Project Detail

All Trace is Gone, No Clamour for a Kiss

Synopsis

In a nondescript forest, two exiled individuals are about to reincarnate into the next life while striking up an intimate conversation on family legends, collective histories, love tales and folklore. The dialogue between the two characters appears only on screen, as the film is led by a sonic narrative – a score composed for the work by British trumpeter Kevin G. Davy. Juxtaposing analogue film and digital animation, the film collapses notions of time and space. The project explore queerness, migration, and colonial ghosts haunting relations amongst China, West Africa and the Caribbean past and now, drawing from both personal and historical perspectives.
Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam 2023 - World premiere

Details

Year
2022
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
21 min 52 sec
Director
Chris Zhongtian Yuan
Producer
Chris Zhongtian Yuan
Executive Producer
Pinky Ghundale
Editor
Chris Zhongtian Yuan
Screenwriter
Chris Zhongtian Yuan
Director of Photography
Bea Macdonald
Production Designer
Chris Zhongtian Yuan
Sound
Olukemi Lijadu
Composer
Kevin G. Davy
Principal cast
Ella Frost, Huiqi He, Jiaying Kou

Production Status

Production Company

Chris Zhongtian Yuan

c/o Film London

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