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IFF Message to Man > 2025 > International Competition: Documentary films > Always

Always

Information about the film

Genres: Documentary, Full-length

Director: Chen Deming

Operator: Chen Deming

Producer: Hansen Lin

Producer company : Timelight Films, HandsOn Studio LLC, SaNoSi Productions, Bip TV, Springlight Picture, Rustic Pitcure

Year: 2024

Country: USA-France-China-Taiwan

Duration: 1 h. 28 min.

Languages: Chinese/Hunan dialect

Description

Russian premiere

Gong Youbin was born into a poor Chinese family. He has not seen his mother since he was three months old. Because of a poetry class in school, he embarks on an emotional journey by learning to write poems through his imagination and exploration.

 

About the director:

Chen Deming
Emerging director and cinematographer based in Beijing, China, and a graduate of the Li Xianting Film School. His work is characterized by a restrained yet expressive visual style, exploring themes of personal emotion and identity shaped by broader social and historical forces. His debut feature-length documentary, Song of Shiratori (2023), received a nomination for the Best Newcomer Award at the 13th China Documentary Academy Awards.

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