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Chrysanthemum

Director: Jingyuan Luo
Filmmaker's profile

In Chrysanthemum, Jingyuan Luo approaches the case of a Chinese "suicide jumper," living and reliving the trauma of a death made invisible by the state that had caused it. In wordless grief the flower of mourning blooms.

Details

Duration: 9min.

Country: Germany

Language: Mandarin (Chinese)

Year: 2025

Genre: Animation, Experimental

Topic: Death, Documentary, Human Rights, Politics, Resistance, Suicide, Trauma, Violence

Cast & Crew

Director: Jingyuan Luo

Production company: Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln

Writer: Jingyuan Luo, Ko Li

Cinematographer: Jingyuan Luo

Editor: Jingyuan Luo

Music: Farah Wind

Actors: N/A

Festivals & Awards

2025

Oberhausen International Short Film Festival Oberhausen International Short Film Festival Promotional Prize of the NRW Competition

2025

Short Film Festival Cologne (KFFK) Short Film Festival Cologne (KFFK) 3. Jurypreis im Deutschen Wettbewerb

2026

London Short Film Festival

2025

Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival

2025

Interfilm - International Short Film Festival Berlin

2025

Braunschweig International Film Festival

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