Best International Feature-length Documentary (2020)
Nan
201979 min15+
Jury
Special Mention
Special Mention
Festival Film Dokumenter
2020
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.
Credits
Director
Peng Zuqiang
Peng Zuqiang (b.1992, Changsha) works with film, video and installations. He is interested in the stories of media and mediums—from obsolete film formats to downtempo in Mandopop—attending to their affective resonances and dissenting associations.
