Mockumentary
Directed by Pausarux
China 2012.
Click the links below for more information:
- Information about the film (pdf)
- Audience Award Winner at The Shanghai 48 Hour Film Project 2012
- Best Documentary at Toyama International Film Festival 2015
- Official Selection of 2013 Toluca International Cinematographic Festival, Mexico
- Official Selection of Festival Internacional de Cine de San Luis Potosi / Mexican Cortos Fest, Mexico 2013
- Official Selection of 2013 Edinburgh Short Film Festival
- “Impressions of ‘Tong'” essay (by Lee David Engdahl, MA)
- “Tong” in China Global Times magazine
- IMDB entry
- Behind-the-scenes photos (by Manuel Charlmange)
- Film HD preview and downloads: @kan-kan, @vimeo
Synopsis
Tong is a Chinese word related to communication. This mockumentary, written and shot in 48 hours is a directed look at what language is, how it behaves in social and emotional life, whether it is necessary, its limits, its primacy and ways in which language is involved in power, love and audience.