The Mountains Sing
There are two important features of the Zhuang folksongs. One is the improvised antiphonal singing style, and the other is its reliance on "hawfwen", a traditional gathering of singing groups. However, the clan community of pre-modernist was collapsed in the trend of urbanization. The "singing groups" have also gradually turned into "WeChat groups". This film is in honor of this traditional folk art that once popular in Guangxi. Traveling along with songs, the camera has found different faces and gatherings, lingered in the rural areas and urban cities, trying to find the echo of "hawfwen".
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Yang Xiao Director · Xie Yunqing Composer
First release July 25, 2021 · Produced in China, Germany · Original title 欢墟
Production
Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
Production
China · Germany
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Original title
欢墟
Original language
Chinese
Spoken on screen
Chinese
Release dates
China · July 25, 2021
Premiere · FIRST International Film Festival
No release date listed for United States.
South Korea
August 13, 2022 · Premiere · Jecheon International Music & Film Festival
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