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"STILL LIFE is a most welcome reminder of one of the most vital voices in world cinema." - INDIEWIRE

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IN SHORT

Still Life is set in Fengjie, 150 miles from the Three Gorges Dam, the hydroelectric project on the Yangtze River that submerged thousands of towns and displaced more than a million people.

Shot while Fengjie was being demolished, the film has a powerful documentary impact, as two people travel there separately to look for their missing spouses.

AWARDS, REVIEWS

STILL LIFE gathered incredible critical acclaim internationally - judge for yourself:

Still Life premiered in the 2006 Venice Film Festival, where it won the film festival's top prize, the Golden Lion award.

The director "looks at globalization with shrewdness rather than hostility, betraying a seeking nature as much as exacting cultural criticism. (…) "Still Life" is a most welcome reminder of one of the most vital voices in world cinema." - INDIEWIRE

"A modern master of postmodern discontent, Jia Zhang-ke is among the most strikingly gifted filmmakers working today whom you have probably never heard of. His work exists on a continuum with the modernist masters, among other influences, but he is very much an artist of his own specific time and place. His canvas is China, where, as the indelible image of a tightrope walker in “Still Life” suggests, people navigate the fine line between heaven and earth." - NEW YORK TIMES

" Jia (who, following World, has returned to independent production) makes it clear that China's laissez-faire economy is as cruel as its communism or feudalism. What's striking about Still Life is its micro-analytical curiosity: Judgment seems suspended—like the bridge that magically lights up over the Yangtze or the unlikely tightrope walker glimpsed in the movie's last shot." - THE VILLAGE VOICE

"Despite all this desolation and depression, however, “Still Life” is an extremely beautiful movie: the river and the green mountains on both sides of it extend into the distance in majestic panoply; gray clouds hang over the scene like painted backdrops. Jia, working with the cinematographer Yu Likwai, is incapable of an ugly or a nonresonant image: the air is moist and palpable, and even the thick, rusted pipes of abandoned factories seem to breathe." - THE NEW YORKER

Voted 3rd best film of the 2000-2010 decade by the Toronto International Film Festival!

Look here: http://blogs.indiewire.com/thelostboy/tiff_cinematheque_names_best_of_decade

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CINEMA OPEN FROM 6.30PM + PIZZA + DISCUSSION!

The cinema will be open from 6.30pm - so come early, and have a slice of pizza and a drink with us!

We will also have a discussion with the audience after the film – so do stick around and share your thoughts with us!

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Part of AV Festival 12: As Slow As Possible

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