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GYRECRAFT Official Selection 2024:
The Place of Revelation and Disappearance

10th Feb 15:00
Screen 2, Genesis Cinema, London, UK
Total Runtime: 115’ minutes


环流精选：
显隐之地

2024年2月10日 15:00 
电影院2，Genesis电影院，伦敦，英国
总时长：115分钟

 The “development” of various media states overflows from the surface of material under the influence of southern light and shadow, and is projected into the imagination of time and space, becoming an image of shadow. The Southern terroir and light and shadow area are where people gather to enjoy cool weather and to stay temporarily. It is also where witty words are exchanged and the intersection area for many dieties and strange objects from the terroir/mythological world. Gyrecraft From 300 submissions, Gyrecraft Film Festival selects 6 films that are very characteristic of the Southeastern coastal region and the cultural customs of the South. Using films as a medium, we strive to build a video connection spanning the time difference between the two harbor cities of London and Xiamen. 

不同媒介状态的“显影”，在南方光影的作用下从物质材料的表面溢出，投射到时空的想象中，成为关于影的影像；南方的风土与光影地带，那里既是人们相聚乘凉、暂且停留、妙语连珠之地，也是风土/神话世界中诸多影神异物的交汇地带。环流影像周从300部影片中，精选出6部极具东南沿海地域和南方文化风土的影片，以电影为媒，在伦敦与厦门两座海港城市之间，建立一条跨越时差的影像连线。


The Yukou Paper II
玉扣纸II

Gui Shuzhong, CHN, 30min, Hakka dialect of western Fujian, English/Chinese subtitles, 2022
    *World Premiere

鬼叔中，中国，30分钟，闽西客家方方言，
中英字幕，2022年
*世界首映“Yukou Paper” is a kind of traditional handmade paper in Ninghua, which is located in northwest of Fujian province.“Yu” means jade,because “Yukou Paper” is so pure，white and smooth，just like jade.Currently，there are two interpretations for “Kou”，the first one is the best part of bamboo after stripped.the second one is a measure word in the past，which equivalent to the“Dao”nowadays. In the old days，the Yukou paper was used to write memorials to the throne,account books，deeds，and to print books, genealogies，criptures and archives and historical books.In the 1970s, the State Publishing Bureau specially transferred this paper to print thread-bound large character edition books such as “Poems of Chairman Mao”.In the 1980s and 1990s，the Yukou paper was a fist product for foreign trade in Ninghua County，after 2000, the traditional handmade paper industry declined. In 2009，I found a only remaining handmade paper workshop in a small village in Zhiping She Township, Ninghua County，And with this，I made my documentary debut “The Yukou Paper I”.I thought it was an elegy for her.From perseverance to revival，I have continuously followed the Yukou Paper over these years.This film is also a complement to the video text of the Yukou paper.

玉扣纸为闽西北宁化一带的传统手工造纸。玉扣纸，因成纸温润如“玉”，“扣”，目前有两种解释，一为剥料之后的上好材质（竹纸纸品的一种类型），二为计量单位，等于现行的“刀”。玉扣纸旧时为书写奏本、账簿、契约文书，印制书籍、族谱、经本、档案史籍之上品。二十世纪70年代，国家出版局专门调运此纸，印制《毛主席诗词》等线装大字本。二十世纪80、90年代，玉扣纸是宁化县对外贸易的传统拳头产品。2000年后传统手工纸业式微。2009年，我在宁化县治平畲族乡的小山村找到仅存的一家土纸寮，并以此拍摄了纪录片处女作《玉扣纸I》。原以为这是为她唱的一曲挽歌。之后这些年我持续跟踪了苟延残喘的玉扣纸，从坚守到再兴。本片也是对玉扣纸影像文本的一个补充。