28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

25. 10.–3. 11. 2024
ČeštinaEnglish
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It follows It passes on

Erica Sheu / Taiwan, United States / 2023 / European Premiere / 5 min.


synopsis

Memories of family members and the stories and tales that nourished us in childhood often become part of our own memory. Erica Sheu dives to their inner depths to touch on the experiences of those who lived on Taiwan's Kinmen archipelago during and just after the war. She is guided by the flickering light of incense, which those seeking shelter used to light their way during the war, and the few scraps and grains that she has given the role of witnesses. 

“A wound gives off its own light 
surgeons say. 
If all the lamps in the house were turned out 
you could dress this wound 
by what shines from it.”
— Anne Carson (The Beauty of the Husband, I.1-5)

biography

Erica Sheu (born 1993) grew up in Taiwan and moved to the US in 2016 to study film and video production at CalArts. She often explores national and personal memory and creates intimate, diary-format experimental films. She is also the creator of several installations and live film performances. Her short films include Transcript (2019) and Grandma's Scissors (2021).

more about film

director: Erica Sheu
producer: Erica Sheu

contact

Erica Sheu
ericasheu2@gmail.com

Film at festival

premiere type:European Premiere
festival edition:2023
section:Fascinations
language:Chinese
subtitles:English
colour:Colour and B&W

Info

director:Erica Sheu
original title:撿起放下墜落提起
country:Taiwan, United States
year:2023
running time:5 min.

Festival partners

Ministerstvo kultury
Fond kinematografie
Město Jihlava
Kraj Vysočina
Creative Europe Media
GEMO
Česká televize
Český rozhlas
Aktuálně.cz
Respekt
Dafilms

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