Wu Ding

Little Panda learns carpentry from Grandpa, but he lacks concentration. So when he goes out to do carpentry by himself, he makes many mistakes.

A 15 part film featuring scenes from Xianghe, running from the mundane to the surreal: people parade in opera costumes, slaughter pigs in public and dine on the fields; they bury the dead and get married, tickling the bride and groom, everything done without speech. Sitting somewhere between intimate personal reels and detached ethnographic records, the work creates a simultaneous sense of immersion and distance – of the type you might associate with end-of-life flashbacks. Yang gives nostalgia a fantastic, mystical bent, as if to suggest that to revel in memory is a creative act.

Tu inherited father’s rundown factory and "Lucky Sable". Factory owes huge sums of money and is called upon by countless employees every day. Who knows Tu continued to spend time and drink, woke up after a hangover and found that the huge sum of money was missing! A farce of laughter and laughter begins....

This documentary by Zhang Jinghua captures behind-the-scenes moments and glimpses of everyday life during the filming of Yang Fudong’s Fragrant River.