26th(2024)
- Opening Film (1)
- Discovery (8)
- Asian Shorts (20)
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- New Currents (17)
- Korean Spectrum, Here & Now (19)
- Polemics: Politics, Struggle of Everyday Life (6)
- Queer Rainbow (7)
- Animated, Body-World-Being (28)
- On the Border, Persistently (9)
- RE:Discover by Curation (6)
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All Ears
LIU Jiayin
- China
- 2023
- Korean Premiere
- 120min
- DCP
- color
Korean Premiere
SYNOPSIS
Wen Shan is a mediocre screenwriter struggling to make a living in Beijing. Commercial projects are left undone, and his own stories fall by the wayside. He lives a stagnant life in a fast growing city. By chance, he begins to write eulogies for a living. He meets the families of the deceased, carefully observes, listens to the stories, and at last, puts pen to paper. As he restores the lives of others, he finds his own place in the city and finally realizes that ordinary people can take the center stage too.
Director
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LIU JiayinLIU Jiayin
Writer-director Liu Jiayin, a Beijing Film Academy (BFA) graduate and current Associate Professor in Screenwriting, is known for her unique cinematic style and thematic focus in China's independent filmmaking. Her debut feature Oxhide (2005) won the Caligari Film Award and FIPRESCI Jury Prize at the 55th Berlinale. All Ears (2023) marks the first film for Liu since Oxhide II (2009), which screened in Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes and Rotterdam’s Bright Future.