The Hollywood Reporter’s Carolyn Giardina spoke to Yibing Jiang, director of WiNDUP, and the short's animation supervisor Jason Keane, for a THR Presents Q&A powered by Vision Media. Written by Jiang, who was born in Wuhan, China, WiNDUP is a story of hope told through the connection of a father and his ailing daughter, Kiki.
’76 Days’ Director On Finding “Human Stories” Amid Wuhan’s Covid Lockdown – Contenders Documentary
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Politics and Covid-19 have been intertwined ever since the novel coronavirus emerged in Wuhan, China a year ago. But when director Hao Wu made 76 Days, his harrowing film documenting hospital workers and Covid patients in Wuhan as the city went through lockdown, he left political questions aside.
“I intentionally shied away from politics and focused on the human stories on the front line,” Wu says during Deadline’s Contenders Documentary award-season event. “I’m really happy that even some
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27.01.2021 / 18:20
Chinese Scot described as 'pillar of community' ordered to leave Scotland by Home Office
immigration chiefs. After spending 17 years in the UK and becoming a pillar of the community in Moray supporting people with mental health problems, Matthew Jun Fei Freeman has been told to return to China.
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22.01.2021 / 08:45
New Chinese film praises Wuhan ahead of lockdown anniversary
coronavirus was first detected.The documentary “Days and Nights in Wuhan” features contributions from 30 filmmakers portraying the suffering and sacrifices made by the city’s 11 million residents, medical staff and front-line workers as they battled the virus that began racing through the city in December 2019.The film is one of at least three documentaries released about the Wuhan lockdown, including “Coronation" by activist artist Ai Weiwei, who now lives abroad following a campaign of
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20.01.2021 / 20:17
"Never Forget" Wuhan and Toll of Coronavirus: 'THR Presents' Q&A With '76 Days' Director Hao Wu
With the help of covert reporters on the ground in China and direction from documentary filmmakers Hao Wu and Jean Tsien in New York, the team behind 76 Days was able to bring the bravery of frontline workers and the painful images of the impact of the novel coronavirus to a global audience.
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19.01.2021 / 22:13
MTV Documentary Films Offers ’76 Days’ For Free on COVID Lockdown Anniversary (EXCLUSIVE)
Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaMTV Documentary Films will make “76 Days,” a look at the frontline medical professionals battling the COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan, available for free beginning on January 23. The film is being offered gratis in recognition of the one-year anniversary of the start of the coronavirus lockdown in the Chinese city considered to be the early epicenter of a disease that has upended life.
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19.01.2021 / 01:24
Steve Martin, Martha Stewart and More Stars Who’ve Spoken Out About Getting the COVID-19 Vaccine
Experts are hopeful that the coronavirus vaccine will help to curb the spread of COVID-19, which has killed more than 2 million people worldwide since its 2019 emergence in China.
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18.01.2021 / 16:06
‘Inside The Red Brick Wall’ Documentary Wins Hong Kong Film Critics Prize
Vivienne Chow Documentary feature “Inside the Red Brick Wall,” which chronicles one of the most dramatic chapters of the 2019 Hong Kong protests, bagged the best film at the 27th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards.The best director prize went to Peter Chan Ho-sun for “Leap,” a sports drama based on the trajectory of China’s national women volleyball team.