34th International Short Film Festival Berlin 2018
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SP 08 China New Talents

CHINA: NEW TALENTS is a special program in partnership with film and multimedia colleges and universities. Presenting different genres, forms and artistic styles, the selected short films challenge conventional modes of representation and show concerns for society and humanity in modern China.

China New Talents is a initiative to introduce new student films after interfilm already showed regularly Chinese short films in the previous years. Launched by the festival director Heinz Hermanns in collaboration with Ms. Sido Yao Lu, this special program collaborates with film schools, multimedia colleges and universities in Mainland China, Hongkong, Macau and Taiwan presenting different forms and artistic styles. The selected mainly live action but also animated short films unveil the fresh, brave creative minds which seek to challenge conventional modes showing their concerns for society and humanity.

China New Talents will not only be screened in Berlin but in tandem with two other parallel screenings in Beijing and Shanghai in late November. These screenings will be followed by curated panels on the prospect of short film in China.

Sido Yao Lu is the China area programming consultant for interfilm Berlin. She holds her MFA degree in film directing from Columbia University. Her short film has been selected by many international film festivals. She acted as jury member at FIRST Financing Forum, Shanghai International Film Festival Short Film Competition and Shanghai Queer Film Festival. She is now an independent filmmaker and film curator working with young filmmakers. 

This year we selected 11 films from following 11 universities and 7 cities:

Shanghai Fudan University,                          
Shanghai, Jiao Tung University,                                     
Shanghai Theatre Academy,                         
Beijing Film Academy                     
Beijing Communication University of China  
Guangzhou Jinan University
Guangzhou SCAU University                                            
Changchun Jilin University,                                                   
Chengdu Sechuan Academy of Film &Television
Taipei National Taiwan University of Arts,                                 
Hangzhou Chinese Academy of Arts

23.11.18, 20:00h, Babylon 3

25.11.18, 17:00h, Babylon 2

China New Talents
11 films
Sailing Away

Sailing Away

Shuli TAN // China // 2018 // 10:00 min

Live Action

A man has spent his entire life working on a boat, but now its age is showing, and a conflict arises between his longing for the river and the expectations of his family.

THE HOME WAITING

THE HOME WAITING

Zhang JiaZhen // China // 2018 // 05:30 min

Experimental, Live Action

While the husband works in a far-off big city, whereas the women have nothing to do but wait.

Gravel

Gravel

Yi Zhang // China // 2017 // 13:30 min

Live Action

A woman whose husband died in an accident takes a trip to collect the body of her husband.

Eyesrun

Eyesrun

Danlei Li / Jia Bao // China // 2018 // 05:00 min

Live Action

A player monitors his avatar to keep from being watched by the eye in the game.

Mom

Mom

Zirui Zhang // China // 2017 // 10:00 min

Live Action

A mother finds out that her daughter is homosexual. She cannot believe it and looks for more evidence. The search leads her to her inner self.

Unavoidably

Unavoidably

Zisen Li // China // 2018 // 09:00 min

Live Action

An old man who is abused by his caregiver and a young man who left home because of conflicts with his father meet.

Sweetie

Sweetie

Jing XIE // China // 2018 // 11:00 min

Live Action

A grandmother is afraid of losing her granddaughter through a paternity test.

AM I ORIGHT

AM I ORIGHT

YEN LIANG CHEN // Taiwan // 2017 // 04:00 min

Animation, Experimental

Winning, losing, growing, and changing in the process of a flowing animation of colors and shapes.

June

June

Yangxuan ZHOU // China // 2018 // 10:30 min

Live Action

A mother puts her son under pressure to learn to cook instead of painting. He discovers that his sister is also interested in painting

Cat City

Cat City

Jueyang ZHANG // China // 2017 // 06:00 min

Animation

A cat is found in the middle of the woods one day. The people fall in love with it so much that they build a city around the cat.

Dancing Daddy

Dancing Daddy

Zhi Lang // China // 2018 // 10:00 min

Experimental, Live Action

Ya Jing is invited to interview for a dance troupe that she likes. When her father finds out that she quit her job to dance, she is forced to train in secrecy.