To learn the great landscape of Xiangxi, Hunan Province and the young people's unusual life in the small town. Come and watch international award winner director Yang Heng's films about his hometown to learn more about the part of China you don't know.

Screening Schedule

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Oct.21st 19:00

Betelnut /2006 (Q&A with director)

Oct.22nd 19:30

Sun Spots /2009 (Q&A with director)

《凹凸》Short /2001 (Q&A with director)

Oct.23rd 19:30

Lake August /2013 (Q&A with director)

《车厢》Short /2002 (Q&A with director)

Oct.24th 19:30

Ghost in the Mountains /2017 (Q&A with director)

Ping Pong Short /2008 (Q&A with director)

《遗忘的瞬间》Short /2004 (Q&A with director)

Films:

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《空山异客》Ghost in the Mountains

2017 | Drama | Color | 92min

67th Berlin International Film Festival, Panorama / 11th Asian Pacific Screen Award, Best Cinematography (nominated)

54th Tapei Golden Horse Film Festival

In this film, a middle-aged man just out of jail returns to his hometown after years away. He meets up with his childhood friend, his former girlfriend, his long estranged brother. He seems to be looking for something but ends up finding nothing. He is lost between the past and now and cannot see the future. All he is able to do is to be on the road, until a different kind of accidental fate beats him. Life is perhaps just like this. One is always on the road, accidental fates always awaiting, like a dream.

《那片湖水》Lake August

2014 | Drama | Color | 113min

43th Rotterdam International Film Festival / 38th Hong Kong International Film Festival

One summer morning, Ah Li's father throws himself into a lake and ends his life. After the funeral, Ah Li lives a solitary life until one day, his former girlfriend tells him she is getting married. Feeling abandoned, Ah Li goes home and drinks himself into a stupor. He then decides to go to a lakeside resort to forget his troubles in a change of scene. There, he finds himself at a lakeside restaurant, where he meets the manager, a young lady named Ah Fang.

《光斑》Sun Spots

2009 | Drama | Color | 112min

61th Canne International Film Festival, Cinefondation / 38th Rotterdam International Film Festival, Hubert Bals Postproduction Fund

34th Hong Kong International Film Festival "Asian Digital" Gold Award / 39th Rotterdam International Film Festival, Competition

The plot of Sun Spots is minimal. It all comes down to a tragic love triangle. A tattooed young man lives without God, injunctions or aim in a quiet green corner of China. He does violent jobs for loan sharks - his machete is never out of reach. He falls in love with a pretty girl. She tries to forget her sorrow about the deceit of her former lover.

《槟榔》 Betelnut

2006 | Drama | Color | 112min

11th Busan International Film Festival, New Currents Award / 31th Hong Kong International Film Festival "Asian Digital" Silver Award

31th Hong Kong International Film Festival,FIPRESCI Prize

A couple of young people who spend a summer by the river have the illusion that life hasn't really started yet and that everything is still possible. In the sultry heat, Ali and Xiao Yu don't really behave like model citizens. They steal mopeds, extort money from children and become involved in pointless fights. And they are of course interested in girls; and they seem to have a preference for girls with a boyfriend...

About Director Yang Heng

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YANG Heng (1975, China) graduated from the Hunan Broadcasting College in 1994, and went on to receive his bachelor’s degree in photography from the Beijing Film Academy in 2001. Since 2002, Yang has been working as an independent director and scriptwriter. With his feature film debut Betelnut he won the New Currents Award at the Pusan International Film Festival in 2006 and the FIPRESCI Prize at the Hong Kong International Film Festival in 2007. Sun Spots (2009), his second feature film, was selected for the Tiger Awards Competition in Rotterdam. Lake August is Yang's third feature. His latest feature Ghost in the Mountains is selected by Berlin International Film Festival in 2017.

Location

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Yushe Entertainment Space, Tonghuihe North Road, Langjia Yuan No.6, Fangyuan Building No.Vintage 16

Ticket: 30 yuan /per film

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Buy ticket at the door. Contact Annie Song: 18811336253