All Trace is Gone, No Clamour for a Kiss
Synopsis
In a nondescript forest, two exiled individuals are about to reincarnate into the next life while striking up an intimate conversation on family legends, collective histories, love tales and folklore. The dialogue between the two characters appears only on screen, as the film is led by a sonic narrative – a score composed for the work by British trumpeter Kevin G. Davy. Juxtaposing analogue film and digital animation, the film collapses notions of time and space. The project explore queerness, migration, and colonial ghosts haunting relations amongst China, West Africa and the Caribbean past and now, drawing from both personal and historical perspectives.
Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam 2023 - World premiere
Details
- Year
- 2022
- Type of film
- Shorts
- Running Time
- 21 min 52 sec
- Director
- Chris Zhongtian Yuan
- Producer
- Chris Zhongtian Yuan
- Executive Producer
- Pinky Ghundale
- Editor
- Chris Zhongtian Yuan
- Screenwriter
- Chris Zhongtian Yuan
- Director of Photography
- Bea Macdonald
- Production Designer
- Chris Zhongtian Yuan
- Sound
- Olukemi Lijadu
- Music
- Kevin G. Davy
- Principal Cast
- Ella Frost, Huiqi He, Jiaying Kou
Genre
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 25th January 2023
