More China screenings for acclaimed co-production by big-name BRICS filmmakers

Chinese director Jia Zhangke gives a speech at the world premiere of “Where Has Time Gone” in Chengdu on June 23, 2017. [Photo/CGTN]

After winning the Artistic Merit Award at the second BRICS Film Festival in Chengdu two months ago, "Where Has Time Gone", a co-production by directors from the five BRICS countries, will be shown to the public at the upcoming summit in September.

The 110-minute film, consisting of five short stories, depicts from different perspectives how human sentiments can mellow with time. It is a joint effort by Brazilian director and producer Walter Salles, Russian filmmaker Aleksey Fedorchenko, India's Madhur Bhandarkar, Jahmil XT Qubeka from South Africa, and Chinese director and screenwriter Jia Zhangke.

"We have been searching for a common theme that could touch the audience of every nation of BRICS, something that would resonate. That's how we came up with the idea of 'Where Has Time Gone'," said Jia.

In the part "When the Earth Trembles", Salles depicts the tension and brilliance in the reconstruction of people's homelands after catastrophes, and probes the possibilities of new life amid nostalgia.

In "Breathing", Fedorchenko explores the quiet healing power of love in the seclusion of mountains. Bhandarkar portrays a touching bond between an elderly man and an orphan in "Mumbai Mist".