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维也纳
WEIYENA
THE LONG MARCH HOME
Directed by
Weina Zhao & Judith Benedikt
Inhalt
Two family histories, one century and two metropolises merge in one person: Weina Zhao, whose parents called her ‘Vienna’ – Wéiyěnà – because they emigrated to Austria.
Her journey into the history of China leads to the Cultural-Revolution, modern China and tackles the great issues of the 21st century: migration, identity and the search for one‘s past.
AB 07.05.2021 IM KINO
“Der sehr persönliche Zugang … zeigt vom Kleinsten aufs Größte. Aus der familiären Urzelle einer Gesellschaft blicken wir auf politische Hintergründe, auf Kulturunterschiede und -parallelen, auf den Umgang mit Verlust und traumatischen Erlebnissen.” (GFBK Begründung)
Weina Zhao lives in Vienna, her parents even named her after this city, but she has always been drawn to China and her family’s past, where the opposing realities of 20th century life came together. While her mother’s side were filmmakers in glamorous 1930s Shanghai, her father’s side were poor peasants in the North. The biographies of the two families are marked by China’s development, from Mao’s Long March to the tragedies of the Cultural Revolution, to its present. The film is a unique testimony to this part of the intellectual history of the 20th century.
Weina’s journey begins as a timid approach to her family, but very soon she encounters traumatic memories – from the Japanese occupation to cruel imprisonment during the Cultural Revolution. She opens up unhealed wounds and has to face her own process of coming to terms with the past and her uprooted identity.
FAMILY
GALLERY
Intimate portraits punctuated with absurd-funny moments bring us
not only closer to today’s China and its history, they also remind us of
universal themes such as identity, migration and facing up to with the past.
Trailer
EVENTS & FESTIVALS
CINEMA REALEASE AUSTRIA 19.02.2021
CINEMA REALEASE AUSTRIA 19.02.2021
SOLIDARTIY FESTIVAL ISRAEL | December 4th
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE
DOK.fest München May 06th – 17th 2020
Winner VIKTOR DOK.deutsch
ethnocineca May 7th – 14th 2020
Winner Austrian documentary Award (ADA) (in german)
Filmfestival Freistadt 26.-30. August 2020
Winner Documentary film award of the city of Freistadt
Kasseler Dokfest 17. – 22. November 2020
Nominated for the golden key – young talent Award
PRESS
PRÄDIKAT WERTVOLL
INTERVIEW WITH DOK.fest München
Q&A with Weina Zhao and Judith Benedikt (german)
INTERVIEW WITH THE AUSTRIAN FILMINSTITUTE
Interview with the Filminstitute – gender*in*equality (german)
INTERVIEW WITH THE AUSTRIAN FILM COMISSION (AFC)
Credits
维也纳
WEIYENA – THE LONG MARCH HOME
Directed by: Weina Zhao, Judith Benedikt
Written by: Weina Zhao
Director of Photography: Judith Benedikt
Editing: Birgit Foerster
Sound Recording and Music: Andreas Hamza
Script Consultants: Andrea Ernst, Andreas Hoessli
Additional Camera: Song Ting, Simon Graf, Ilkka Jarvilaturi
Camera Assistants: Nino Pfaffenbichler, Simon Graf
Additional Sound: Wayne Riley
Editing Consultant: Andrea Wagner
Assistant Editors: Julia Eder, Tobias Schachinger
Closing Song: Erzherzog-Johann-Jodler (folk song)
Lyrics: Judith BenediktPerformed by: Lotta Schein
Sound Design and Mixing: Bernhard Koeper (Soundfeiler)
Color Correction: Matthias Halibrand
Post Production: Ulrich Grimm (av-design)
Subtitles: Mandana Taban (translatingfilms)
Graphics: Eva-Maria FreyTranslation: Weina Zhao, Isabel Wolte, David Lobner, Julia Achleitner, Julia RennerService Production China: Matt Clarke, Clark Wang (Shoot in China)
Production Manager: Brigitte Ortner
Associate Producer: Katharina Bernard
Unit Manager: Isabel Wolte
Post Production Coordination: Tobias Schachinger
Production Assistant: Barbara Kainberger
Producers: Kurt Langbein, Andrea Ernst
Press & Marketing: Ines Kratzmüller
World Distribution: Christa Auderlitzky (filmdelights)
Funding of Project Development Film Subsidy of the Austrian Federal Chancellery, Robert Bosch Stiftung & Literarisches Colloquium Berlin as part of the Crossing Borders program
Archival Footage:
China Film Archive, Central News and Documentary Film Studio, Kinolibrary, Michael Rogge
Special Thanks to:
The Families Ying, Huang, Zhao, Liu & Yang, Xu Xing, Yu Yifang
Roland Teichmann, Lucia Schrenk (ÖFI), Wernfried Natter, Gerlinde Seitner (FFW) Christiane Lienhart (FISA), Margit Maier (ORF)
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With the Support of
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CONTACT
WORLD DISTRIBUTION
Filmdelights
Christa Auderlitzky
Lindengasse 25/10,
1070 Vienna, Austria
E-mail: office@filmdelights.com
www.filmdelights.de
PRODUCTION
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A-1070 Wien
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