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Through the Looking Glass

From The dGenerate Films Collection

Directed by Yi Cui

15 minutes / Color
Mandarin / English subtitles
Release: 2017

Asia
China
Documentary - Expository
Documentary - Shorts

On a high-land Tibetan pasture, a screening event unfolds quietly. Monks, herdsmen and their families gather by the screen to observe life captured through their own lenses.

This short film is included on the OF SHADOWS DVD.

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Select Accolades

  • Athens International Film and Video Festival 2019, Athens, USA
  • Experiments in Cinema Film Festival 2019, Albuquerque, USA
  • St. Paul International Film Festival 2018, Minneapolis, USA
  • Best Documentary Award, European Film Festival 2018, Moscow, Russia
  • Northampton Film Festival 2018, Northampton, USA
  • Bois d'Arcy Prisoners’ Award, Cinéma du Réel 2017, Paris, France

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