Sean Ali Wang
Directing
Biography
Sean Ali Wang is a Hui (a Muslim ethnic minority) Chinese filmmaker born in China. He graduated from Communication University of China for BA, Beijing Film Academy for his first MA of Film and University of the Arts Utrecht for his second MA of Fine Art. He is a guest lecturer at University of Amsterdam, Delft TU and Zhejiang University. His debut feature-length documentary film Lady of the Harbour had its world premiere at IDFA 2017. His second documentary film A Marble Travelogue was premiered at IDFA 2021 and won the Best Documentary Award at Reykjavík IFF and Duhok IFF. It was selected at 40+ international film festivals including Visions du Reel, CPH:DOX, Hotdocs, Melbourne IFF, Art of the Real Lincoln Center, DMZ and Thessaloniki etc. It was broadcasted on Arte, NHK, ERT, RTS, KBS, theatrically released in Spain and permanently collected by Newcastle University and Columbia University.
Known For
Blocks of white marble from a Greek quarry are shipped to China, where sculptors turn them into Hellenistic-style statues and columns. The leftover grit is processed into fridge magnets and other souvenirs, which are returned to Europe and sold to Chinese tourists.
A Marble Travelogue
The efforts of Suzanne, originally from China, to help refugees in her adopted homeland of Greece unfold like a tragicomedy.