Shorts: Building a Life

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Encompassing vastly different realities, these two films throw us headlong into big existential questions. Whether living in a mountain cave in China or a fancy hotel in Denmark, the protagonists of these films each strain to build a meaningful life.
We Are Fallen Angels
Rosa Vendelboe Vestergaard / Denmark / 2024 / 36 / World Premiere
A young singer and influencer lives in a dream world of her own making, but behind this glitzy veneer lies a much more complicated reality.

The Opposite of Dying
死的对头
Peiyuan Zhang / China / 2024 / 37 / World Premiere
Dreaming of becoming a successful entrepreneur, a cave-dwelling hermit attempts to package his lifestyle as a unique experience to sell to tourists.

In this show

Film Intro
5 mins
We Are Fallen Angels
36 mins
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The Opposite of Dying
37 mins
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Film Q&A
30 mins

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Shorts: Building a Life + Q&A
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Showroom - Screen 1
Q&A with directors Rosa Vendelboe Vestergaard and Peiyuan Zhang. Moderated by Rachel Pronger.
Shorts: Building a Life + Q&A
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Showroom - Bertha DocHouse Screen 3
Q&A with director Peiyuan Zhang. Moderated by Jamie Allan.

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