Nan
Special Mention
Synopsis
A portrait that follows Nan, my uncle and the last two years he and his parents live together. In long, tightly framed shots, a picture emerges of three intimately interwoven lives: the gentle and touching bickering between Nan and his mother, the evenings in front of the television when time seems to stand still, and the minutes ticking by as Grandpa silently peels an apple. In the film, disability is not only seen as symptoms on individual bodies, but as social, physical, and temporal relationships. It is a meditation on time, disabilities, and the economies of care in contemporary China.
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Peng Zuqiang
Peng Zuqiang studied Film at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Art History from Goldsmiths, University of London. He recently completed his first feature-length film Nan (2019). His works have been shown at festivals and exhibitions in China, Germany, Ecuador, Hong Kong, the Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland, the U.K., and the U.S., including at Dok Lepzig, Open City Documentary Festival, and Encuentros del Otro Cine EDOC. He is a member of the moving image collective Fish in a Pot.
