Synopsis
Each year almost 100,000 families are forced to move because their homes in Shanghai are destroyed so that the government, along with real estate promoters, can carry out new town planning. Composed of animated photos, along with documentary videos, Under Construction is one continuous shot documenting the destruction of a Shanghai neighborhood.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains
Full credits (8)
- Screenwriter : Zhenchen Liu
- Director of Photography : Zhenchen Liu
- Music Composer : Pierre-Laurent Cassière
- Editor : Zhenchen Liu
- Sound recordists : Zhenchen Liu, Zhenyi Zhu
- Sound editors : Zhenchen Liu, Pierre-Laurent Cassière
- Special Effects : Zhenchen Liu
- Sound Mixer : Christian Cartier
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary
- Sub-genre : Auteur documentary, Research - Experimental, Video art
- Themes : Politics, City/urban themes
- Production language : Chinese
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2007
- Runtime : 9 min 55 seconds
- Production formats : DV-CAM
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Rating restrictions : None
News & awards
News (2)
Selections (12)
Rome International Festival of Short Films & New Images (Arcipelago)
Italy, 2008
Online International Competition
Awards (3)
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)