Scene from the film Merry Christmas, Yiwu
Scene from the film Merry Christmas, Yiwu
Scene from the film Merry Christmas, Yiwu
Scene from the film Merry Christmas, Yiwu
Scene from the film Merry Christmas, Yiwu

Merry Christmas, Yiwu

Direction
Year 
2020
Country
  • Serbia
  • Belgium
  • Germany
  • France
  • Qatar
  • Sweden
Duration
94min 
Audio Tracks 
Subtitles 

Communist ideals have long lost their value in Yiwu, a city with 600 Christmas factories, in which Christmas as we know it is produced for the entire world. With rising wages, the workers in Christmas factories can now afford newest iPhones, but they still live in crowded dormitories. All migrants in their own country, nostalgic for some place far away, some miss their families left in hometowns, other miss their friends and lovers from the factories when they go home for holidays. Young generation is already tired of long factory hours, chemical fumes and glitter particles, and they do not care for their parents' wishes to get educated. Stuck in between Chinese tradition and the newly discovered Chinese dream, they want their own businesses, to be rich, to be independent, to be in love.

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Details

  • Original title
    Merry Christmas, Yiwu
  • Direction
  • Screenplay
    Mladen Kovačević
  • DOP
    Marko Milovanović
  • Editing
    Jelena Maksimović
  • Music
    Olof Dreijer
  • Sound
    Patrik Strömdahl
  • Duration
    94 min (91+ min.)
  • Year
    2020
  • Country
    • Serbia
    • Belgium
    • Germany
    • France
    • Qatar
    • Sweden
  • Colour
    • Colour
  • Distribution
  • Festivals
    • Ji.lava IDF 2020
    • Rotterdam IFF 2020,
    • Göteborg IFF 2020
    • Tempø IDF 2020
    • Hot Docs 2020
    • Millenium Docs Against Gravity 2020
    • Filmfest Osnabrück 2020
    • DocLisboa 2020
    • Escales Doc 2020
    • Listapad Minsk 2020
    • L'Alternativa Barcelona 2020
    • Fipadoc Biarritz 2021
    • CHAI. Chinese FF Leipzig 2021
    • Freiburger Filmforum 2021
  • Awards
    • Heart of Sarajevo for Best Documentary / Sarajevo IFF 2020
    • FIPRESCI Award & Special Jury Mention / Flahertiana IDFF 2020

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