INTERFILM 37 International Short Film Festival Berlin
16 - 21 November 2021

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SP 08 China: New Talents

It’s been four years since INTERFILM has collaborated with Shanghai-based director and producer Sido Yao Lv in the program China New Talent, which aims to capture the essence of Chinese young filmmakers’ scene. The past two years have witnessed a tremendous change over the globe. Relationships have been redefined and ways of communications been reshaped. This year, China New Talent received an assortment of new short films from 14 universities and 9 cities all over China. These films reflect how people cope with reality and seek solidarity in the trying times of lockdown, isolation and depression.

19.11.21, 18:00h, ACUD Kino

21.11.21, 16:30h, Babylon 2

China: New Talents
9 films
Deleted Line

Deleted Line

Zhong Yuanxin // China // 2021 // 02:00 min

Animation

Useless things aren't useless because they are really useless. Seen from another angle, we can rediscover their value. SCAU University Guangzhou - Guangzhou

Heat Death

Heat Death

Miaoyan Wang // China // 2021 // 16:00 min

Live Action

With her family, Jiang Ran experiences the effects of the one-child-only policy that reigned in China until 2015. A second child means financial worries, which also impact Jiang Ran and her dreams of a life of her own with personal interests. Sichuan Film and Television University - Chengdu

Anxiety Disorder

Anxiety Disorder

Rong Xiaoting // China // 2020 // 02:00 min

Animation

External pressure leads to an unavoidable maelstrom of fear that takes great effort to defuse. We can find balance in our hearts by reflecting on ourselves and our standpoint in the universe. SCAU University Guangzhou - Guangzhou

Away

Away

Weijia Zhou // China // 2020 // 14:47 min

Live Action

A girl, Xi An, admires her neighbour Xiao Mi. When the two get to know one another, the former realises that the latter is stuck in an unhappy marriage. Now Xi An tries to find a way out for her new friend. Nanjing University of the Arts - Nanjing

Gezijian

Gezijian

Between Two Fires

Shengbang Chen / Lijuan Ye // China // 2021 // 03:30 min

Animation

Times have changed and a caricaturist's work no longer gets the same recognition. When he tries to change his style, he is pursued by a rabbit killer – the protagonist of his own comic. China Academy of Arts Hangzhou - Hangzhou

Then She Went On Stage

Then She Went On Stage

Yuzhuo Wang // China // 2021 // 16:53 min

Live Action

Luo Nan, a girl in the seventh grade, goes to a little corner store every day. One day, she takes a piece of newspaper with a blue note, where it says that her sick mother and the store owner are having an affair. She takes a stand for her mother's life and shows how brave and special her love for her mother is. Communication University of China - Beijing

Butterfly

Butterfly

Liu Xinping // China // 0 // 04:13 min

Animation

Grandmother loves to tell the story of the people who are reborn as butterflies after their deaths. Until she herself dies and her granddaughter hopes to see a butterfly. Shanghai Normal University - Shanghai

The Stage of Golden Beach

The Stage of Golden Beach

Tiange Xiang // China // 2021 // 18:20 min

Documentary, Live Action

In her school days, Bin was sexually harassed by her dance teacher. Now she has to dance in a show for the spring festival and relives her trauma. Her plea for help falls on deaf ears, so she is forced to take matters into her own hands. The Central Academy of Drama - Beijing

荆棘鸟

荆棘鸟

The Thorn Birds

Qiannan Fang / Yingying Pan // China // 2020 // 09:00 min

Animation

An animated fable relating the legend of a special bird that only sings once in its life and spends its entire existence looking for a thorn tree where it can complete this great song. Communication University of Zhejiang - Hangzhou