Wang Bing (director)

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Template:Short description Template:Family name hatnote Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".Template:Wikidata image Wang Bing (Template:Zh; born 1967) is a Chinese director, often referred to as one of the foremost figures in documentary film-making.[1] Wang is the founder of his own production company, Wang Bing Studios, which produces most of his films. His movie on Chinese labour camps, The Ditch, was included in the 2010 Venice Film Festival as the film sorpresa.[2]

Recognition

Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks, Wang's 9 hour epic documentary of industrial China, was considered a major success. Tie Xi Qu went on to win the Grand Prix at the Marseille Festival of Documentary Film and was shown for the first time in Spain at the Punto de Vista International Documentary Film Festival. Wang's film Fengming, a Chinese Memoir, premiered at both Cannes[1] and Toronto in 2007. Crude Oil premiered at the 2008 Rotterdam Film Festival. Since then, his films became a staple at every prestigious international film festival. 2017's Mrs. Fang was awarded the Golden Leopard at the 70th Locarno Festival.

French philosopher Georges Didi-Huberman dedicated a long epilogue to Wang Bing in his 2012 book, Peuples exposés, peuples figurants. He reflects on the social fate of images thoroughly analyzing Wang's 2010 Man with No Name, writing that the director, as a humble portrait artist of a single rural worker, manages to represent the whole of China's people (as well as people from all over the World) "not through his past, nor his ideas, nor his name, nor his place in society, but through the simple gestures with which he works at his solitary life",[3] as opposed to the common epic portraits of national identity based on military prowess, war heroes and manifest destinies.

Political views

In December 2023, alongside 50 other filmmakers, Wang Bing signed an open letter published in Libération demanding a ceasefire and an end to the killing of civilians amid the 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, and for a humanitarian corridor into Gaza to be established for humanitarian aid, and the release of hostages.[4][5][6]

Censorship in China

Shortly after Wang's Youth (Homecoming) was selected for the main competition section at the 81st Venice International Film Festival,[7] Chinese websites including Douban and Baidu Baike erased Wang's profile page and his entire filmography.[8][9] News websites such as Sohu had previously reported on Wang's Golden Lion nomination, but the articles were subsequently taken offline.[8] References to Wang on Chinese social media were also censored.[10] At the 62nd New York Film Festival, where both Youth (Hard Times) and Youth (Homecoming) screened in the Main Slate,[11] Wang told the audience that he did not care about China's official censorship.[12] Previously at the 2023 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, where Wang was invited as the Guest of Honor,[13] he stated that "I’m not particularly interested in politics (…) I don’t want my films to become a political tool", and that he wanted to step away from "the big machine that runs in China, the process of basically making everything propaganda in a way."[14]

Filmography

Year English Title Chinese Title Runtime Notes Template:Refh
2002 Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks 铁西区 551 minutes
(9:11)
2007 Fengming, a Chinese Memoir 和凤鸣 184 minutes
(3:04) 		Premiered at the 60th Cannes Film Festival
Screened at the 32nd Toronto International Film Festival
Brutality Factory 暴力工厂 Short in the anthology The State of the World
2008 Crude Oil 採油日記 840 minutes
(14:00) 		Premiered at the 2008 International Film Festival Rotterdam
2009 Coal Money 煤炭，钱 53 minutes
2010 Man with No Name 无名者 92 minutes
The Ditch 夹边沟 109 minutes Premiered at the 67th Venice International Film Festival
Screened at the 35th Toronto International Film Festival
2012 Three Sisters 三姊妹 153 minutes
(2:33) 		Premiered at the 69th Venice International Film Festival
2013 'Til Madness Do Us Part 瘋愛 228 minutes
(3:48) 		Premiered at the 70th Venice International Film Festival
Alone 孤独 89 minutes
2014 Father and Sons 父与子 97 minutes
2014 Traces 遗址
2016 Ta'ang 德昂 148 minutes
(2:28) 		Premiered at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival
Bitter Money 苦錢 152 minutes
(2:32) 		Premiered at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival
2017 Mrs. Fang 方绣英 86 minutes
15 Hours 15小时 900 minutes
(15:00) 		Premiered at the documenta 14
2018 Dead Souls 死灵魂 495 minutes
(8:15) 		Premiered at the 71st Cannes Film Festival
Beauty Lives in Freedom 330 minutes
(5:30) 		Premiered at the Asia Society
2023 Youth (Spring) 青春：春 212 minutes
(3:32) 		Premiered at the 76th Cannes Film Festival
Man in Black 黑衣人 60 minutes Premiered at the 76th Cannes Film Festival in the Special Screenings section
2024 Youth (Hard Times) 青春：苦 227 minutes
(3:47) 		Premiered at the 77th Locarno Film Festival
Youth (Homecoming) 青春：歸 152 minutes
(2:32) 		Premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival

Awards and nominations

Award Year Category Work Result Template:Refh
Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2023 Best Documentary Film Man in Black Nominated [15]
2024 Youth (Homecoming) Nominated [16]
Cahiers du Cinéma 2004 Annual Top 10 Lists Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks 2th Place
2010 Best Film of the 2000s 7th Place [17]
Cannes Film Festival 2018 L'Œil d'or Dead Souls Nominated [18]
2023 Man in Black Nominated [19]
Youth (Spring) Nominated
Palme d'Or Nominated [20]
Doclisboa 2007 Prize IPJ University Fengming, a Chinese Memoir Won [21]
2012 Grande Prémio Cidade de Lisboa Three Sisters Won [22]
2014 Father and Sons Won [23]
Dubai International Film Festival 2012 Muhr AsiaAfrica Documentary – Best Director Three Sisters Won [24]
El Gouna Film Festival 2017 Bronze Star – Documentary Competition Mrs. Fang Won [25]
Fribourg International Film Festival 2008 Prix Oikocredit Suisse Fengming, a Chinese Memoir Won [26]
Special Mention (Ecumenical Jury) Won
Special Mention (FICC) Won
2013 Regard d'or Three Sisters Won [27]
Don Quijote Award Won
E-Changer Award Won
Ecumenical Jury Award Won
IndieWire Critics Poll 2012 Best Undistributed Film Three Sisters 10th Place [28]
International Cinephile Society 2024 Best Documentary Youth (Spring) Nominated [29]
Kinema Junpo 2012 Best Foreign Language Film Director The Ditch Won [30]
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival 2017 Golden Lady Harimaguada Bitter Money Won [31]
Locarno Film Festival 2017 Golden Leopard Mrs. Fang Won [32]
2024 Special Mention Youth (Hard Times) Won [33]
FIPRESCI Prize Won
Environment is Quality of Life Prize Won
Los Angeles Film Critics Association 2023 Douglas Edwards Experimental Film Award Youth (Spring) Won [34]
Marseille Festival of Documentary Film 2003 Grand Prix Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks Won [35]
Nantes Three Continents Film Festival 2003 Documentary Montgolfière d’Or Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks Won [36]
2012 Montgolfière d’Or Three Sisters Won [37]
Audience Award Won
2013 Montgolfière d’Argent 'Til Madness Do Us Part Won [38]
Taipei Golden Horse Awards 2023 Best Documentary Feature Youth (Spring) Won [39]
2024 Youth (Hard Times) Nominated [40]
Valladolid International Film Festival 2024 Time of History Grand Prize Youth (Hard Times) Won [41]
Venice Film Festival 2010 Golden Lion The Ditch Nominated [42]
2012 Orizzonti Award for Best Film Three Sisters Won [43]
2016 Orizzonti Award for Best Screenplay Bitter Money Won [44]
Human Rights Film Network Award Won
2024 Golden Lion Youth (Homecoming) Nominated [45]
Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival 2003 Robert and Frances Flaherty Prize Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks Won [46]
2007 Fengming, a Chinese Memoir Won [47]
2019 Dead Souls Won [48]
Citizens’ Prize Won

References

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Further reading

  • Caroline Renard, Isabelle Anselme, François Amy de La Bretèque (ed.): Wang bing: Un cinéaste en Chine aujourd'hui, Aix-en-Provence : Presses universitaires de Provence, 2014, engl. Wang Bing, making movies in China today, Aix-en-Provence : Presses universitaires de Provence, 2015
  • Manuel Ramos, "The Oxidation of the Documentary, The Politics of Rust in Wang Bing’s Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks", Third Text - Critical Perspectives on Contemporary Art and Culture, vol 29 (1-2), 2015, pp.1-13
  • Elena Pollacchi: Wang Bing's filmmaking of the China dream : narratives, witnesses and marginal space, Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2021
  • Wang Bing: Wang Bing - The Walking Eye, Amsterdam, Paris: Roma Publications : LE 2021, 832 p.
  • Michael Guarneri: Conversations with Wang Bing, Bologna: Piretti, 2024
  • Bruno Lessard: The cinema of Wang Bing : Chinese Documentary between History and Labor, Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press , 2024
  • Julie Savelli: Wang Bing. L'acte infini d'image: Anthropologie d'un art post-documentaire, Paris: Hermann 2024

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