A Long Way Home
Switzerland, January 2018
FILM,
Documentary,
73 min.
- directed by
- Luc Schaedler
- Written by
- Luc Schaedler
- Status
- In distribution
- Website
- https://gobetweenfilms.com/films/a-long-way-home-2018
Five Chinese artists stand at the centre of the film: 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.
Cinque artisti cinesi sono al centro di A Long Way Home: il ballerino Wen Hui; lo scrittore Ye Fu; il regista di animazione Pi San e gli artisti visivi Gao Brothers. Fanno parte di una fragile ma coraggiosa controcultura. Basandosi sulla loro storia familiare, esplorano gli shock della storia cinese per comprendere i problemi del presente. La loro lotta per una società civile democratica sembra sempre più rilevante sia all'interno che all'esterno della Cina.
credits
- World Premiere
- January 2018
- Original Version
- Chinese (french/english/german subtitles), colour und s/w, DCP, 73 min.
- ISAN
- 0000-0004-6756-0000-W-0000-0000-F
- Production
- go between films GmbH, Recycled TV AG, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
- Producer
- Luc Schaedler, Peter Guyer, Josy Meier
- directed by
- Luc Schaedler
- Written by
- Luc Schaedler
- Cinematography
- Luc Schaedler
- Editing
- Kathrin Plüss, Marina Wernli, Martin Witz
- Sound Editing
- Peter von Siebenthal
- Sound Design
- Peter von Siebenthal, Oli Kuster
- Re-Recording Mix
- Denis Séchaud, Peter von Siebenthal
- Music
- Oli Kuster, Peter von Siebenthal
- Location Sound Mix
- Luc Schaedler
- Compositing
- Peter Guyer
- Special Effects
- Peter Guyer
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- Reservoir Docs
Worldwide Distribution
- Switzerland
-
Xenix Filmdistribution GmbH
Distribution
Release date: 01.03.2018
Awards
(a selection)
- Zürich, Bundesamt für Kultur, Swiss Film Award, Best Documentary Film 2018 (Nomination)
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Biarritz, Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels Biarritz
22.01.2019 - 27.01.2019 -
Montréal, 42e Festival des films du monde Montréal
23.08.2018 - 03.09.2018 -
Solothurn, 53. Solothurner Filmtage
25.01.2018 - 01.02.2018