LING
LEE |
Filmmaker
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MILES APART (director) |
42 min 30sec, HD, UK, 2011. |
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official website: www.milesapartmovie.com
Awards
One World Media Award 2011, Student Category
'Miles Apart is made with maturity and confidence and stood out
above the other entries because it feels
like a film, rather than a documentary.
The lack of commentary and style of shooting permits us
to peer into the family life of three generations affected
by the difficulties of rural migration.'
One World Media Jury
"...a beautiful and unusual kind social study...
essentially a verite film with subtle
overlayers of the disruptive forces of
internal transmigration, angry youth, and urbanism
all taking place in the villages and cities of the world's hottest growing economies
but not ABOUT any of those things in any obvious way..."
Peter Wintonick, filmmaker, DOCMEDIA etc |
Miles Apart is an observational documentary, intimately looking
at the clash of
different generations and cultures in a rapidly changing China.
Twelve years ago, Laomao and his wife Meizi left their
two children in the countryside to build a business 600 miles away.
When they are joined by their daughter Ying Ying,
it becomes immediately obvious that she doesn't share her parents' work ethic.
Meizi's frustration is raw as she pushes her daughter towards employment and at the same time,
her son Lei Lei won't apply himself to his studies.
The separation of Chinese families by migration is a story shared by a quarter of rural parents,
most of whom can relate to the frustrations of working hard for seemingly ungrateful children.
dir/prod/camera: Ling Lee, associate producer: Liu Fan, editor: Adam Thomas, composer: Lennert Busch, sound design: Jay Price, sound recordist: Kyle Pickford, production manager: Elisabeth Schusser
language: Chinese mandarin & Anhui dialect with English subtitles.
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MY FAVOURITE SUPERMARKET (director) |
30 min, HD, UK, 2010. |
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Up to 20 million tonnes of edible food waste is created each year in Britain.
There has been a research on how much food waste households produce but the government hasn't dared to look at the grotesquely disproportional food waste offences being committed by supermarkets every day.
The Freegans Alan & Alf in London and Chris & LeRoy in Edinburgh are looking behind the backs of the supermarkets whilst 'Edgar' the whistleblower is showing what happens inside the supermarket.
dir/prod/camera: Ling Lee, editor: Gideon Gold, composer: Geoff Hannan,
sound design: George Lingford, sound recordist: Raul Diaz
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THE EDGE OF DREAMING (editor) |
74 min, HD, UK, 2009. |
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REVIEWS & links:
:: Eye For Film
:: Channel 4oD
:: POV
:: Scotsman
:: Behind the lens
:: The Guardian
:: Sight & Sound dec 2010 (not online yet)
:: compiled reviews by Tue Steen Mueller, Stuart Delves and others
official website: http://www.edgeofdreaming.co.uk/
FESTIVALS
IDFA 2009, 27th Jerusaml International Film Festival, The Irish Film Institute's Stranger Than Fiction Documentary Festival, 11th Jewish Film Festival, 2101 DOXA Documentary Film Festival in Vancouver, True/False Film Fest 2010, Docaviv 2010, 12th Thessaloniki Int. Doc. Festival, DocsBarcelona 2010, Daniel Northway-Frank Hot Docs Canadian Int. Doc. Festival, DOCNZ 2010 in Auckland and Wellington, Beldocs 2010 in Serbia, ZagrebDox 2010, Against Gravity in Warsaw, Martha's Vineyard Film Fest, Bergen Int film Fest, EBS tv Korea, Kos nt Film Fest, Prix Europa, Biografilm Festival in Italy, Tribeca, Edinburgh Internation Filmfestival 2010
Awards
Grand Jury Critic Prize - KIEV International Film Festival 2010
TV SCREENINGS
VPRO - January 2010
P.O.V. - August 2010
More4 - October 2010
ARTE/ZDF - December 2010
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This is the story of a rational, sceptical woman, a mother and wife, who does not remember her dreams. Except once, when she dreamt her horse was dying.
She woke so scared she went outside in the night. She found him dead. The next dream told her she would die herself, when she was 48.
The Edge of Dreaming charts every step of that year. The film explores life and death in the context of a warm and loving family, whose happiness is increasingly threatened as the dream seems to be proving true. From the kids reaction to their horses’ death (they taught the dog a new trick – called ‘dead dog’), the film mixes humour, science and married life as Amy attempts to understand what is happening to her. Everyone wrestles with the concept of their own mortality, but few so directly explore and confront the subject. When Amy fell seriously ill, as her dream predicted, she went on a search to change that dream, leading her to eminent neuroscientist Mark Solms, and to new understanding of the complexity of our brains. The final confrontation, going back into her dream with the help of a shaman, reveals a surprising twist to the tale.
In the guise of an intimate and entertaining autobiography The Edge of Dreaming explores the timeless themes of consciousness and destiny, dreams and reason.
Animation, home movies and the spectacular Scottish landscape make the journey a pleasure for the senses and a celebration of the desire for life.
dir/prod/camera: Amy Hardie, film editor: Ling Lee, additional & supervising editors: Colin Monie & Michael Culyba, additional camera: Ian Dodds & Hardie family, animator: Cameron Duguid, composer: Jim Sutherland, sound design: Gunnar Oskarsson, Digital Colourist: Rob May, Dubbing Mixer: Sound Post Facility: Bang Post Production, Final Postproduction: Envy & Metro Ecosse
A co-production by Amy Hardie Productions, Passion Pictures and Hard Working Movies
Funded by VPRO, More 4, ZDF/Arte, POV, SAC and Scottish Screen
in collaboration with the Scottish Documentary Institute
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THIS BODY (director) |
4 min, HD, UK, 2009. |
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This poetry documentary is inspired by Osip Mandstam's poem 'What Shall I Do With This Body They Gave Me'.
It is about my past memory of my lost dream to become a professional dancer. I am trying to re-live my past in the present but circumstances bring me back to reality.
dir/prod: Ling Lee, DoP: Stil Williams, editor: Adam Thomas, composer: Lennert Busch,
sound design: Tudor Petre, sound recordist: Victoria Franzan
TRAILER or to watch the full film email to request password.
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RED BURKA (editor) |
4 min, HDV, UK , 2008. |
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The films explores the standardisation of the world. Each filmmaker had to focus on an object that is integrated into daily life. I chose to focus on the Red Burqa worn by women in the Hormozgan region of Southern Iran. This short art documentary takes us behind the masks to reveal the lives of the women who wear them as well as take us on a visually stunning journey across the landscapes of Southern Iran
dir: Roxana Pope, camera: Maryam Gorbankarimi, editor: Ling Lee, composer: Jahleh band & M.Shahari, sound design: Peter Vilk, prod: Noe Mendelle.
commissioned by LX films Portugal and The Gulbenkian Foundation Portugal ‘Distance-Proximity’ series of 20 films. The series of films are currently touring various film festivals across the world. |
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CARLSSONS (editor) |
40 min, DigiBeta, DV CAM, UK / SWEDEN, 2008. |
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In late summer, retired Swedish couple Lena and Gunvall Carlsson spend their days doing nothing out of the ordinary.
The grass is cut, mushrooms are picked, alcohol consumed and corporate grocery stores discredited.
In the joy of everyday life and the mundane takes centre stage.
dir/prod/camera: Anders Jedenfors, editor: Ling Lee,
sound design: Martin Johnson DFM Fiktion & Scottish Documentary Institute |
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EL PUENTE COLGANTE
(The Suspension Bridge) (editor) |
15 min, DV CAM, UK / BASQUE COUNTRY, 2007. |
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About 6 million people cross this suspension bridge every year.
Since 1893, the bridge also called 'Puente Colgante' has been in use, becoming a landmark of the area.
This documentary portraits the diverse people using the bridge.
A bridge that is covered in memories, stories and gossip.
dir/prod/camera: Alexander G. de Bikuna, editor: Ling Lee
language: Spanish with English subtitles
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BELHAVEN IN A BOX (editor) |
12 min, DV CAM, UK, 2007. |
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A project by the children of Belhaven boarding school for the children.
Before leaving school the children aged 11 and 12 summarize their daily routine and school,
including their thoughts about leaving the boarding school and about the memories of the past years.
With the help of filmmaker Tracey Fearnehough, the children filmed and animated their own documentary.
dir/prod/camera: Tracey Fearnehough & School kids from Belhaven School, editor: Ling Lee
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