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Chinese Independent Documentary :
CIDFA011:
SPACE-TRANSITION
Directors: Wang Yang
Length: 103min
Production Year: 2007
Synopsis:
This film is an observation of the public space of the areas that links city and village. It tries to show the great changes of this age. Because of the rapid change of land ownership, the relationship between men and environment is changed also. Furthermore, the film tries to capture the vivid expressions and appearances of the people in this public space.
Director’s Statement：
In today’s China, the border of cities have already expanded to the core of the agricultural areas. The mega-university town of west China in Chang’an District of Xi’an is only one of the hundred battle fields of land that exist in China. The lost of land and the introduction of new ways of life bring anxiety, pain, and also optimistism to the people living there. Man and environment can never be separated. However, the land is fundamentally changed, with the disappearance of the farm land and building of modern university campus and commodity houses. The broad roads have destroyed the system of villages that has already in danger formerly. In this film, we did not observe all of this from a point o view of sociologist, but only as a documentary maker who observes these profound changes. In this context, I do not have the ambition to sustain a grand narrative, and what I want to do is to use the camera to look at those ordinary spaces in this complex world. I believe that the villages, university town, supermarket, building site of the real estates, the garden in the center of street, and the people, with their activities, expressions, languages, living in these spaces will tell us the secret of the piece of land. The anxious farmers who are so concerned about their future, the workers who sweat on the building site, a ceremony of marriage in a deserted village, the modern supermarket…all of this seem to indicate that people are trying to locate their new positions in this new world.
Director’s Bio:
Wang Yang, Born in Xian Yang city, Xi'an province, graduated from North West University of Politics and Law, with BA of law.Living in Xi'an now. Documentary director, film critic, chief editor of 2003：Found XianHu Culture, a website dedicating to the study of films, culture and history 2004: Participate in the filming of . Responsible for directing and screenplay 2006: Participate in HD film 2007: Create , a magazine dedicating to the new wave of Chinese cinema. 2007: Found Horizon Youth Film studio 2007: Produced documentary film which participated in varied film festivals such as Ping Yao DV film festival 2007: Created "Harvest"film making studio which is dedicated to document the pain of contemporary Chinese society. 2007: Curate for "Exhibition of Films of Young Chinese Directors".Producing Documentary film
Screenplays: Films: Experimental short film （GOING HOME）16 mins Documentary film （ON YOUR MARK）47 mins Documentary film （TRANSITION）103mins