On the Way to the Sea

2010 Canadian film
  • September 2010 (2010-09) (TIFF)
Running time
19 minutesCountryCanadaLanguageChinese

On the Way to the Sea is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by Tao Gu and released in 2010.[1] The film centres on the director's trip to his childhood home in Wenchuan County, China, following the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.[1]

The film was made as Gu's thesis project for the film studies program at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema.[2]

The film premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival.[3] It was subsequently named to TIFF's year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2010.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Top 10 short films to be shown at Hagen theatre". Comox Valley Record, July 14, 2011.
  2. ^ Ursula Jugel, "Cinema alumni share the spotlight". Concordia University, February 14, 2012.
  3. ^ Peter Knegt, "Oh, Canada: Toronto Fest Announces Homegrown Films; Industry Programmes". IndieWire, August 10, 2010.
  4. ^ "Canada's Top Ten for 2010". Now, December 15, 2010.

External links

  • On the Way to the Sea at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata


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