Hangzhou New Cinema | Vanishing Days (2018) by Zhu Xin | UK Premiere

Hangzhou New Cinema

The UK Premiere online  screening of  Vanishing Days (2018) directed by Zhu Xin from Hangzhou New Cinema season.

Vanishing Days 漫游 | UK PremiereDir. Zhu Xin | China | 94 min | 2018 | Debut Feature | Mandarin | English &amp; Simplified Chinese subtitlesIn Surrealist terms, the film is like a flâneur taking a leisurely stroll through Hangzhou and its environs, pondering family relationships and gender identities along the way. In terms of contemporary Chinese cinema, it’s one of a kind. – Tony Rayns (Asian Film Expert, Film Critic)SynopsisIt is summer of 2009. In a southern Chinese town, it is stiflingly hot before the arrival of a rainstorm. Li Senlin is bored and stuck doing homework. Auntie Qiu, a boatwoman who hasn’t shown up for years, suddenly makes a visit, and recounts the tale of a strange encounter on an abandoned island. Li Senlin loses her turtle while her father is away on a business trip. There&#x27;s another &quot;Senlin&quot; that keeps on being mentioned by her parents. She faintly suspects that Auntie Qiu is actually her biological mother. The summer rain pours down as memory and reality interweave into one another. The water of the Great Canal dampens each individual that roams along it, and a red flag flaps still at the stern. Director&#x27;s BiographyZhu Xin (祝新) born in June, 1996, graduated from China Academy of Art in 2018, and majored in Film, TV, and Advertisement. His debut feature, Vanishing Days, was selected to Berlinale Forum, Busan International Film Festival New Currents, and the “Top 10 Noteworthy Young Filmmakers in 2017” by Beijing Film Academy Professor Zhang Xianmin. He is preparing for his second feature, Who is Sleeping on My Pillow, which is selected by Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum 2019.Director&#x27;s StatementVanishing Days is the illusion of my real life, a fantasy growing out of my memory. During the vanishing days of a summer, the shadows of the caves in Southern China spread over two families. The TV lost its signal, while lightnings and boats passed by, jostling each other. Women strolled up and down the hills, staring into a quiet labyrinth in the distance. The things that I saw in my childhood have become fuzzy, maybe because of the humidity of the south, or the blurry focus of my memory. Now, I pick up a piece of lost eyeglass with the help of film, and begin to observe the world around me with greater clarity.

NoticeThe film is only available to audiences in the UK. Please do not book if outside the UK, as you will not be able to access the film. Thanks for your understanding.The full note of Vanishing Days by Tony Rayns will be available in Hangzhou New Cinema social media and the digital brochure. More exclusive content will also be available in the digital brochure and NFTS Screening Room.Click <a href="https://nfts.co.uk/hangzhou-new-cinema" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a> to know more about Hangzhou New Cinema season.Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/hznewcinema" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@HZNewCinema</a>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/hznewcinema" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@HZNewCinema</a>Facebook Page: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/HZNewCinema" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@HZNewCinema</a>Digital Brochure: Coming SoonIf you have any further questions, please leave a message/comment on social media or email hangzhounewcinemauk@gmail.com

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