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May the Lord Protect Us

天书

JIANG Geng

  • 15 min
  • 2023
  • Experimental
  • Chaoshan Dialect
  • English and Chinese Subtitles

World Premiere

7:30 PM, WED, AUG 14

Innis Town Hall

Zoom Q&A with Director · Zoom Q&A with Directors and Screening with · A Year Apart (17 mins), Chan Is Fishing (14 mins), Two Suns (15 mins), Redacted (19 mins), Sojourn to Shangri-La (20 mins), All About Shaochang (20 mins), Summer Knows (20 mins)

Zoom Q&A with Directors and Screening with

A Year Apart (17 mins), Chan Is Fishing (14 mins), Two Suns (15 mins), Redacted (19 mins), Sojourn to Shangri-La (20 mins), All About Shaochang (20 mins), Summer Knows (20 mins)

A stolen sutra, a water monster, and an approaching typhoon – three chapters of the Chaoshan tradition of worship unfold the delicate relationship between humanity and divinity.

Director

JIANG Geng headshot

Born in Jieyang, Guangdong in 1998, JIANG Geng taught himself painting when he was young, and later engaged in illustration-related work. He accidentally became a director. In 2022, he shot his first short film Audience, and won the Jury Prize for Best Short Film at the 4th Mulan International Film Festival.

Credits

  • DirectorJIANG Geng
  • Principal CastJIANG Zili, JIANG Xusheng, JIANG Jingyi, JIANG Yingsheng, JIANG Yinglong, JIANG Yingxu, ZHENG Chaoqing, ZHENG Jianqiu, JIANG Ziyang, JIANG Zizhang
  • ProducerJIANG Zili
  • ScreenplayJIANG Geng
  • CinematographerMA Yunpeng
  • Production DesignerJIANG Geng
  • EditorJIANG Geng
  • SoundZHONG Cheng