When the Sea sends forth a forest
LIU Guangli • 2020
A nearly missing piece of history is reoccurring virtually through the interweaving of 3D environments and historical images simulated by the game engine. The story revolves around the recollections of an ethnic Chinese survivor of the Khmer Rouge, a tragedy that claimed the lives of two million people and continues to reshape our present through today's narrative.
AWARDS & FESTIVALS
2021 Beijing International Short Film Festival, China
CAST & CREW
DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT
LIU Guangli
Director
An encounter with a forgotten community in Chinese history was the starting point of this project. Over time, I gradually established an image of French Indochina in the 1970s. It isn’t about judging history through the mixture of 3d and archive, but to provide a space in which the past can seek to become present again.