It is all about the “desire to observe.” The Film begins in the austere setting of an unspecified provincial city somewhere in China, captured in vivid images that seem to be jumping out of their temporal and spatial parameters and out from the screen right at the audience. The keen look at the other and the self, releases us, while we still struggle with our inability to transgress the boundary of the world we live in, to some remote place. Without seeking answers about cause and effect from specific things, this highly original film aims to define our position in the vague and obscure space between our own and other people’s existence.
Summary
The protagonist has been living for years behind locked doors without leaving the house, and without speaking to anyone. The one thing that keeps him going is his desire to continuously observe with his camera the existence of others as projections of his hidden inner self, facing which he has been avoiding up to this point. Will he attain spiritual freedom through the images of others in the dreamlike sceneries of their daily life?
The film won an Award of Excellence in the International Competition section at the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival 2017.
Details
Lone Existence
Directed by SHA Qing
2016 / China
77 min / Chinese / Japanese & English subtitles
Provided by: Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival
Screening Schedule
October 14（Sat）18:10〜
October 20（Fri）13:00〜
November 15（Fri）16:10〜
November 18（Sat）13:00〜
Numbered tickets for all screenings are distributed at the main venue’s reception desk from 10:00 AM on the respective day.
Visitors will be admitted in the order of ticket numbers, seating is free.
- Visitors to each screening admitted by rotation
- Doors open 30 min. before the start of the program
- To attend this event, you will be asked to present your ticket for the main venue (1-Day Ticket or Festival Pass).
- The short film OUR CINEMAS (ODA Kaori, 3 min 48 sec) is shown prior to the start of the main program.
- This performance will be staged inside an exhibition space. Please be aware that there will be other visitors walking around at the exhibition.
