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When influential Chinese artist Ma Liang (a.k.a. Maleonn) realizes that his father Ma Ke, an accomplished Peking Opera director, is suffering from Alzheimer's disease, he invites his father to collaborate on his most ambitious project to date - a haunting, magical, autobiographical stage performance featuring life-size mechanical puppets called "Papa's Time Machine". Through the creation of this play, the two men confront their mortality before time runs out and memories are lost forever.
Country
China/ United States
Year
2019
Duration
145 min
Genre
Documentary
Language
English subtitles
Short Film Series
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Festivals Awards
TRIBECA 2019 | BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY IN A DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
CAAMFEST 2019 | WINNER: DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
LA ASAIN PACIFIC FILM FESTIVAL 2019 | GRAND JURY AWARD, INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE DOCEDGE 2019 | BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR; BEST IN CATEGORY “ALL IN THE FAMILY”
INDIE STREET FILM FESTIVAL 2019 | JURY AWARD – BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM
MINSK INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL LISTAPAD 2019 | GRAND PRIX FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
CHINA ACADEMY AWARDS OF DOCUMENTARY FILM 2019 | BEST EDITING
WAKEFIELD DOC FEST 2019 | BEST OF FEST AUDIENCE AWARD
SALEM FILM FEST 2019 | SPECIAL JURY AWARD
Credits
S. Leo Chiang, Yang Sun