When the Sea Sends Forth a Forest
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Production year2020
Runtime21 min
Synopsis
Images simulated in real time by a graphics engine are interwoven with fragments of archival footage, telling the story of a Chinese survivor of the Khmer Rouge. This new imagery represents how collective memories and real history are reconstructed.
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- Executive Producer : Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains
Full credits (10)
- Director of photography : Pauline Sicard
- Music Composer : Yoann Helynck
- Assistant director : Huimin Wu
- Editors : Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis, Léo Guillaume, Yuyan Wang
- Voice-over : Wenliang Xu
- Production Manager : Luc-Jérôme Bailleul
- Sound editors : Martin Delzescaux, Inoa Kan
- Animation : Guangli Liu, Huimin Wu
- Grader : Baptiste Évrard
- Sound Mixer : Martin Delzescaux
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Experimental, Documentary, Animated film
- Sub-genre : 3D animation, Video art, Historical, Portrait
- Themes : Politics, Exile, Exodus, War
- Production language : Chinese
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2020
- Runtime : 21 min 10 seconds
- Production formats : Computer generated images
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.78
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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