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Interview to Da Fei (The Coffin Painter) China. Offcial Section

What kind of story did you want to tell when you start to write The Coffin Painter?

Film is like a mirror, it can reflect the reality of our life, and through this mirror we can see the phenomena that we have ignored. There is a consensus nowadays, the indifference of human feelings, which is there for all to see. People are realistic and everything is about the money. We don’t talk about the human kindness anymore. At first, I wanted to tell a story about neighbors. What kind of relationship between them? I wanted to have this contrast, and I came up with the story of a young girl and an old man. The young girl in the film is constantly being bullied, and bullying has been social issue in recent years. Our story is about a young girl who is being bullied and her mother who is under constant pressure from life (loan sharks), and the old man stands up to protect them both. The reality is a lead and that is how this story came out.

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The Coffin Painter (Da Fei) China. Offcial Section

The Coffin Painter
Da Fei
China. 2021. 95 min

Middle-aged Old Jia and teenage girl Seven came to the town and became neighbors under different circumstances. From indifference to being attached, they look for a new life from each other.

In his second feature film The Coffin Painter, Da Fei tells a warm story of the cross-generational friendship between two strangers: Jia, an older man who has lost his son, and Seven, a middle school girl who runs from debt with her mother. As a coffin painter, the traditional Chinese craftsman who draws religious symbols on coffins, Jia witnesses people’s different attitudes towards their families living and dead. As time passes by, the three characters with distinct personalities drift closer and bring company and warmth to each other.
By depicting the mundane daily life in the remote town, Da Fei embodies people’s loneliness in an indifferent world. The sincere and gloomy tone of the film drives us to feel the characters’ burdens and sorrow. As Jia and Seven understand and heal each other with their kindness, their life’s reverse point eventually comes…

DA FEI

Da Fei, a Chinese film writer and director, graduated from Shanxi Media College in 2007. In 2018, Silent Winter was produced. It was selected in the First Time Filmmaker Section of the 42nd Montreal International Film Festival.
It won more than 20 nominations and awards including Best Film, Best Screenwriter at South Africa Independent Film Festival, and Best Original Screenplay at the London International Film Festival in 2019.

FILMOGRAPHY

2006 Short film Free Flight
2018 Feature film Silent Winter
2021 Feature Film The Coffin Painter

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caoliuying@parallaxchina.com

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2000 Songs of Farida (Yolkin Tuychiev) Uzbekistan. Official Section

2000 Songs of Farida
Yolkin Tuychiev
Uzbekistan. 2020. 110 min

At the beginning of the twentieth century, there is civil war in Central Asia. The Emirate and khanates are about to collapse. The civilians live in the deepest fear of their uncertain future and of the imminent arrival of significant numbers of Bolsheviks. But that doesn’t seem to bother Kamil. This old renegade lives far away from … everything: his times, worldly concerns, society, the values of the rich and the poor. He wants something different. He wishes for something else. His only hope is to have a descendant. But time is a relentless persecutor. He brings a new young wife home as his other wives were unable to give him an heir. Tension inevitably appears.

“This film is neither a historical epic (…) nor a foray into my ethnic background, but the exploration of real life, real people, their reality, dignity and truth. That truth seems to flow out through time, grows and goes beyond the borders of history, mentality, nationality and race in order to reach a real sense of humanity. And as for me – the art of motion pictures is the best way to remember, comprehend and hope that we all are human beings in the flow of time.” Yolkin Tuychiev.

YOLKIN TUYCHIEV

Yolkin Tuychiev was born in 1977. He is graduated from the Art Institute of Tashkent and from School of Directing of Moscow. En 2004, he co-directed The Tulip in the Snow with A. Chakhobiddinov, presented at the Cannes International Film Festival. In Vesoul, The Source won the Jury’s Special Mention in 2007, and P.S. the Golden Cyclo in 2011.

Filmography

1999 : February
2003 : Tulip in the snow
2004 : Adolescent
2006 : The Source
2008 : Silence
2012 : Afg’on
2012 : Dunyo
2015 : House of mermaids
2016 : Ma’suma
2020 : 2000 Songs of Farida

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mannapov.azizbek@gmail.com

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Breaking The Silence (Isabelle Vang, Pawel Lisiak) France

Breaking The Silence
Isabelle Vang, Pawel Lisiak
France. 2020. 65 min

When I was a teenager, I would ask my parents questions about their past. “Why did you run away from Laos? Why did you choose France?” Silence. “That’s the past. We have to forget it,” my father would answer. I was helpless as his reply was like a slap in the face. I was an adult when I discovered I had an elder sister while flipping through a photograph album. It was the face of a child. She had died during the turmoil of the Vietnam War. Nobody had ever spoken to me about her. After this revelation, I decided to go and pick up the lost threads of the history of my parents and that of thousands of other Hmong immigrants. I invited my father to come on a journey to Laos. He accepted to follow me and go back to the country he left 40 years ago. Today, at last, my father feels ready to talk.

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Jayaraj participates at Imagineindia 2022 with Tree Full of Parrots

The film offers a poignant take on “compassion which is slowly vanishing from society”.

“We humans are losing our ability to empathise, to show kindness and care” Jayaraj.

“People like Narayanan perceive the nature and the world around them much better than us”: Director Jayaraj, on the visually challenged protagonist.

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Friend (Andrey Svetlov) Russia, Belarus

Friend
Andrey Svetlov
Russia, Belarus. 2021. 20 min

“Friend” is a movie about two warring school students. One of them dreams of a new smartphone, the other of a simple friendship. By chance, they find themselves in a common predicament from which they will have to get out. It’s a rich, day-long story spiced with chases, childish adventurism and light humour.

ANDREY SVETLOV

Andrey Svetlov was born on 31-07-1994 in Irkutsk, Russia. Graduated from Belarusian State Academy of Arts. Currently, works as a film director.

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cinepromo@yandex.ru

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Indian Space Dreams (Sue Sudbury) Great Britain

Indian Space Dreams
Sue Sudbury
Great Britain. 2020. 76 min

For the very first time, access has been granted to film behind-the scenes of an Indian space mission.
With extraordinary insight into contemporary India, this film follows space scientists in Mumbai as they prepare to launch the country’s first astronomical satellite to explore the super-massive black hole at the center of our universe … on a fraction of NASA’s budget.
As things start to go wrong, they soon discover the enormity of the challenge they have taken on. Filmed over 5 years, we follow these astronomers on this ‘topsy-turvy ride’ to space. As countdown to launch approaches will their 15 years of hard work pay off and their dreams be realised? And what of the dreams of the children who live the other side of the Space Center’s wall?

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Fortune (Anatoly Tarabrin) Russia

Fortune
Anatoly Tarabrin
Russia. 2021. 19 min

Scriptwriter Sergey hasn’t gotten paid for his work for a long time. His wife gets furious and makes a scene, but Sergey unexpectedly gets a million rubles on the card. The wife is happy, Sergey feels like a hero. But while his wife is planning how to spend the money, Sergey bets on the result of the football match.

ANATOLY TARABRIN

Anatoly Tarabrin was born in 1986 in Azov, Rostov region. He has got several degrees:
In 2006 he graduated from the Rostov School of Culture; in 2018 he graduated the Southern University Faculty of Economics; in 2020 he graduated the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation; in 2020 he graduated from the Workshop of the author, editor-in-chief, producer at the School of the Channel One Russia TV. In 2021 he graduated from the Arka Film School at the Higher School of Economics, after which he entered the New York Film Academy (Los Angeles).

Filmography
2021 – The Gift / social, Russia. 1 min.
2021 – The Fortune / dark comedy, Russia. 18 min
2021 – The Greatest Robbery / dramedy, Russia. 30 min

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CONTACT

submissions@festagent.com

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Dancing With Dharma (Sukanya Jhala) UK, India

Dancing With Dharma
Sukanya Jhala
UK, India. 2021. 17 min

This is a story about accepting death not necessarily as an end, but rather as an inevitable part of life. The film follows the journey of two oddly paired characters across the span of a night. Dharma, having lost her husband all of a sudden, is grappling to come to terms with his death. Death, having collected the soul of her husband, is trying to make the most of his night in London. When she persistently follows him, a bizarre bond forms between the two— Dharma is able to get some of the answers she needs, and Death is able to alleviate his loneliness even if it’s only for one night.

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Odh Gohri (Rochna Kumar) UK, India

Odh Gohri
Rochna Kumar
UK, India. 2021. 16 min

Dulari, lives her life through the choices of a patriarchal society. She suffers at the hands of her own people as they consider her to be an incarnation of evil-witch. Her family, her own people fail to fathom her and their minds are clouded with ‘others’ opinion. Are family relations so fragile? Does patriarchy takes away her voice ? Witch hunting, a myth, is an old practice continuing to control women’s agency. Odh Gohri is a manifestation of how superstitions can engulf people and make both love and family fragile concepts.

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