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Friday, November 27, 2020 - 19:00
Written by:
MAO HAONAN
Cinematography:
MAO HAONAN
Producer:
MAO HAONAN
How can we translate the aftermath of an act of violence, and how can we embody one’s consciousness during moments of extreme suffering? MAO HAONAN creates an alternative, artificial world that will shortcircuit your motherboard. A universe both moist and electric, simultaneously dark and lit up by neon lights and flames. HAONAN is interested in a micro-sociology of the senses, in which spaces, textures, and sounds tell of a story that seems too small to grasp. (Emil Vasilache, BIEFF 2020)
Director:
MAO HAONAN (1990, China) holds a bachelor’s degree from Sichuan Fine Arts Institute and a master’s degree from School of Fine Arts De Nantes Saint-Nazaire. Haonan tries to express his view on the subjectivity of reality through techniques like 3D videos, computer rendering simulators, space installations, paintings, photos, etc. He currently lives and works in Shanghai, and has directed the following short films: UNCLAIMED LAND (2017), DREAM OF OLIVE (2018), ACTION, ALMOST UNABLE TO THINK (2018)
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Festivals, awards:
Best Experiment Documentary Film - Ji.hlava 2019 / Rotterdam 2020 / Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2020 / Signs of the Night 2020
“The origin of this film is the real story of a soldier being killed by a bomb while greeting a civilian. The film tries to recapture that moment of contradiction and vulnerability using the techniques of 3D video, computer rendering simulators, photos, and graphics to express the filmmaker’s personal understanding of the subjectivity of this reality.” (MAO HAONAN)
“A visually ingenious portrayal of a life story and inner world of a soldier killed in an explosion is told through hypnotically visualized allegorical scenes and objects during an imaginary encounter of views by a scientist searching for a relation to reality, a filmmaker reflecting on a role of time in art and a refugee stripped of the possibility to live in his hometown.” (Center for Documentary Film)