Artful documentaries that share intimate portraits of diverse generational families in moments of honor and remembrance.
About the Film: Anshan Diaries uses a real family’s life as its backdrop. Director Charles Dong casts his grandpa, the revolutionaries of the left wing, as the film’s lead, investigating and retracing his family saga spanning three decades of Chinese post-cultural revolution history.
About the Filmmaker: Charles Xiuzhi Dong is an award-winning director based in Los Angeles. He received his BFA in Film Production at the NYU, Tisch School of the Arts. He accepted a directing fellowship at the American Film Institute in 2020. His films screened at numerous film festivals. Namely, After Class (2020): Santa Barbara, Oberhausen, and Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia, winning Best Short Award. His documentary film, Anshan Diaries (2021), a finalist for the Student Academy Awards and the Golden Horse Awards, premiered at the 65th San Francisco Film Festival. His latest film, Langue, premiered at the 2022 Palm Springs International Shortfest.
- Year2022
- Runtime27:50
- LanguageChinese
- CountryChina/USA
- PremiereNew York Premiere
- DirectorCharles Xiuzhi Dong
- ScreenwriterCharles Xiuzhi Dong
- ProducerCharles Xiuzhi Dong, Branton Choi
- Executive ProducerBrenden Hubbard, Jenny He, Amy Kouxiao Zhang
- CastJiaxiang Dong, Andi Wang
- CinematographerCharles Xiuzhi Dong
- EditorCharles Xiuzhi Dong, Bowei Yue
- ComposerAlex Symcox
Artful documentaries that share intimate portraits of diverse generational families in moments of honor and remembrance.
About the Film: Anshan Diaries uses a real family’s life as its backdrop. Director Charles Dong casts his grandpa, the revolutionaries of the left wing, as the film’s lead, investigating and retracing his family saga spanning three decades of Chinese post-cultural revolution history.
About the Filmmaker: Charles Xiuzhi Dong is an award-winning director based in Los Angeles. He received his BFA in Film Production at the NYU, Tisch School of the Arts. He accepted a directing fellowship at the American Film Institute in 2020. His films screened at numerous film festivals. Namely, After Class (2020): Santa Barbara, Oberhausen, and Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia, winning Best Short Award. His documentary film, Anshan Diaries (2021), a finalist for the Student Academy Awards and the Golden Horse Awards, premiered at the 65th San Francisco Film Festival. His latest film, Langue, premiered at the 2022 Palm Springs International Shortfest.
- Year2022
- Runtime27:50
- LanguageChinese
- CountryChina/USA
- PremiereNew York Premiere
- DirectorCharles Xiuzhi Dong
- ScreenwriterCharles Xiuzhi Dong
- ProducerCharles Xiuzhi Dong, Branton Choi
- Executive ProducerBrenden Hubbard, Jenny He, Amy Kouxiao Zhang
- CastJiaxiang Dong, Andi Wang
- CinematographerCharles Xiuzhi Dong
- EditorCharles Xiuzhi Dong, Bowei Yue
- ComposerAlex Symcox
