Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountain

150 minutes | 2019 | Fiction | Mandarin, Hangzhou Dialect | English and Chinese Subtitles
Toronto Premiere

GU Xiaogang was born in Fuyang, Hangzhou, China. While studying costume design and marketing at university, he discovered filmmaking and became interested in documentaries. His first feature, Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains, which was shot during the four seasons over the course of two years, was selected as the Closing Film of La Semaine de la Critique of Cannes Film Festival in 2019. It is the first film of his Scroll Painting Trilogy, “A Thousand Miles Along the Eastern Yangtze”. The film was selected to numerous festivals worldwide and won Best Film, Best Director Awards at FIRST International Film Festival, Special Jury Award at Tokyo FilMEX, Critics Choice Award at Festfest Hamburg, Best Film Award at the International Film Festival & Awards of Macao amongst others.