Dark Red Forest

Dark Red Forest
China, 2021, 85’
in Tibetan w/ Arm./Eng. subtitles

Director and Scriptwriter: Jin Huaqing
Cinematographer: Jin Huaqing
Producers: Stephanie Fuchs, Enxy Wu
Editor: Jin Huaqing
Production Company: Jin Huaqing Studio/ CNEX Taipei

A spiritual journey at an altitude of 4,000 meters on the annual retreat of thousands of Tibetan nuns. Documenting the lives of the women of the Yarchen Monastery with extraordinary intimacy, Jin Huaqing’s film is both subtle and unvarnished. While filming breathtaking landscapes, Jin reminds us to keep our feet on the ground and encourages us to reflect on the contrast between life and death, suffering and healing, karma and spirituality.

Awards

Special Mention, Millenium Festival, Brussels, Belgium, 2022; Special Jury Prize, Seattle International Film Festival, USA, 2022.

Jin Huaqing

Jin Huaqing is the director of many award-winning documentaries such as Living with Shame, Blossom with Tears, Lament of Yumen and Endless Road. He won more than 55 prizes at international festivals. In 2010, he started organizing filmmaking workshops for students from all over China and at Lanzhou, Suzhou, and Zhejiang universities. In 2018, he began shooting Dark Red Forest, a documentary delving into the intimacy of Tibetan nuns. The film was completed in 2021.

Filmography

Living in Shame (2008), Heavy Metal (2009), Desire of Changhu (2010), Lament of Yumen (2012), Blossom with Tears (2012), Endless Road (2014), The Tibetan Girl (2016), Dark Red Forest (2021).