An Elephant Sitting Still(HKAFF 2018)

FIPRESCI Prize, Berlin International Film Festival

Nominated for 6 Golden Horse Awards including Best Feature Film, Best Leading Actor and Best New Director

Hailed as an instant classic on the festival circuit, An Elephant Sitting Still is the first and sadly last feature film from writer/director Hu Bo. The 29 year-old Hu tragically took his own life during the film’s post-production. Running four hours, this elegant and moving drama follows four individuals in China as they seek a modicum of solace in this broken world. As their lives crumble over the course of a single day, the four are drawn towards the northern city of Manzhouli, where an elephant sits in a zoo, refusing to eat or move, as if stunned into stillness by the indifferent cruelty of existence.

Screen with: Man in the Well
Language: Mandarin(Chinese, English Subtitles)
Category: IIB
Duration: 16 mins
Story: Two children wander through a desolate landscape and stumble upon a corpse in this bleak, uncompromising short from the late Hu Bo. The short was instructed by Hungarian filmmaker Bela Tarr and it received a high praise from the master.