ACF
Asian Cinema Fund
Asian Network of Documentary(AND) Fund
2007 Asian Network of Documentary (AND) Fund
LIST Utopia
| Category | Pusan Bank Fund |
|---|---|
| Project | Utopia |
| Director | Yiren WANG |
| Country | China |
| Director's Profile | In 2002, Yiren Wang participated in establishing “Changchun Movie Group” and shot his first short film “What’s the Meaning?” In 2003 he made a short film independently called “Po Wu” (a Chinese custom in the Spring festival). In 2005 he makes a feature documentary called “From Chrysalis to Butterfly.” This film was accepted to Yunnan Multi Culture Visual Festival, the 4th China Documentary Film Festival and the 4th China Independent Film Festival. |
- Synopsis
- The film tells a compelling story of three mentally challenged couples from “Fool’s Village” located in the outskirts of Jilin City, who are living in a Utopian society.
- Director's Note
- I took a very long walk on a village road and reached “Qingshan Joint-Anti-Poverty Group” also known as “Fool’s Village”. In this village forty mentally disabled people lived a collective life. A few decades ago there was a village with poor sanitation and contaminated water. People from this village suffered Keshan disease and many of these patients gave birth to mentally disabled children. These children became a social problem. So in 1986, local governments and health departments organized a “Joint Anti-Poverty Group” and form this small village. Twenty years later, the “Fool’s Village” has become a collective farm. They have to work together and share the fruits of their labor . a “Utopia” style of life. Even though they can not be considered normal, they have the same normal emotions of loving and being loved as ordinary people.
- Festivals
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2008 Busan International Film Festival - Wide Angle
2008 Taiwan International Documentary Festival
2008 Beijing Independent Film Festival
- Still Cut
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