle International Film Festival (USA, 2022)

  • New Horizons International Film Festival (Poland, 2022)

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