Beyond the World
Yanlin Li / United Kingdom / 2018 / World Premiere / 16 min.
synopsis
At the funeral of her grandmother, Yanlin, a young Chinese girl, learns that the deceased was a medium – and was possessed by a spirit named Gong. The film is Yanlin’s personal confessional – she never believed in the existence of miracles, but is now becoming interested in the world of spiritualism and finding out who Gong was in order to understand her grandmother better.
biography
Yanlin Li (1994), a documentary filmmaker originally from China, is currently studying film directing at the Edinburgh College of Art. She addresses the themes of religion and faith in her work. She is now working on her first feature-length film.
more about film
| director: | Yanlin Li |
| producer: | Guangyun Liu |
| photography: | Soran Qurbani |
| editing: | Xiyu Ng, Yanlin Li |
| music: | Yuyao Liu |
| sound: | Alex Collier |
contact
YANLIN LI / +86 133 3755 3311 / yanlin_li@outlook.com
Film at festival
| premiere type: | World Premiere |
| festival edition: | 2018 |
| section: | Short Joy |
| format: | Video File |
| language: | Chinese |
| subtitles: | English |
| colour: | Colour |
Info
| director: | Yanlin Li |
| original title: | Beyond the World |
| country: | United Kingdom |
| year: | 2018 |
| running time: | 16 min. |
