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漂流 DRIFTING Academy Award® qualified

16mins | Digital | Color | 1.78:1 | 2019

 

- SYNOPSIS -

Yan is an illegal second child born during the One-Child policy. To avoid government punishment, Yan's parents hid their oldest daughter in the countryside and raised Yan as a girl. Now a young adult, Yan struggles with his gender identity and being treated as an outcast in a conservative society. His sole escape is drifting his father's old taxi through abandoned parking lots.

 

Film is acquired by ARTE, U-Next and Argo.

 

- AWARDS -

17th Reykjavík International Film Festival - Best International Short

48th Athens International Film and Video Festival - Best Narrative Short (Academy Award® qualified)

39½ FilmschoolFest Munich - ARTE Short Film Prize

39½ FilmschoolFest Munich - Prix Interculturel Special Mention

9th Nara International Film Festival - Golden KOJIKA Award

23rd Mecal Pro, Barcelona International Short and Animation Film Festival - Critics Award

26th ifva Award - Asian New Force - Silver Award

5th Ibiza Cine Fest - Best International Short

36th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival - New Directors/New Visions Award

2nd NOWNESS China New Talent Awards - China Award

4th HiShort! Film Festival - Jury Award

7th FICLAPAZ - La Paz International Film Festival - Best Narrative Short Film

- OFFICIAL SELECTION -

67th San Sebastian International Film Festival (Spain)

77th Locarno Film Festival (Swizerland) - Locarno Academy Screenings

44th Atlanta Film Festival (USA)

37th Busan International Short Film Festival (South Korea)

31st New Orleans Film Festival (USA)

30th Cinequest Film & VR Festival (USA)

32nd FilmFest Dresden International Short Film Festival (Germany)

26th ifva Awards (Hong Kong, China)

22nd Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival (Israel)

49th Kyiv International Film Festival (Ukraine)

39½ FilmschoolFest Munich (Germany)

40th FIN Atlantic International Film Festival (Canada)

17th Reykjavík International Film Festival (Iceland)

25th Riga International Short Film Festival 2ANNAS (Latvia)

22nd Maryland Film Festival (USA)

18th Tirana International Film Festival (Albania)

36th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (USA)

22nd Reel 2 Real International Film Festival for Youth (Canada)

28th Gaze International LGBT Film Festival (Ireland)

26th Festival International du Film de Nancy (France)

24th Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur (Switzerland)

41st Brussels Independent Film Festival (Belgium)

30th Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival (Brazil)

31st Cinefest Sudbury International Film Festival (Canada)

10th Aesthetica Short Film Festival (UK)

37th Tehran International Film Festival (Iran)

22nd Motovun Film Festival (Croatia)

23rd Mecal Pro, Barcelona International Short and Animation Film Festival (Spain)

22nd Soria international Short Film Festival (Spain)

25th Madrid International LGBTQ Film Festival (Spain)

18th London Short Film Festival (UK)

6th Hong Kong Arthouse Film Festival (Hong Kong, China)

15th Sapporo International Short Film Festival & Market (Japan)

9th Nara International Film Festival (Japan)

17th Sedicicorto International Film Festival (Italy)

7th Riga International Film Festival (Latvia)

31st Hong Kong Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (Hong Kong, China)

17th CineFest Miskolc International Film Festival (Hungary)

16th Festival Internacional De Cine De Monterrey (Mexico)

14th Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival (United Kingdom)

18th Molise Cinema Film Festival (Italy)

16th Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de La Plata (Argentina)

10th Seoul International Pride Film Festival (South Korea)

46th Mladá Kamera Short Film Festival (Czech Republic)

17th TAFIC Tapiales International Film Festival (Argentina)

32nd Aguilar Film Festival (Spain)

18th Oxford Film Festival (USA)

15th Chinese Youth Film Week (China, 武汉青年电影周)

5th Ibiza CineFest (Spain)

8th Indie Cork Film Festival (Ireland)

7th La Paz International Film Festival (Bolivia)

5th Madrid Human Rights Film Festival (Spain)

4th Donosskino Short Film Festival (Spain)

4th IL Varco International Short Film Festival (Italy)

2nd Desenzano Film Festival (Italy)

46th Student Academy Award Semifinalist

2019 CAA Moebius Showcase

2020 The Wrap’s Shortlist Film Festival

2nd NOWNESS China New Talent Awards (NOWNESS中国天才计划)

4th HiShorts! Film Festival (China, 厦门短片周)

6th North America Chinese Directors Tour (北美华人导演展)

4th Beijing International Short Film Festival (北京国际短片联展)

2019 UCLA Director’s Spotlight Film Festival

Directer & Writer

Hanxiong Bo

Cast

Sanming Han, Jiali Wang, Junxiong Wang

Producers

Lisu Wu, Phoniex Wang, Yirui Guan, Betty Hao, Xinlei Yang

Cinematographer

Joewi Verhoeven

Editor

Yinong Xia, Hanxiong Bo

Original Song

Mingxu Huang

Sound

Peggy Duan, Nathan Ruyle

Contact

Hanxiong Bo: bohanxiong21@gmail.com

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