| Eternal Spring | |
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| Traditional Chinese | 長春 |
| Simplified Chinese | 长春 |
| Literal meaning | Eternal Spring / Changchun |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Chángchūn |
| Directed by | Jason Loftus |
| Written by | Jason Loftus |
| Produced by | Jason Loftus Masha Loftus Yvan Pinard Kevin Koo |
| Starring | Daxiong |
| Cinematography | John Minh Tran |
| Edited by | David Schmidt |
| Music by | Thomas William Hill |
Production company | Lofty Sky Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Languages | English Mandarin |
Eternal Spring (Chinese: 长春) is a 2022 Canadian adult animated documentary film written, directed and co-produced by Jason Loftus.[1] Based around the animation of Chinese artist Daxiong, the film centres on Falun Gong's 2002 hijacking of broadcast television stations in Changchun, and China's continued repression of ethnic and religious minority groups.[1]
The film premiered at the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival on March 15, 2022.[2] It was subsequently screened at the 2022 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, where it was named the overall winner of the Hot Docs Audience Award for most popular film in the festival, and the first-place winner of the Rogers Audience Award for the most popular Canadian film.[3]
In August 2022, the film was announced as Canada's submission for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.[4] It was the first documentary film and the first animated film ever submitted by Canada, and only the fourth time since 1971 that a film was selected in a language other than French.[4] On November 9, 2022, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences officially deemed the film eligible for consideration in the Best Animated Feature category.[5]
- ^ a b Patrick Mullen, "Eternal Spring Review: Animating an Awakening". Point of View, May 1, 2022.
- ^ Alex Economou, "Thessaloniki festival a valuable launchpad for award-winning documentary". Neos Kosmos, July 28, 2022.
- ^ Jennie Punter, "‘Eternal Spring’ Takes Rogers Audience and Hot Docs Audience Awards". Variety, May 9, 2022.
- ^ a b Jackson Weaver, "Eternal Spring named Canada's submission for Oscars' best international film". CBC News, August 24, 2022.
- ^ Giardina Camp, Carolyn (November 9, 2022). "'Marcel the Shell With Shoes On' Qualifies for Oscars' Animated Feature Race (Exclusive)". Retrieved November 9, 2022 – via The Hollywood Reporter.