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Young Masters: Yingge Boys

Young Masters is an original series commissioned by NOWNESS China focusing on traditional Chinese cultures, and how they continue to be defined by a new generation of the country's youth. Puning City in Guangdong Province is known within China as the 'Cultural Hometown' of Chaoshan, with the folk dance Yingge being one of its most famous customs. Yingge, meaning "Hero's Hymn", combines Nanquan routines and opera acting skills, and is a vibrant and upbeat performance in which dancers don intricate costumes and facial makeup, and play the role of the heroes in Water Margin《水浒传》- an ancient Chinese novel about brotherhood.

Young Masters: Yingge Boys

NR 2021
When the Dawn Comes

Chi Chia-wei used to give away condoms during the 80s while dressing as Snow White, Jesus or the mummy. His activism received attention from the media and suffered discrimination from the general public. As a volunteer striving to make more people understand AIDS, he organized a press conference at which he came out, becoming the first person in Taiwan to do it. In 2017, a constitutional ruling made him a hero in the gay community. A 30-year struggle seemed to reach its final destination or a new starting point

When the Dawn Comes

NR 2021
IDOMU Ⅲ

8mm experimental film directed by Minoru Shinojima. Shot and edited by Kenji Onishi. For 40 years, Minoru Shinojima has been opposed to mining Mt. Buko and is striving to protect the natural environment and cultural ground that inhabit the local area. Idomu’s will / last request. Spiritual journey with Mt.Buko folklore and mountain Gods (Kami-sama). An important message that the director saw after surviving a near-death experience and depression. ...Why don’t the flowers grow in the right places? Where have all the cute children gone?...

IDOMU Ⅲ

NR 2021
The Arrival of Aliens

A group of people are cleaning a spotless unknown space. The emergency message about the coming attack of aliens is repeated on the broadcast. a sandstorm soon invades the space as the foreshadow of the arrival of aliens. it drives the people into a shelter. instead of being frightened, the people enjoy the moment, wearing vr goggles and fall into the virtual world. however, one person accidentally discovers a “system vulnerability” on the cctv monitor. she leaves the shelter. the world has become a ruins. she sees a strange bright light from the windows and moves towards it in the heavy smog… do the alien attackers really exist?

The Arrival of Aliens

NR 2021
Flow Over

The film takes a transnational marriage family in Najiaotun, Nalong Village, Baisheng Township, Napo County, on the China-Vietnam border as an example, explaining that the border is a geographical boundary rather than an emotional boundary. In the turmoil of the country, emotion is the best weapon to isolate the turmoil. Faced with the current situation of the COVID-19 pandemic, although Vietnamese woman Lu Tingmin cannot return to Vietnam, she laughs at life with her Chinese husband and daughter, faces various unfair policies, insists on walking together, bids farewell to the winter of 2020, and welcomes the spring of 2021. This is not only a small family saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new, but also a big country saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new. In the rolling tide, the country takes the family to move forward together, and the country continues to influence the family as it moves forward.

Flow Over

NR 2021
Outsourcing

Are you an employer or a job hunter? Whatever the case may be, watch this film and get introduced to new ways of hiring talent. Or should that be confused? In what starts out like a slickly-produced infomercial, we watch HR rep Miyagawa (Mqeno Tomoya) of JobLink Inc. show the benefits of outsourcing the task of hiring new employees to a recruitment agency but after his neat little infomercial finishes, a neat twist happens and we are left wondering who is hiring and who is being hired! Just in time for the job hunting season comes the latest work from satire specialist Sakashita Yuichiro whose gentle but merciless twist on the interview process will leave anyone who has Linkedin, Zoomed, or dealt with HR to say Hello to Work with a wry smile.

Outsourcing

NR 2021
Xiaodi

On the 17th birthday of transgender girl Huang Xiaodi, the whole family gathered to celebrate her birthday. After dinner, her parents asked her to get in the car, so that they could take her to buy a birthday present. However, what awaited her was not a shop, but an institution on Gele Mountain in Chongqing. Xiaodi’s parents believed that sending her there would help convert Xiaodi, and turn her into a ‘normal’ boy. But in the face of violence and humiliation, Xiaodi hardened her resolve, and waited for a chance to escape. This gripping, uncomfortable documentary features interviews with Xiaodi, who recounts first-hand her traumatic experiences, as well as her mother, who discusses her motivations and changing perspective on questions of gender.

Xiaodi

3.3 2021