Glory of Documentary Screening Section is curated by West Lake International Documentary Festival for the purpose of cultivating audience and focusing on excellent documentaries at home and abroad through the screening of outstanding international documentaries and Q&A, presenting the academic vision, cultivating documentary audience, arousing discussions of cutting-edge topics, and helping documentaries infiltrate into people's life, so as to create a documentary art feast for the public.
2024 IDF Screenings
BLANKET WEARER
- Country/Area of Production： South Korea
- Language of Dialogue： English, Korean
- Runtime： 116 min
- Director： Jeongmi PARK
- Type of Work： Feature-Length
- Producer： Jeongmi PARK
Introduction: A young Korean woman, facing a financial crisis after losing her job in London, embarks on a year-long journey without touching money. The protagonist sets out to find ways to solve the two necessities for survival - shelter and food - without spending money. In London, she comes across activists and learns how to survive on waste - livin…
PreviewTHE FLATS
- Country/Area of Production： France, Belgium, UK, Republic of Ireland
- Language of Dialogue： English
- Runtime： 114 min
- Director： Alessandra Celesia
- Type of Work： Feature-Length
- Producer： Jean-Laurent Csinidis, Geneviève De Bauw, Jeremiah Cullinane, John McIlduff
Introduction: In his tower-block apartment in New Lodge, Joe reenacts memories from his childhood amidst the “Troubles”. In this Catholic area of Belfast, the number of deaths was tragically significant. Joe is joined by neighbours Jolene, Sean, Angie, and others, all willingly participating in this process of revisiting the collective memories that sh…
PreviewSTING lIKE A BEE
- Country/Area of Production： Italy, France
- Language of Dialogue： Italian
- Runtime： 83 min
- Director： Leone Balduzzi
- Type of Work： Feature-Length
- Producer： Barbara Guieu
Introduction: Friendship, love, and a great passion of Ape Piaggio in the small Italian towns in the Trigno Valley.
PreviewMY WORST ENEMY
- Country/Area of Production： France, Switzerland
- Language of Dialogue： Persian
- Runtime： 81 min
- Director： Mehran Tamadon
- Type of Work： Feature-Length
- Producer： Raphaël Pillosio
Introduction: Mojtaba, Hamzeh, Zar are among other individuals who have been thrown into prison and interrogated in Iran. In this documentary, the director wants them to interrogate him as agents of the Islamic Republic might. He would like the real torturer in Iran to see himself through the film as if in a mirror. The violent experience of putting th…
PreviewA FAMILY
- Country/Area of Production： France
- Language of Dialogue： French
- Runtime： 82 min
- Director： Christine Angot
- Type of Work： Feature-Length
- Producer： Betrand Faivre, Alice Girard
Introduction: Award-winning French writer Christine Angot is invited for business to Strasbourg where her father had lived and died several years ago.
It’s the city where she met him at the age of 13 for the first time, and he started to rape her. His wife and children still live there.
Angot takes a camera and knocks on her family’s doors to push them…
PreviewMY SEXTORTION DIARY
- Country/Area of Production： Spain
- Language of Dialogue： Catalan, Spanish
- Runtime： 64min
- Director： Patricia Franquesa
- Type of Work： Feature-Length
- Producer： Patricia Franquesa, Mireia Graell
Introduction: Pati’s world turns upside down when her stolen computer becomes the target of a blackmail threat. An invisible Hacker sets a cat-and-mouse hunt pushing Pati to the limit as she seeks help from legal authorities, only to realize she is the only one who can find the way out. Through her search, Pati discovers that her story is just one of t…
PreviewAPPLE CIDER VINEGAR
- Country/Area of Production： Belgium, Netherlands
- Language of Dialogue： English, Arabic, Portuguese
- Runtime： 80min
- Director： Sofie Benoot
- Type of Work： Feature-Length
- Producer： Peter Kruger
Introduction: Stones are at once the most foundational and the most overlooked parts of our lifeworld. When a retired nature documentary narrator passes a kidney stone, she decides to tell one more story about this forgotten world of stone. A hypnotic essay film asking urgent ecological questions, APPLE CIDER VINEGAR takes the viewer on a journey meeti…
PreviewCENTER, RING, MALL
- Country/Area of Production： Netherlands
- Language of Dialogue： English, Dutch
- Runtime： 17min
- Director： Mateo Vega
- Type of Work： Short
- Producer： Mateo Vega
Introduction: A multi-vocal triptych through peripheral sites of urban infrastructure: a data center, a ring road, and a run-down mall. All three sites were built with certain world views: visions of the future and US-influenced promises of progress that didn't turn out to be the utopias they presented themselves as. Through a site-specific soundtrack,…
PreviewPHOTOPHOBIA
- Country/Area of Production： Slovakia, Ukraine, Czech Republic
- Language of Dialogue： Russian, Ukrainian
- Runtime： 70 min
- Director： Ivan Ostrochovsky, Pavol Pekarcik
- Type of Work： Feature-Length
- Producer： Katarina Tomkova, Ivan Ostrochovsky
Introduction: On a cold February morning, 12-year-old Niki and his family arrive at the Kharkiv metro station to take shelter from the terrifying war raging outside. While aimlessly wandering around the abandoned cars and full platforms, Niki meets Vika (11), and a new world opens up to him.
PreviewGAMA
- Country/Area of Production： Japan
- Language of Dialogue： Japanese
- Runtime： 53 min
- Director： Kaori Oda
- Type of Work： Feature-Length
- Producer： Ryohei Tsutsui, Eijun Sugihara
Introduction: In Okinawa, where intense ground fighting took place at the end of World War II, there are many natural caves called "GAMA". Mitsuo Matsunaga, a peace guide and collector of remains from the Battle of Okinawa, describes how civilians involved in the war sheltered in GAMA. As the fighting on the ground intensified, mass deaths occurred in …
PreviewRISING UP AT NIGHT
- Country/Area of Production： DR Congo, Belgium, Germany, Burkina Faso, Qatar
- Language of Dialogue： Lingala
- Runtime： 95 min
- Director： Nelson Makengo
- Type of Work： Feature-Length
- Producer： Rosa Spaliviero, Dada Kahindo Siku
Introduction: Kinshasa, the capital city of 17 million people, is plunged into darkness and insecurity as its inhabitants struggle to access the light. In a relentless quest, Kudi mobilizes the people of his neighborhood, Kisenso, to buy the stolen cable so that electricity can be restored in time for the festivities. At Christmas, Kudi turns into Sant…
PreviewLOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE
- Country/Area of Production： France, Italy
- Language of Dialogue： N/A
- Runtime： 17 min
- Director： Yuyan WANG
- Type of Work： Short
- Producer： Thomas Hakim
Introduction: In an age of wire and string, futuristic visions anchor in lithic time. In the dark, people are driven to shine in the most spectacular ways. Light, emitted from our digital extensions, has roots traversing millions, even billions of years.
PreviewABOUT HAPPY HIPPOS AND SAD PEACOCKS
- Country/Area of Production： Colombia, Germany
- Language of Dialogue： German, Spanish
- Runtime： 29 min
- Director： Johannes Förster, Elkin Calderón Guevara
- Type of Work： Short
- Producer： Johannes Förster, Elkin Calderón Guevara
Introduction: ABOUT HAPPY HIPPOS AND SAD PEACOCKS is a decolonial fable of the 21st century, in which two animals are juxtaposed, sharing a similar fate but couldn't be more different. Places and times merge, identities are excluded; a non-anthropocentric perspective reflects upon the force-migrated lives of the protagonists and the recurring patterns …
PreviewTHE CATS OF GOKOGU SHRINE
- Country/Area of Production： Japan
- Language of Dialogue： Japanese
- Runtime： 119min
- Director： Kazuhiro Soda
- Type of Work： Feature-Length
- Producer： SODA Kazuhiro, KASHIWAGI Kiyoko
Introduction: Gokogu is a small, ancient Shinto shrine in Ushimado, Japan. Home to dozens of street cats, it is also known as Cat Shrine. Many people visit the shrine for various reasons: some to worship gods, others to enjoy gardening. Some people come to clean the shrine as volunteers while others just stop by on their way to fish Japanese sardinella…
PreviewTERMINI
- Country/Area of Production： Latvia
- Language of Dialogue： N/A
- Runtime： 71 min
- Director： Laila Pakalnina
- Type of Work： Feature-length
- Producer： Laila Pakalnina
Introduction: The terminus resembles a circle, because it is where things turn around. Accordingly, this film was shot while “moving in a circle”, constantly moving, watching people as one slips away or comes nearer to them. The people one meets at a terminus are very important people. Maybe because it’s at the termini that the city ends and begins – a…
PreviewSHROOMS
- Country/Area of Production： Portugal
- Language of Dialogue： Portuguese
- Runtime： 18 min
- Director： Jorge Jácome
- Type of Work： Short
- Producer： Pandora da Cunha Telles, Pablo Iraola
Introduction: SHROOMS’ starting point is a scientific study in which the psilocybin of magic mushrooms is used for the therapeutic treatment of depression. Using the premise of this study, SHROOMS follows Dan, a young Venezuelan man currently living in Lisbon, who collects magic mushrooms in the forest and distributes them in the city to those in need …
PreviewGUIÁN
- Country/Area of Production： Costa Rica, China
- Language of Dialogue： Spanish, Mandarin, Chinese Dialect
- Runtime： 76min
- Director： Nicole Chi
- Type of Work： Feature-Length
- Producer： Alejandra Vargas Carballo
Introduction: As a consequence of Guián passing away, Nicole starts meeting up with people that had known her grandma: her best friend, her younger brother and her grandma from her dad's side. This traveling to different parts of Costa Rica provides a glimpse of the Chinese-Costa Rican community, and she finds a poetic resemblance between these charact…
PreviewA SONG RIVER
- Country/Area of Production： China
- Language of Dialogue： Mandarin, Cantonese
- Runtime： 95 min
- Director： Xin ZHU
- Type of Work： Feature-Length
- Producer： Zheng LI, Lili WANG
Introduction: Zhu Xin is filled with a sense of powerlessness towards his current life, and he wants to rediscover the Hangzhou of the past. At the foot of Fenghuang Mountain, just across the river from his doorstep, there seems to be an entrance. A thousand years ago, Su Shi wrote a Ci poem called Jiang Cheng Zi.
Ci, originally songs, between which th…
PreviewOF COLOR AND INK
- Country/Area of Production： USA, China, Brazil
- Language of Dialogue： Mandarin, English, Spanish, Portuguese
- Runtime： 101 min
- Director： Weimin ZHANG
- Type of Work： Feature-Length
- Producer： Weimin ZHANG,Xiao YU Li ZHANG
Introduction: The feature-length documentary OF COLOR AND INK unveils the three-decade-long life of Zhang Daqian, one of China's most significant 20th-century painters, spent overseas. Through in-depth interviews, innovative integration of animation and special effects, and cutting-edge visual representations, this film employs montage editing that tra…
PreviewTHE ARTISTIC TRILOGY OF ZAO WOU-KI——HANGZHOU
- Country/Area of Production： China, France
- Language of Dialogue： Mandarin, French
- Runtime： 51 min
- Director： YAO Guoqiang
- Type of Work： Feature-Length
- Producer： YAO Guoqiang, Jonathan Choi
Introduction: THE ARTISTIC TRILOGY OF ZAO WOU-KI — HANGZHOU traces the artist's creative life, inner experiences, and artistic journey that transcends the bounds of life.
The Hangzhou episode follows Zao Wou-Ki's journey to Hangzhou at the age of 15, where he enrolled at the National Academy of Fine Arts. There, he encountered prominent figures like Li…
PreviewICON
- Country/Area of Production： Spain, Peru, China
- Language of Dialogue： Spanish, English
- Runtime： 18min
- Director： Mei Liu
- Type of Work： Short
- Producer： Estephania Bonnett, Mei Liu
Introduction: Right before Mirko, a jungle guide, is about to leave the Amazon where he grew up, a film crew arrives to make a film in the jungle with his help.
ICON is a cyclical film that meditates on the image-making process and the question of simulacrum against the backdrop of the lush jungle, where human language dissolves into a sonic communion …
PreviewCREATURES OF LIGHT
- Country/Area of Production： Spain
- Language of Dialogue： Spanish
- Runtime： 12min
- Director： Sylvie Weber
- Type of Work： Short
- Producer： Estephania Bonnett
Introduction: Valeria shares a unique bond with her animal friends, finding solace and understanding amidst their company. Like the fireflies, she radiates as a guiding light for her family during their darkest hours, traversing the realms of life and death.
PreviewMORPHO
- Country/Area of Production： Spain, Sweden
- Language of Dialogue： Russian
- Runtime： 16min
- Director： Anastasia Kirillova
- Type of Work： Short
- Producer： Estephania Bonnett, Anastasia Kirillova
Introduction: Crocodiles along the river in the night. An illuminated bed in the jungle. A man sits down at its foot, smoking. In a nearly mystical world of images, the focus falls on the truth of the conflict as a daughter calls home to her Russian, Putin-friendly father.
PreviewWAYAK
- Country/Area of Production： Spain, Mexico
- Language of Dialogue： Mayan
- Runtime： 12min
- Director： Juan Romo
- Type of Work： Short
- Producer： Estephania Bonnett
Introduction: WAYAK unfolds as a cinematic letter to the land of Yucatán, delving into the historical tapestry of Mexico encompassing conquest, evangelization, and globalization. The film opens its doors to nature and landscape, allowing them to freely manifest. Through the enchanting twilight of a fading dream, conveyed in a letter written in Mayan, t…
PreviewLETTER FROM PERÙ
- Country/Area of Production： Spain, France
- Language of Dialogue： French
- Runtime： 15min
- Director： Aline Fischer
- Type of Work： Short
- Producer： Estephania Bonnett, Aline Fischer
Introduction: My first love Michaël died at 20, murdered in the Peruvian jungle in the fall of 2000. 22 years later, I am going for the first time to the Amazon, under the guidance of Apichatpong Weerasethakul, to the place where Michi lost his life.
PreviewON THE BATTLEFIELD
- Country/Area of Production： USA
- Language of Dialogue： English
- Runtime： 17 min
- Director： Theresa Delsoin, Lisa Malloy, JP Sniadecki, Ray Whitaker
- Type of Work： Short
- Producer： Rachel Burns, Karin Chien, Judson Childs, Theresa Delsoin, Clarence Dossie, Wynne Hannan, Lisa Malloy, JP Sniadecki, Ray Whitaker
Introduction: In the Southern Illinois region of Little Egypt, a sound recordist revisits the flat fields where once stood Pyramid Courts - the housing projects that formed the heart of the Black community of his hometown, Cairo. His mic gathers sonic ephemera of past, present, and future within the grasses, trees, and skies. Kids play, birds flock, a …
PreviewTHE DREAM OF SUPER BRIDGE
- Country/Area of Production： China, Netherlands
- Language of Dialogue： Mandarin
- Runtime： 64 min
- Director： WANG Yang
- Type of Work： Feature-Length
- Producer： WANG Yang, ZHAO Jia
Introduction: In Wuhan, China, people are constructing a colossal bridge over the Yangtze River. Throughout the challenging construction process, they are under immense pressure. Through our cameras, we capture the story of two migrant workers at the bridge site. Day after day, far from their families, they too have their own glories and dreams, troubl…
PreviewOBEDIENCE
- Country/Area of Production： Hong Kong China
- Language of Dialogue： Cantonese
- Runtime： 71 min
- Director： WONG Siu-pong
- Type of Work： Feature-Length
- Producer： WONG Siu-pong, HUI Chi-kin, CHEUK Cheung, WU Tsz-ching
Introduction: Nestled in the center of Hong Kong, the neighborhood of Hung Hom is a study in contradictions. While the dead are transported to the nearby funeral homes, the living crowd its bustling streets. The affluent live in luxury residences towering over dilapidated buildings marked for demolition, while the poor sift through construction waste a…
PreviewMS.HU'S GARDEN
- Country/Area of Production： China
- Language of Dialogue： Chongqing dialect, Mandarin
- Runtime： 103 min
- Director： Zhiqi PAN
- Type of Work： Feature-Length
- Producer： Ruby CHEN
Introduction: This is a story about love and redemption. Ms. Hu, who lives in Shi Ba Ti, built a flowery garden with a pile of garbage. She hopes to redeem herself and her son suffered from depression in this way.
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