A cinematic document about the collapse of the greatest and oldest manufacturing center in China in the turn of the 20th century. Filmed clandestinely between 1999 and 2001, this triptych records absencse in the making, as it follows the lives of the workers that work temporarily in the factories that are about to close, and harrowingly captures spectres of a new era.
West of the Tracks
Tie Xi Qu
21st TDF: Greek Premiere
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- Direction: Wang Bing
- Cinematography: Wang Bing
- Editing: Adam Kerby, Wang Bing
- Sound: Chen Chen, Bin Hang
- Production: Wang Bing Film Workshop
- Producers: Zhu Zhu, Wang Bing
- Format: ProRes
- Color: Color
- Production Country: China
- Production Year: 2003
- Duration: 555΄
- Contact: Lihong Kong
- Awards/Distinctions: Μεγάλο Βραβείο – Festival International de Cinéma de Marseille 2003, Festival Award – Mexico City International Contemporary FF 2005, Golden Montgolfiere – Nantes Three Continents Festival 2003, Robert and Frances Flaherty Prize – Yamagata International Documentary FF 2003
Wang Bing
Filmography
2003 West of the Tracks
2007 Fengming, a Chinese Memoir
2010 The Ditch (fiction)
2012 Three Sisters
2013 ’Til Madness Do Us Part
2016 Ta’ang
2016 Bitter Money
2017 Mrs Fang
2018 Dead Souls
2023 Youth (Spring)
2023 Man in Black
2007 Fengming, a Chinese Memoir
2010 The Ditch (fiction)
2012 Three Sisters
2013 ’Til Madness Do Us Part
2016 Ta’ang
2016 Bitter Money
2017 Mrs Fang
2018 Dead Souls
2023 Youth (Spring)
2023 Man in Black
