Is There a Pine on the Mountain

山中无树

LIU Chongyan

  • 38 min
  • 2022
  • Documentary
  • Mandarin
  • English Subtitles

Canadian Premiere

3:00 PM, SAT, AUG 19

Innis Town Hall

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Huahua’s Dazzling World and Its Myriad Temptations (82 mins)

An intimate account of a highly toxic relationship: during a lengthy visit from her boyfriend’s mother, the filmmaker documents the arguments between mother and son.

Director

LIU Chongyan headshot

LIU Chongyan is an artist-filmmaker born in Guizhou, China, who currently resides in Lille, France. After completing her studies at Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, she pursued a master’s degree at Beaux-Arts de Paris, and has now joined a two-year program at Le Fresnoy – Studio national des arts contemporains. Her creative output spans multiple mediums, including documentary and fiction filmmaking, experimental moving image, painting, and sculpture. Liu’s work has been showcased at numerous prestigious international film festivals, such as IDFA, Beijing International Short Film Festival, Seoul International Pride Film Festival, and Videoex.

Credits

  • DirectorLIU Chongyan
  • ProducerThomas Moore
  • CinematographerLIU Chongyan
  • EditorLIU Chongyan
  • Sound DesignErik Moore
  • Sound EditingLucie Traulet, Matteo Kabacinski
  • Re-recording MixerErik Moore
  • Visual EffectsWANG Yan
  • Artistic AdvisorClément Cogitore