2021
Yamagata International Documentary Film Festi
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國際競賽大獎
Within a life ever tightening in length, we move with faltering steps, seeking space continually crushed by reality. Life races past like a hastily drawn 2D sketch, and existence seems reduced to endless trades of bargaining chips. Only when utterly exhausted do we pause, sighing at the passage of time and life. Some call upon companions; others walk alone. The journey becomes a deviation from the norm—a path that, though unconventional, brings peace. Even if we cannot cast everything aside without hesitation, we still dance unrestrained in memory, in separation, in life and death, gazing upon the fleeting radiance within and beyond the cinematic frame.
I explore the myriad forms of the real world, and I also question the boundaries and costs of freedom. Behind freedom, there is always much solitude, and the real world is rarely ordinary. Through the lens, I document unreachable frontiers—those pains, joys, and sorrows—which, because they are real, burn more fiercely into the heart, leaving one breathless.