Ethereal Echoes, 羌塘空响， 2019-2023, Lhasa & Nagqu, Tibet
一位年轻的独立纪录片导演，怀着拍摄一部有关教育的纪录短片的想法，独自一人背上设备，从伦敦去到西藏。一路上，她跟随在拉萨支教的朋友钱，远离熟悉且便利的城市，前往位于藏北草原深处学生次增的家。在这个海拔4500米，近乎完全陌生的地方，她努力学习着如何生存——长时间的身体缺氧、可能致命的极端天气； 处理随之而来的各种情况——次增出乎意料的高考成绩，以及因文化差异、身体不适而引发的复杂情绪⋯⋯ 一切不确定的因素在这趟旅程中交织、碰撞，让她开始重新思考自己所接受过的教育，回顾自己的成长过程。顺着起初在内心听到的坚定的声音，她在严酷而变化莫测的自然环境中去拥抱生活的简单与温和，体悟人们之间纯朴而真挚的情感。这短暂的平静和快乐，让她重拾了能平衡自己人生的力量。 往返拉萨和那曲牧区拍摄的三年时间里，这部短片也自然而然地成长为一部纪录长片。当制作影片四年来的经历在她面前徐徐展开， 她一步步看清万物之间是如何相连的，随之而来的，是持续的平和与喜悦。
A young Chinese filmmaker Autumn sets out on a trip with an idea for a short documentary on education that takes her from London to Tibet, alone. Filming her friend Qian, who was a volunteer teacher in Lhasa, then staying at a Tibetan student, Tsezin’s home deep in the Tibetan grasslands far from the conveniences of the city life she’d always known. Autumn began learning how to simply survive in an alien world at 4500 meters (15,000 ft.) - the hazardous lack of oxygen, the sudden and potentially deadly turns of weather, this mixed with Tsezin’s unexpected exam results and her own complicated emotions triggered by cultural differences and physical discomfort…
Unexpected events along the way cause an overhaul of the meanings behind the values and beliefs that echo within her. She embraced a sense of peace and joy that came along with the discovery of the harsh but gentle simplicity of the grasslands and the sincerity of human relationships.
The short evolved into a feature documentary, shot over three years on location in Lhasa and in the remote grasslands of Tibet. As she watched things unfold naturally, she saw how all things are connected, what comes with it is a continual peacefulness and joy.
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