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Chrysanthemum

9:22 min

In “Chrysanthemum”, Jingyuan Luo approaches the case of a Chinese “suicide jumper,” living and reliving the trauma of a death made invisible by the state that had caused it. Like the eponymous flower of mourning, her contemplation is beautiful in its harrowing sadness.

Country: Germany
Year: 2025
Genre: Mix-Media
Typ: Experimentalfilm, AnimaDok, Short Film
Animationstechnik: Drawing (on paper, on cels), Paint on Glass
Director: Jingyuan Luo
Producer: Jingyuan Luo, Academy of Media Arts Cologne
Music: Farah Wind
Film School: Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln
Sales agent: Jingyuan Luo

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