Awaken
Ning Jiawei • 2017
Centered around fishermen in my hometown, “Awaken” is an experimental film exploring the subtle relationship between human beings and nature. It shows the struggles of fishermen by depicting a fishing boat waiting sea ice to melt. The absence of dialogue in the film leads to a distancing effect. The entanglement of subjective and objective perspectives as well as the ethereal location sound stimulate the viewers’ sensory and visual perception.
AWARDS & FESTIVALS
The 30th IDFA International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam — Main Competition Section of Mid-Length Documentary .
The 20th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival International — Main Competition Section .
The 14th BIFF Beijing Independent Film Festival — the Best Documentary Award .
The 1st Central Academy of Fine Arts “Win in the Future” — the Future Award of “Junan Experimental Art Education Award”.
The 2nd “Ethnology and Sociology
China Graduate Film and Television Anthropology Exhibition” — the Second Prize. .
The 6th China Academy Awards of Documentary Film .
CAST & CREW
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