One Thousand and One Attempts to Be an Ocean

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Título original de la película

One Thousand and One Attempts to Be an Ocean

Género

Experimental documentary

Duración

12 minutos

Año de Producción

2022

Países de Producción

Francia

Sinopsis

One Thousand and One Attempts to Be an Ocean reflects on the experience of not being able to see the world with depth perception. Made up of micro- events from «satisfying video» that swarm on the internet, the abstract narrative unfolds through an appropriation way by referring to trance and minimal music. It’s about a desire for groundless waves, blended with today’s inexorable entropy of our information societies.

Directora

WANG Yuyan

Biografía de la Directora

Wang Yuyan (b. 1989, China) is a filmmaker and multidisciplinary artist living in Paris. She graduated from Le Fresnoy – National Studio of Contemporary Arts in 2020 and Beaux-Arts of Paris in 2016. She takes inspiration from the endless media production underpinned by industrial productivity. Her works oscillate between film and installation, often in an immersive perspective with a disintegrating abstraction process.

Premios y Festivales

Berlinale International Film Festival, Germany (1 – 5 March, 2021)
Berlinale Shorts
Tampere Film Festival, Finland (10 – 14 March, 2021)
International Competition
Vidéoformes – Festival International d’Arts Numériques, France (18 – 21 March, 2021)
Competition
Kino Pavasaris – Vilnius Film Festival, Lithuania (18 March – 1 April, 2021)
Special: Activism in Cinema
Glasgow Short Film Festival, United Kingdom (22 – 28 March, 2021)
International Competition
Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen, the Netherlands (14 – 18 April, 2021)
Student Competition
Lichter Filmfest Frankfurt International, Germany (27 April – 2 May, 2021)
Official Selection
Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Shorts, Egypt (19 – 25 May, 2021)
Short Documentary Competition
Documentamadrid, Spain (26 – 30 May, 2021)
International Competition
Golden Harvest Short Film Festival, Taiwan (28 May – 6 June, 2021)
Competition
Netzhaut Ton Film Festival, Austria (18 – 20 June, 2020)
Short Film Competition Won: Young Talent Award
Pesaro Film Festival – Mostra Internazionale del Nuovo Cinema, Italy (19 – 26 June, 2021)
Pesaro Nuovo Cinema Competition Won: Young Jury Award
Festival ECRÃ, Brazil (15 – 25 July, 2021)
Official Selection
Festival Partie(s) de Campagne, France (15 – 18 July, 2021)
Séance OVNI
European Film Festival Palic, Serbia (17 – 23 July, 2021)
Young Spirit of Europe
Bogotá Experimental Film Festival, Colombia (1 – 31 August, 2021)
Competition
Moscow International Experimental Film Festival, Russia (11 – 16 August, 2021)
Competition Special Mention
Liquid Forms – Para-Site, Hong Kong (August 2021)
IndieLisboa Film Festival, Portugal (21 August – 6 September, 2021)
International Competition
Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia (5 – 22 August, 2021)
Short Film Competition
Kino Otok – Isola Cinema International Film Festival, Slovenia (25 – 29 August, 2021)
Video on the Beach
CINEMANCIA Film Festival, Colombia (1 – 7 September, 2021)
Official Selection
Leiden Shorts, the Netherlands (2 – 5 September, 2021)
Competition
Pow Film Fest, United States ( 3 – 6 September, 2021)
Official Selection
Pluk de Nacht, the Netherlands (8 – 12 September, 2021)
Drama International Short Film Festival, Greece (12 – 18 September, 2021)
Student International Competition
Rockaway Film Festival, United States (13 – 19 September, 2021)
Champs-Elysées Film Festival, France (14 – 21 September, 2021)
French Short Film Competition
Equinoxio Film Festival, Colombia (17 – 30 September, 2021)
Official Competition: Horizons
Lille International Short Film Festival, France (17 – 26 September, 2021)
National Competition
Guanajuato International Film Festival, Mexico (17 – 26 September, 2021)
Official Selection: Experimental Short Won: Best Experimental Film Award
Film Festival Allers-Retours – Cinéma d’Auteur Chinois, France (17 September – 1 October, 2021)
Short Film Program
25FPS International Experimental Film Festival, Croatia (23 – 26 September, 2021)
International Competition Won: Audience Award
Tirana International Film Festival, Albania (24 – 30 September, 2021)
Video Art & Experimental Competition
Festifreak – Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de La Plata, Argentina (1 – 17 October, 2021)
Competition
Fest New Directors New Films Festival, Portugal (4 – 11 October, 2021)
Short Experimental Competition Special Mention
Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, Canada (6 – 17 October, 2021)
Les Nouveaux Alchimistes Competition
EUREKA University Film FESTIVAL, Colombia (12 – 19 October, 2021)
Expanded Cinema Panorama
Chicago International Film Festival, United States (13 – 24 October, 2021)
Documentary Short Film Competition
Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival, Switzerland (20 – 24 October, 2021)
International Short Film Competition
Jóvenes Realizadores – Granada Film Fest, Spain (20 – 24 October, 2021)
International Competition
Świdnica Film Festival SPEKTRUM, Poland (24 – 30 October, 2021)
Competition
Uppsala Short Film Festival, Sweden (25 – 31 October, 2021)
International Competition
Aesthetica Short Film Festival, United Kingdom (2 – 7 November, 2021)
Documentary Competition Won: Hijack Visionary Filmmaker Award & Best Editing Award
Denver Film Festival, United States (3 – 14 November, 2021)
Main Competition – Avant Garde
Festival Interférences, France (10 – 21 November, 2021)
Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival, Germany (16 – 21 November, 2021)
Competition & Square Eyes Focus
Short Film Festival Cologne, Germany (16 – 21 November, 2021)
New Aesthetic
Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival, Romania (16 – 21 November, 2021)
International Competition
Villeurbanne Short Film Festival, France (19 – 28 November, 2021)
Beijing International Short Film Festival, China (19 – 29 November, 2021)
International Competition
Poitiers Film Festival, France (26 November – 3 December, 2021)
International Competition
Beirut Shorts International Film Festival (30 November – 3 December, 2021)
Official Selection
This human world – International Human Rights Film Festival, Austria (2 – 12 December, 2021)
Expanded Shorts Competition Special Mention
Kortfilmfestival Leuven, Belgium (4 – 11 December, 2021)
Labo Program
Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Germany (9 – 18 January, 2022)
International Short Film Competition Won: Norman for Best Short Film
Premiers Plans Film Festival, France (24 – 30 January, 2021)
Student Films Competition
Seeyousound International Music Film Festival, Italy (18 – 24 February, 2022)
Short Film Competition
Pendance Film Festival, Canada (10 – 13 March, 2022)
Mecal Pro – Barcelona International Short and Animation Festival, Spain (24 March – 11 April, 2022)
Oblique Competition
Femina International Women’s Film Festival, Brazil (2 – 8 May, 2022)
Experimental Program
XPOSED Queer Film Festival Berlin, Germany (26 – 29 May, 2022)
Official Selection – Opening Night Shorts Program
Icedocs – Iceland Documentary Film Festival, Iceland (22 – 26 June, 2022)
Special Screening @ Arkane Lighthouse
La Guarimba International Film Festival, Italy (7 – 12 August, 2022)
Insomnia Category
Image Forum Festival, Japan (17 – 25 September, 2022)
East Asian Experimental Competition[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]