🌿 About “Youth”🏆 Awards & Recognitions🎬 About Wang Bing❝ For me, the essence of cinema is recording. It is the uninterrupted act of capturing with a camera. ❞🎁 Ticket Packages📩 Contact Information
🌿 About “Youth”
The Youth trilogy, directed by Wang Bing, focuses on Zhili, a garment manufacturing hub located 150 kilometers from Shanghai. This area is densely packed with small and medium-sized clothing factories, particularly for children's apparel, and attracts a steady influx of young migrant workers from rural regions in Anhui, Henan, and the upper Yangtze River. These workers, mostly in their early twenties, come from all over China, yet share strikingly similar lives.
The first chapter, Youth (Spring), documents their long workdays—over ten hours in crowded workshops where the line between labor and daily life nearly disappears. Amid this intense rhythm, they attempt to form friendships or romantic relationships, which inevitably shift under seasonal changes and familial pressures.
In Youth (Hardtimes), the second film, the narrative takes a more dramatic turn. Workers witness a factory owner, overwhelmed by debt, assault a supplier, and others fleeing with unpaid wages. The laborers find themselves isolated, overworked, and left with nothing in return.
The final installment, Youth (Homecoming), follows these workers as the Lunar New Year approaches. With factories shutting down, most begin their journey home—while a few remain, anxiously waiting to be paid so they can afford a train ticket back.
Spanning five years of filming, the trilogy presents an unvarnished, non-interventionist portrayal of today’s youth—capturing their struggles, decisions, and resilience through Wang Bing’s restrained and truthful camera work.
Film still from Youth (Spring)
🏆 Awards & Recognitions
★ Youth (Spring) – Official Selection, Main Competition, 2023 Cannes Film Festival (Palme d’Or)
★ Youth (Spring) – Best Documentary, 60th Golden Horse Awards
★ Youth (Hardtimes) – Best Documentary Nominee, 61st Golden Horse Awards
★ Youth (Homecoming) – Official Selection, Main Competition, 2024 Venice Film Festival
🎬 About Wang Bing
❝ For me, the essence of cinema is recording. It is the uninterrupted act of capturing with a camera. ❞
Wang Bing is a Chinese director, screenwriter, producer, and cinematographer. He graduated from the Photography Department of Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts and later from the Beijing Film Academy.
In 2003, Wang Bing’s first major documentary series Tie Xi Qu won the “Robert and Frances Flaherty Prize” at the 8th Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival. In 2007, his documentary Fengming: A Chinese Memoir won the same prize at the 10th Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival. In 2012, his documentary Three Sisters, focusing on children, won Best Film in the Horizons section at the 69th Venice International Film Festival.
In 2016, his self-written and directed documentary Bitter Money was nominated for Best Film in the Horizons section at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival and won the Best Screenplay award in the same section. In 2017, Mrs. Fang won the Golden Leopard in the main competition at the 70th Locarno Film Festival. In 2018, Dead Souls was selected for the Special Screenings section at the 71st Cannes Film Festival. In 2023, his documentaries Youth (Spring) and Man in Black were selected for the Main Competition and Special Screenings respectively at the 76th Cannes Film Festival. That same year, Youth (Spring) won the Best Documentary award at the 60th Golden Horse Awards.
Film still from Youth (Homecoming)
🎁 Ticket Packages
Giloo is offering three limited-edition bundles, inviting you to experience the full Youth trilogy — Spring, Chronicle, and Homecoming — a raw and honest record of youth. Each bundle also includes access to Giloo’s rich online viewing platform. In theaters across Taiwan starting August 1. Limited availability!
🎟 Single Viewer Package｜USD 14 (approx. TWD 405, includes TWD 50 shipping)
Includes 1 movie ticket + Giloo 30-day streaming pass
👥 Double Viewer Package｜USD 26 (approx. TWD 751, includes TWD 50 shipping)
Includes 2 movie tickets + Giloo 90-day streaming pass
📦 Single Viewer + Merchandise Package｜USD 14 (approx. TWD 405, includes TWD 50 shipping)
Includes 1 movie ticket + exclusive Youth folding fan
＊Tickets can be used for the exclusive screening at SPOT Huashan on July 19, or at any first-run theaters across Taiwan starting August 1. You may choose one of the three films. Tickets will be shipped in 3–7 business days in the order of purchase. Please consider the delivery and screening dates before purchasing.
Youth (Spring): Documentary｜France, Luxembourg, Netherlands｜215 min｜Chinese｜Color
Youth (Hardtimes): Documentary｜France, Luxembourg, Netherlands｜223 min｜Chinese｜Color
Youth (Homecoming): Documentary｜France, Luxembourg, Netherlands｜152 min｜Chinese｜Color
〖 7/19 Marathon Screening ・ Information 〗
❏ Screening Schedule
・Youth (Spring) — July 19 (Sat) 13:00
・Youth (Hardtimes) — July 19 (Sat) 16:50
・Youth (Homecoming) — July 19 (Sat) 20:55 ＊Taiwan Premiere
(There is a 15-minute break between each screening. Please exit and re-enter with ticket check for each session.)
✃┄┄ Limited International Poster ┄┄✃
With each purchase of a movie voucher, you can redeem one ticket for any screening of Youth (Spring / Hardtimes / Homecoming) starting from August 1. Upon ticket redemption at the theater, you will also receive one limited edition Youth (Hardtimes) / (Homecoming) international version double-sided A3 poster. Available while supplies last.
✃┄┄ Marathon Exclusive Poster Set Giveaway ┄┄✃
Audiences who use three vouchers to attend the 7/19 marathon screening of Youth (Spring)(Hardtimes)(Homecoming) at SPOT Huashan may present three physical same-day tickets at the Flash Forward Entertainment booth on-site to redeem a free exclusive poster set featuring all three films in the Youth trilogy.
※ Vouchers themselves are not eligible for redemption. Only physical tickets used for actual entry are accepted.
📩 Contact Information
📍 Giloo： [email protected]
📍 Flash Forward Entertainment ：https://www.facebook.com/ffe.tw