SHEEP DOTTING HILLSIDES
HUAQING JIN/CHINA/13MINS/North America premiere
Two years have passed and the poverty alleviation funds have not yet to be received. Most of the villagers left except Lao Ma, the village secretary, who embraces the last hope and remains in the desolate village.
When government officials came for an inspection, Lao Ma had no choice but to ‘participate’ in a series of shocking and infuriating farces in the hope of obtaining the funds.
Cast
Zhiyou Ma, Shengxue Ma, Kaixing Yang
Crew
Director/Huaqing Jin
Producer/Tongrui Liu
Executive Producer/Yingjun Ying
Writer/Xinyi Li
Cinematographer/Jie Wang
Editor/Long Xiong
Music/Zhonglu Zhu
DIRECTOR'S BIO
Huaqing Jin, from China, born in July 1st 1984, has directed films like Living with Shame, Blossom with Tears, Lament of Yumen, Endless Road, The Tibetan Girl and so on, for which received 54 awards in international film festival in 18 countries, such as France, Italy, Mexico, Brazil, Korea, Japan, including The UNICEF Prize 2012, 27th Pärnu International Documentary and Anthropology Film Festival for Best children's Film Award, and 4th China Documentary Academy Award for Best Short Documentary Award. His Documentaries broadcasted on Al Jazeera television in Qata, BBC, EBS,Fuji TV and so on. Get the Royal World High Distinction Prize, served as the the jury of 21st Asian International Film Festival in Vesoul, the final student competition in the 8th Russian Anthropological Film Festival. Film selector of 18 international film festivals.
Huaqing Jin is the creative tutor of 6 universities such as the visiting Instructor of Zhejiang University Of Media And Communications, Sichuan Film and Television University and so on. From 2014, he started to hold activities, like Video Training Camp and Video Workshops, trained students from different parts of China.