VANISHING DAYS | POSTPONED
VANISHING DAYS | POSTPONED
An official Berlinale Forum selection, VANISHING DAYS was made by 22-year-old director Zhu Xin with a budget of $2,500. This moody and ambitious debut feature shifts between dreams and reality as it tells the story of a little girl, Li Sen-Lin, during the summer holidays as she begins to have doubts about who her biological mother is.
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In partnership with Asian Pop Up Cinema, we are pleased the present the U.S. premiere of VANISHING DAYS, written and directed by up-and-coming Chinese auteur Zhu Xin.
Vanishing Days was made by 22-year-old director Zhu Xin. This $2500 low-budget yet ambitious debut feature focuses on the exploration of a little girl Li Sen-Lin during the summer holiday. Li Sen-Lin loses her turtle while her father is away on a business trip. There's another "Sen-Lin" that keeps on being mentioned by her parents. She faintly suspects that Auntie Qiu is actually her biological mother. The summer rain pours down as memory and reality interweave into one another. The poetic and mythic feeling distinguishes VANISHING DAYS from most of the films that boast a realist touch.
It premiered at the Busan International Film Festival (New Current Competition) in 2018 and was selected by Berlinale Forum in Feb 2019, and the competition section of the Marrakech International Film Festival.
Directed by Zhu Xin, China, 2018, 94 mins. In Mandarin w/English subtitles. Film source: Parallax Films.
Read a review of VANISHING DAYS in The Hollywood Reporter.
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