The Chinese section is the non-competition program of the 8th Short Movie Club Film Festival “NEFILTRAVANAE KINO”.
Today, interest in Chinese cinema has never been greater. After all, China is going through a complex and long road of transformation of social relations. In this regard, the cultural code is not only a mystery or a riddle (“SARIRA” by Mingyang Li), but also the key to its interpretation (“BURNING SOUL” by Gu Haichao).
The total length of the films is 63 minutes.
SARIRA
Mingyang Li (China, 28 min)
Industrial noise invades a silent temple; it’s the collision of the rapidly evolving city and what’s left of what was once sacred and ancient. A monk can’t find respite after a toothache leaves him unable to chant the sutras and he can’t escape the sounds of nearby construction. A bad tooth, an ancient Buddha, a temple, and a silent monk;When the excavator try to broke down the temple, when faith is ready to against modern society. Yi Dao start his survey of this world. Face to the death, face to people and get back in the society, be himself one more time.
The film depicts the suffering and rebirth of a monk wandering on the edge of the city. It imprints the solemnity of religion with black and white images, and discusses the confusion and direction of personal and faith at odds with the pain of development in a contemporary world.
BURNING SOUL
谷 Gu 海超 Haichao (China, 35 min)
Yongqiang, a laid-off worker from a rural area in northwest China, has nothing to lose and lives in the abandoned factory. He spent all his savings on his sick mother but escape from her. Yongqiang has to accept the work of the demolition office to drive away anti-mover for money. However, in the process of contact with the anti-mover, A Xue, Yongqiang’s numb emotion is aroused again. With the experience between reality and dream, he also begins to reconsider the attitude towards his mother…
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