The Memo

This is a video diary of the surreal lockdown made by the filmmaker couple who were trapped in a small, rented apartment in Shanghai. In the face of endless madness, the camera gradually breaks free from the window and observes a vast social isolation unprecedented in the country's history.

The Memo | 備忘錄
Designed by CHEN Sisi
備 忘 錄  THE MEMO
China | 2023 | 30 min | Non-fiction
Director: Badlands Film Group
Writer: Badlands Film Group
Camera: Badlands Film Group
Sound: Badlands Film Group
Editor: Badlands Film Group
Producer: Badlands Film Group
Music: The Shanghai Restoration Project
Taiwan Golden Horse Award · Best Documentary Short film
Liberation DocFest Bangladesh · International Competition · Youth Jury Award
Festival international Signes de Nuit · Cinema in Transgression · Main Award
Clermont-Ferrand Int'l Short Film Festival · Labo Competition
Tampere Film Festival · International Competition
Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg · International Competition
Film Festival Cologne · The LOOK Section
Taiwan International Documentary Festival · Salute! Chinese Independent Documentaries
South Taiwan Film Festival · The Best Documentary Short Film Nomination
Taiwan International Ethnographic Film Festival
Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival · Light of Asia Competition
Hong Kong Film Festival London · I Heard The City Breathe
V INSTAR Film Festival · Chinese Independent Documentary Retrospective
ABTEILUNG KULTUR UND BILDUNG · It’s Gonna Rain
Art Gallery of Hamilton · Breathing in China: Art, Ethics, and Environment
Reel China Biennial, New York University
Machines & Me · Global Chinese Cinema Screening Series, University of Maryland
Acquired by Chinese Independent Film Archive (UK), Newcastle University
Acquired by Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University