Trailer
Year
2008
Length
4x 26 min
Directors
Ilka Franzmann and Marco Wilms
The Future is now!
nowhere else are the blessings and banes of globalization reflected more impressively than within the work of the Chinese avantgarde artist.
Modern China is currently experiencing an incomparable economic and cultural upheaval. And nowhere else are the blessings and banes of globalization reflected more impressively than within the work of the Chinese avantgarde artist. In China, THE land of globalization and gold-rush spirit, art likewise follows the Circe-song of international capital. Just like the skyscrapers of Shanghai, the prices for Chinese art are skyrocketing to new heights. The latest piece by the painter Liu Xiaodong, for example, recently went for the price of 2.6 million dollars. By now, Chinese artists are being exhibited all over the world and are being feted at leading international art events such as the Venice Biennale and Kassel Documenta. In a four part series, we reveal the background and underlying stories behind the extraordinary work of the leading Chinese Shooting Stars – all of whom are representatives of a generation in upheaval and change.
Directors
Ilka Franzmann
Marco Wilms
Series Concept
Christian Beetz
Marco Wilms
Camera
Lutz Reitemeier
Marcus Winterbauer
Editor
Christian Fibikar
Trevor Hall
Sound
Maximilian Preiss
Line Producer
Maria Wischnewski
Juli Schrader
Producer
Christian Beetz
Commissioning Editor
Martin Pieper (ZDF/arte)
Sales & distribution
- Press kit
- Press photos
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„Just in diesem Moment überraschen uns die aus dem Theaterbereich stammenden jungen Regisseure Hans Block und Moritz Riesewieck mit einem erstaunlichen Dokumentarfilm, der seit Monaten Publikum und Kritik auf den wichtigsten Festivals der Welt elektrisiert. Völlig zu Recht: Es ist, als würden einem die Scheuklappen weggerissen, als sähe man das, was sich seit Jahren direkt vor unseren Augen abspielt, zum ersten Mal unverschleiert... eine fesselnde ,Doku noir' mit höchstem Anspruch...Dieser Film müsste an allen Schulen gezeigt werden.“
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
17.05.2018
