Watermarks – Three Letters From China
Watermarks – Drei Briefe aus China
Watermarks – Trois lettres de Chine
Watermarks
Switzerland, August 2013
FILM,
Documentary,
80 min.
- directed by
- Luc Schaedler
- Written by
- Luc Schaedler
- Status
- In distribution
- Website
- https://gobetweenfilms.com/films/watermarks-2013
Based on three different places, the film portrays the infractions to which people living in modern day China are subjected due to rapid developments: in the deceptively idyllic Yangshuo in the rainy south; in the apocalyptic coal mining site of Wuhai in the parched north; and in Chongqing, the urban behemoth on the Yangtze River. The protagonists give their accounts of the unsurmounted past, the precarious present and their tentative steps into the future. The film thus paints a complex
image of the mental state of the people in this complicated country.
credits
- World Premiere
- August 2013
- Original Version
- Chinese (english subtitles), colour, DCP, 80 min.
- ISAN
- 0000-0002-C32E-0000-M-0000-0000-8
- Production
- go between films GmbH, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
- Producer
- Luc Schaedler, Josy Meier
- directed by
- Luc Schaedler
- Written by
- Luc Schaedler
- Cinematography
- Luc Schaedler, Aiguo Liu
- Editing
- Martin Witz
- Sound Editing
- Roland Widmer
- Sound Design
- Roland Widmer
- Re-Recording Mix
- Dieter Lengacher
- Location Sound Mix
- Markus Schiesser, Luc Schaedler
- Compositing
- Paul Avondet
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- WIDE
Worldwide Distribution
- Switzerland
-
Xenix Filmdistribution GmbH
Distribution
Release date: 14.11.2013
Awards
(a selection)
- Istanbul, TRT Documentary Awards, Ministry of Culture & Tourism Prize 2014 (Winner)
- Silk Road Film Festival, Silk Road Film Festival Award - Best Documentary 2014 (Winner)
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Amsterdam, 25th Beeld voor Beeld Documentary Festival
11.02.2015 - 15.02.2015 -
Sudan Independent Film Festival
21.01.2015 - 27.01.2015 -
11th Verzio International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival
11.11.2014 - 16.11.2014 -
Dharamshala International Film Festival
30.10.2014 - 02.11.2014 -
Warsaw, 11th Planete + Doc Film Festival Warsaw
10.05.2014 - 19.05.2014 -
Istanbul, TRT Documentary Awards
08.05.2014 - 12.05.2014 -
Munich, 29. DOK.fest Internationales Dokumentarfilmfestival München
07.05.2014 - 14.05.2014 -
San Francisco, 57th San Francisco International Film Festival
24.04.2014 - 08.05.2014 -
2nd Silk Road Film Festival
19.03.2014 - 25.03.2014 -
Genève, 12e Festival International du film sur les droits humains
07.03.2014 - 16.03.2014
-
31e Festival International du Film d'Environnement
04.02.2014 - 11.02.2014 -
Solothurn, 49. Solothurner Filmtage
23.01.2014 - 30.01.2014 -
Locarno, 66° Festival del film Locarno
07.08.2013 - 17.08.2013