THE ONE WHO RUNS AWAY IS THE GHOST / 九樓日記
Feature Documentary, 2021
72’ min
Directed by Qinyuan Lei
Cinematography by Julian Moser
Editing by Henrike Dosk
Music by Hainbach Sound Mix by Simon Peter
Colorist Andrea Gómez
Titles and Credits by Nani Gutiérrez
Music Supervisor Felix Moser
Production: Moserfilm, Shenzhen Huayu Century Investment Co. Ltd.
World Sales: Seesaw Pictures
World Premiere: International Documentary Festival Amsterdam 2021 (International Competition)
Festivals: Dokfest München, Montreal Int. Doc Festival, DMZ Int. Documentary Film Festival, Beldocs Int. Film Festival Belgrade, Jakarta Independent Film Festival
Synopsis
Sisters Haohao and Zhouzhou (five and eight) spend most of their time outside of school in the electronics market of Huaqiangbei, a market in Shenzhen once known for its counterfeit electronics products, now the center of electronics production in China. As new migrants to the city, their parents started a 10-square-meter shop on the 9th floor of the market a year ago. In the eyes of the two sisters, the world of electronics gradually opened up to them, and transformed into an imaginary world of dangerous creatures and ghost stories. The other children in the market are also spreading the word that a violent storm is coming.
The One Who Runs Away Is The Ghost won the Grenzgänger fellowship from Bosch Stiftung and Literarisches Colloquium Berlin in 2018 and Docs in Progress at Visions du Réel Film Festival 2020.
