Snow in Midsummer

Official selection

Set against the "May 13" incident in Malaysia in 1969, the film follows a mother and a daughter in two searches in different eras, for the remains of their family and for a history buried by the official account, and raises a monument to the traumatic memory of the Chinese diaspora through opera, the calling of souls and restrained long takes. It was selected for the Orizzonti Extra section of the 80th Venice Film Festival and received a special mention for cinematic art, had nine nominations at the 60th Golden Horse Awards and opened them, won the Firebird Award for Best Film at the 48th Hong Kong International Film Festival and Best Film at the 23rd New York Asian Film Festival, among others.

Translated from English by IFFDAY, not yet reviewed.