Human Flow

Human Flow
Film poster
Directed byAi Weiwei
Written byChin-chin Yap
Tim Finch
Boris Cheshirkov
Produced byAi Weiwei
Chin-chin Yap
Heino Deckert
Andy Cohen
Cinematography
List
  • Murat Bay
  • Christopher Doyle
  • Lv Hengzhong
  • Wenhai Huang
  • Konstantinos Koukoulis
  • Renaat Lambeets
  • Dongxu Li
  • Johannes Waltermann
  • Ai Weiwei
  • Ma Yan
  • Zanbo Zhang
  • Xie Zhenwei
Edited byNiels Pagh Andersen
Music byKarsten Fundal
Production
companies
Distributed byNFP Marketing & Distribution (Germany)
Lionsgate (International)[1]
Release date
  • 1 September 2017 (2017-09-01) (Venice)
Running time
140 minutes
CountryGermany
Languages
List
  • English
  • Arabic
  • Persian
  • French
  • German
  • Greek
  • Hungarian
  • Kurdish
  • Rohingya
  • Spanish
  • Turkish

Human Flow is a 2017 German[1] documentary film co-produced and directed by Ai Weiwei about the current global refugee crisis. In the film the viewer is taken to over 20 countries to understand both the scale and the personal impact of this massive human migration.[2] It was shot using various technologies, including drones, cameras and iPhones.[3] Human Flow was screened in the main competition section of the 74th Venice International Film Festival.[4]

  1. ^ a b "Ai Weiwei - Human Flow". Venice Biennale. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  2. ^ Nicholson, Ben (January 2018). "Human Flow". Sight & Sound. 28 (1): 83.
  3. ^ Rösler, Paula (12 August 2017). "Ai Weiwei's film 'Human Flow' makes Oscar shortlist". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  4. ^ Anderson, Ariston (27 July 2017). "Venice Competition Includes Films From George Clooney, Guillermo del Toro, Darren Aronofsky". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 27 July 2017.