Thus They Spoke
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Country/Region:
Mainland China, USA
Release Year: 2022
Release Year: 2022
Casts & Crews:
Yash Zhang
Directors
Runtime:
14
minutes
Language:
Mandarin, Sichuan Dialect
Subtitles:
Chinese, English
Festivals & Awards:
2022 Indie Memphis Film Festival, United States
2022 Mǎo International Film Week, China
2022 Indie Memphis Film Festival, United States
2022 Mǎo International Film Week, China
Tags:
#mockumentary #improvisation #trauma
Director‘s Statement:
The idea of this docu-narrative short was originated from my own depression experience of being stuck in Kathmandu(Nepal) in 2020 during the pandemic. I was stuck in a garret room for five months. I felt depressed, anxious, and detached from the outside world.
When I returned to China, I was trying to make this film to explore the deeper level of emotional pains . I interviewed dozens of people who was diagnosed as depression or ADHD. This short talks about the complexity of our existence and traumas, with a narrowed scope on the connection and gaze between self and the other. This film chooses the form of documentary-drama and improvisation, to explore the "truth" within the film camera. After a whole year's effort and thanks to our doners, the film finally was rendered in the end of 2021.
When I returned to China, I was trying to make this film to explore the deeper level of emotional pains . I interviewed dozens of people who was diagnosed as depression or ADHD. This short talks about the complexity of our existence and traumas, with a narrowed scope on the connection and gaze between self and the other. This film chooses the form of documentary-drama and improvisation, to explore the "truth" within the film camera. After a whole year's effort and thanks to our doners, the film finally was rendered in the end of 2021.
Casts & Crews
Yash Zhang
Director
