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The Land of Many Palaces (12+)

China, 2015, colour, 61 min.
Director: Adam James Smith, Song Ting
In Ordos, China, thousands of farmers are being relocated into a new city under a government plan to modernize the region. “The Land of Many Palaces” follows a government official whose job is to convince these farmers that their lives will be better off in the city, and a farmer in one of the last remaining villages in the region who is pressurized to move. The film explores a process that will take shape on an enormous scale across China, since the central government announced plans to relocate 250,000,000 farmers to cities across the nation, over the next 20 years.

AWARDS

IAFOR Documentary Film Award: "Best Newcomer Feature Documentary"; Rome Independent Film Festival: "Best International Documentary"; Moscow International Documentary Film Festival (DOKer Fest) : "Best Director Award".

Adam James Smith, Song Ting

Adam James Smith, Song Ting

Adam James Smith is a Stanford-educated documentary filmmaker from England. His films focus on characters experiencing rapid change in their lives. In addition to making his own films, he has worked for TED, the Journal Sentinel, Rabbit Bandini Productions, Stanford’s Office of Public Affairs, the China Central Academy of Fine Arts, and the Chinese National Academy of Painting.
Song Ting is a director and cinematographer. Ting’s short films have screened in many international film festivals. She gained her MFA degree in Film Production from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University and holds dual BAs in English Literature and Finance from the University of International Business & Economics in Beijing. She has worked on films in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, USA, Singapore, Korea, Japan and Indonesia.

FILMOGRAPHY

Adam James Smith: Shangri-La, 2011; The Land of Many Palaces,2015. Song Ting: Back and Forth, 2010; Zao Can, 2010; Knife and Knife, 2011; The Way Home, 2014; The Land of Many Palaces, 2015.
China, 2015, colour, 61 min.
Director: Adam James Smith, Song Ting
In Ordos, China, thousands of farmers are being relocated into a new city under a government plan to modernize the region. “The Land of Many Palaces” follows a government official whose job is to convince these farmers that their lives will be better off in the city, and a farmer in one of the last remaining villages in the region who is pressurized to move. The film explores a process that will take shape on an enormous scale across China, since the central government announced plans to relocate 250,000,000 farmers to cities across the nation, over the next 20 years.

AWARDS

IAFOR Documentary Film Award: "Best Newcomer Feature Documentary"; Rome Independent Film Festival: "Best International Documentary"; Moscow International Documentary Film Festival (DOKer Fest) : "Best Director Award".