ACF
Asian Cinema Fund
Post-Production Fund
2014 Post-Production Fund
LIST A Corner of Heaven
| Category | Asian Project |
|---|---|
| Project | A Corner of Heaven |
| Director | ZHANG Miaoyan |
| Country | China, France |
| Director's Profile |
Born in Manchuria, Zhang Miaoyan barely had a chance to see movies during his growing up during the Culture Revolution. In 1994, he received his MFA from University of California, Berkeley. His debut film, <Xiaolin Xiaoli>(2007), premiered in Busan International Film Festival and then was presented in Geneva(Audience Award), Bardford, Tiburon(Fellini Award), Barcelona and Taipei. His second film, <Black Blood>(2011) premiered in Rotterdam(NETPAC Award) and then was shown in Las Palmas, Jeonju, Cannes ACID, Saint Petersburg(Best film), Montreal FNC, Thessaloniki, Kerala, etc. <A Corner of Heaven>, his third film, was part of the Asian Project Market of Busan IFF in 2012. |
- Synopsis
- When his mother disappears one autumn, a thirteen-year-old boy leaves his sister with his grandfather and goes on a journey in search of his mother. The boy wanders alone along the dead yellow wasteland that is the valley of the polluted Yellow River. He has nothing, except a letter from his mother, the clothes he is wearing. The film tells a story of an ever-changing contemporary society clashes with the disappearing traditions of China.
- Director's Note
- A boy is in search of his mother in the estuary of the dirty Yellow River. He finds pollution, oppression, drugs and violence and yet he doesn’t lose his hope.
- Festivals
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2014 Vancouver International Film Festival
2014 Busan International Film Festival - A Window on Asian Cinema
2015 International Film Festival Rotterdam
2015 Goteborg Film Festival
2015 Vilnius International Film Festival
2015 Zerkalo International Film Festival - Best film
2015 Fajr International Film Festival
2015 Jerusalem Film Festival
- Still Cut
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