International Competition

Feature Films

Dooman River

China / South Korea / France
2009, 89min.

Producers: Lee Jeong, Guillaume de Seille, Woo Hye, Dir./Script: Zhang Lu, Director of Photography: Xu Wei, Design: Zhu Guangxuan, Sound: Wang Ran, Marc Nouyrigat, Frédéric Théry, Editor: François Quiqueré
Cast: Cui Jian, Yin Lan, Li Jinglin, Lin Jinlong, Jin Xuansheng

North of the Dooman River, which serves as border between Manchuria and North Korea, live a community of Korean-Chinese. Like most places in rural China, only the old and young remain, with adults earning money as migrant workers in bigger cities. In one such village lives a boy named Chang-ho, who at the beginning befriends a North Korean stowaway. But refugees from the totalitarian state begin to arrive in greater numbers. Soon, sentiments turn against the defectors and Chang-ho’s allegiance to his friend is tested.

Awards
Crystal Bear - Special Mention (Berlin IFF, 2010)

Production Companies
Lu Films
12, Dongsomun-dong, 2-ga, 4th Floor
14-32 Seongbuk-gu
135-032 Seoul, Korea
Email: hhttzhang@yahoo.com.cn

Arizona Films
Arte France Cinéma

Lu, Zhang

Zhang Lu (born 1962, Jilin, China)
His sole short film, 11, was screened at the Venice IFF 2001. He made his feature debut with Tang Poetry, competing in the Locarno IFF in 2004. His second feature film, Grain in Ear, invited to the 2005 Cannes IFF Critic’s Week, won the ACID prize. He also has won awards at various international film festivals like Pesaro 2005, Vesoul 2006 and Cinema Novo 2006. In 2007, Desert Dream was invited to compete at Berlinale. In 2008, Zhang Lu presented Iri at the Rome IFF.

Filmography
Tang Poetry (2003), Grain in Ear (2005), Desert Dream (2007), Iri (2008), Chongqing Dooman River (2009)