Up the Mountain

Huo Shan

21st TDF: Greek Premiere

Years ago, Chinese artist Shen Jianhua moved from Shanghai to a remote mountain village. His drawing lessons have a profound effect on the lives of his pupils, while his home has become an open house to those seeking to communicate through creative expression. A documentary that captures the breathtaking simplicity of life in the mountains, through frames as stunning as Shen’s paintings, reminding us that, ever so often, beauty lies no further than before our very eyes.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.


Direction: Yang Zhang
Script: Yang Zhang
Cinematography: Daming Guo
Editing: Le Wei
Sound: Jiang Yang, Nan Zhao
Production: Lantern Film
Producers: Yang Zhang
Co-production: Hehe Pictures, Beijing Ti Shan Film Culture Media, Helichenguang International Culture Media
Executive producer: Zhenyou Cheng
Format: DCP
Color: Color
Production Country: China
Production Year: 2018
Duration: 126΄
Contact: Fortissimo Films, info@fortissimofilms.com
Awards/Distinctions: Best Film (Chinese competition) – Macao International Film Festival and Awards 2018

Yang Zhang

Filmography

1999 Shower (fiction)
2005 Sunflower (fiction)
2010 Driverless (fiction)
2015 Paths of the Soul
2016 Soul on a String (fiction)
2019 Up the Mountain