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From Dawn to Dawn
Family/Child
True Story
  • 국가Spain/France
  • 제작연도2026
  • 러닝타임96min
  • 상영포맷DCP
  • 컬러Color
Program Note
As a second-generation member of a Chinese immigrant family settled in Spain, the director takes up a camera to look into the life of her older brother, A Wen. As the saying goes, "family is the closest stranger in the world," and the sister’s gaze crafts a portrait of a figure at once unfamiliar and complex. Spanning from a temple to a karaoke room, the film’s journey fully embraces the extreme dualities of A Wen: a soul seeking inner peace through meditation versus a past entangled in gambling, violence, and shootings as a gangster; the everyday routine of an entrepreneur and family patriarch versus a life spent hanging around with his street brothers. Without attempting to define him by either extreme, the film quietly observes these contradictory portraits. This gaze soon expands into a broader narrative on immigrant life and second-generation identity. It is an impressive documentary shaped by a sister’s camera, looking upon a brother who is family yet a stranger, the closest person to her yet ultimately someone beyond comprehension. Winner of the Grand Prize at the prestigious Swiss documentary film festival Visions du Reel. (LEE Juhyun)
Schedule
code389 날짜10-11 시간15:20 상영관CGV Centum City 1   
1515세관람가
KE GV
code566 날짜10-13 시간19:30 상영관Busan Cinema Center Cinema 2   
1515세관람가
KE GV
code664 날짜10-14 시간18:00 상영관CGV Centum City 1   
1515세관람가
KE
Director
Director
Xisi Sofia YE CHEN
Born in Barcelona in 1994. She grew up in a family of Chinese immigrants who had settled in Barcelona in the post-Olympic era, moving between four languages: Qingtianese, Mandarin, Catalan, and Spanish. After studying Humanities, she completed a Master′s in Creative Documentary at Pompeu Fabra University. Following the short film Xiaoqiang′s Daydream (2020), she directed her first feature documentary, From Dawn to Dawn, which chronicles her brother′s life. The film portrays a portrait of her brother "A Wen," in which a gangster past and a search for spiritual redemption coexist amid the uprootedness of Barcelona′s Chinese community. It was completed with support including the Márgenes Work Award, the Lau Haizetara Forum Award, Zinebi Networking, and D′A Final Cut, and screened at Doclisboa, the Triana Film Festival, and elsewhere. It won the Grand Jury Prize in the International Feature Competition at the 2026 Visions du Réel festival.
Credit
  • DirectorXisi Sofia YE CHEN 
  • ProducerRicard SALES
    Pedro PALACIOS
    Luis FERRÓN
    Marta LACIMA
    Leonor ABREU
    Ran SHAO
    Camila MONTALDO
    Marina PERALES MARHUENDA
    Xavier ROCHER
  • CastA Wen
  • CinematographyPablo PALOMA
  • Production CompanyLaCima Producciones
    ricardsales@lacimaproducciones.com
    The South Project
    leonor@thesouthproject.com
    La Fàbrica Nocturna
    marina@lafabricanocturna.com
  • World SalesParallax Films
    festival@parallaxchina.com
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Busan Metropolitan City
Korean Film Council
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