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Remains of the Hot Day

2024影展

P 6 +

ZHANG Wenqian
China
DCP
2024
Color
24min

Nominees and Awards

★ 2024 Berlinale Silver Bear Jury Prize (Short Film)
★ 2024 Golden Harvest Awards

Synopsis

Qi, a six-year-old girl, resides with her mother's original family all year round since her father works in the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone and rarely visits home. On a hot day at the end of the 20th century, she watches as the grown-ups' figures flicker and vanish before her eyes.

Team

Director

ZHANG Wenqian

ZHANG Wenqian studied filmmaking at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her feature documentary debut, A Long Journey Home, premiered at Visions du Réel in 2022 and won the Jury Prize in the Burning Lights Competition.

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