DOK.fest is in the Here&Now
Contemporary documentary films on politics and society – Four views from China
China is a diversity of cultures, arts and religions, where traditional and modern ways of life meet. China is the antithesis of dream-lost landscapes, impoverished regions and futuristic cities, which are created overnight by masses of anonymous labour. China is disciplining, which seems to have completely imposed itself in the organisation of social systems, in economic growth and in individual people. Four documentary films present four different views of China today, without coming to any final judgements. They show what is and where this fascinating country, which always remains a bit of a mystery to us in the West, has developed.
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A LONG WAY HOME
Schweiz 2017 – Director: Luc Schaedler – Free admission – Length: 73 min.
Five Chinese artists stand at the center of A LONG WAY HOME: the modern dancer Wen Hui, the writer Ye Fu, the cartoonist Pi San and the visual artists Gao Brothers. They are part of a fragile yet courageous counterculture. Taking their own family stories as starting points, they explore the echoes of the past in order to understand the predicaments of the present. Increasingly, their struggle for a democratic civil society seems as relevant for the world today as it is for China. (Swiss Films)
Writer: Luc Schaedler. Camera: Luc Schaedler. Sound: Luc Schaedler. Editing: Kathrin Plüss, Marina Wernli, Martin Witz. Music: Oli Kuster, Peter von Siebenthal. Production: go between films gmbh. Producer: Luc Schaedler. International Sales: Wide House.
