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Sojourn to Shangri-la

世界首映 Lin Yihan | 2023 | | 20min | Short
Lin Yihan丨Guo Qiancheng丨Wu Yikai丨Mei Xinyi丨Li Guozhen丨Shen Siyang丨Fu Yunfei丨Kang Jun丨Jonathan Mulcahy

Synopsis

A fashion commercial crew goes to shoot on the beach, only to discover that the installation built in advance has vanished due to the rising tide. Through the efforts of an art assistant, a drone flies out to search for the installation over the sea, while taking her into the unknown…



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Lin Yihan

Yihan Lin is a filmmaker based in Shanghai. She received her MFA degree in Cinema Directing from Columbia College Chicago. She investigates subtle and inexplicable relationships between individuals in the contemporary context, with a particular focus on subjects that are in an insecure, nomadic, and transient state. Her practice is born out of a desire to explore the realm of the agnostic and to construct an ethereal landscape that emerges above the physical space. She is often searching for things that approach eternity in the moment of “here and now”. Her works have been selected for Slamdance Film Festival, Grilla 3° Lima Alterna Festival, Minikino Film Week, etc.


Director's statement

I once worked for a commercial production house. Many times when I exited the vast, confined, and gloomy studio to collect my breath, I could observe a stunning evening sunset in the suburbs that was borderless because to the absence of towering structures. However, no one was interested in such a view, and I had no opportunity to share my trembling. Consequently, the idea of making a film on this experience emerged. The primary event about the lost installation owing to high tide came from a friend who had worked as an art assistant.

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