WHAT’S IN THE DARKNESS
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2015｜China｜98 min |
BRIEF SYNOPSISIn the summer of 1991, a rape case breaks the peace of a small town. The fathers of two girls in the local middle school are the policemen in charge of the case. Nevertheless, they have very different working styles: QU’s father is a stubborn legal medical expert always insisting on ironclad evidence, while ZHANG’s father is a retired soldier who handled cases relying on his intuition and often extorted confessions through torture. The supposed criminal is caught by ZHANG’s father yet similar cases keep happening. Nobody has noticed ZHANG’s disappearance since she was kicked out of class.
Awards & Festivals:The 9th First International Film Festival Xining Competition, Best Director Award The 25th Focus on Asia Fukuoka International Film Festival The 66th Berlin International Film Festival Generation Competition Section 14Plus The 8th Beaune International Thriller Film Festival International Competition The 23rd Titanic Budapest International Film Festival Competition The 4th Singapore Chinese Film Festival Chinese Panorama Section The 63rd Sydney Film Festival The 19th Shanghai International Film Festival Asian New Talent Competition, nomination of Best Screenplay The 19th Shanghai International Film Festival Asian New Talent Competition, nomination of Best Actress The 15th New York Asian Film Festival Official Selection The 65th Melbourne International Film Festival Next Gen Section The 3rd Xi'an Silk Road International Film Festival The 1st Mostra Cinematografica Chinese in Italia Cometition, Best Director Award The 60th BFI London Film Festival First Feature Competition The 39th Mill Valley Film Festival World Cinema Section The 6th Dharamshala International Film Festival Feature Nattatives Section The 1st DONG Film Fest Competition 2016 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival Chinese Global Vision Section The 11th Chinese Young Generation Film Forum, The Annual Cutting-Edge Filmmakers, nomination of Best Scriptwriter
The 11th Chinese Young Generation Film Forum, The Annual Cutting-Edge Filmmakers, nomination of Best Actress The 11th Chinese Young Generation Film Forum, The Annual Cutting-Edge Filmmakers, nomination of Best Sound Engineer
The 11th Chinese Young Generation Film Forum, The Annual Cutting-Edge Filmmakers, nomination of Best Art Designer The 10th Asia Pacific Screen Award Competition
2016 Deep Focus Chinese Film Festival in Madrid The 31st Entrevues Belfort International Film Festival International Competition 2017 Chinese Visual Festival The 2nd Chinesisches Film Festival in Deutschland
2017 Chai. China-Filmfestival Leipzig
The 5th Silk Road Film Festival Features Section
The 8th China Film Directors Guild Award, Special Jury Prize The 8th China Film Directors Guild Award, Nomination of Best Picture
The 8th China Film Directors Guild Award, Nomination of Best Actress The 8th China Film Directors Guild Award, Nomination of Best New Director
The 8th China Film Directors Guild Award, Nomination of Best Screenplay
The 24th Beijing College Student Film Festival, Best First Feature Award
The 24th Beijing College Student Film Festival, Best New Performer Award The 1st China New Force, Best Film Award 2017 Colorado Dragon Film Festival The 39th Moscow International Film Festival The Time of Women Section 2017 Yalta International Film Festival, The most Promising Debut Feature Film
2017 Kino Asia Film Festival
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