The 20^th Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival (GZDOC) will be held in Guangzhou from December 4^th to 7^th.

This year marks the tenth anniversary of the proposal of the Belt and Road Initiative. According to the organizing committee of GZDOC, the documentary films collection for the GZDOC this year not only covers the other side of the Pacific Ocean, but also follows the Belt and Road Initiative, receiving many high-quality documentaries from Asia, Africa, and the Americas.

According to statistics, among the works collected in this session, 3,234 of them are from 58 BRI countries, accounting for nearly half of the total number of collections. These works showcase the unique natural and cultural charm of the BRI countries.

Despite the relatively limited regional resources, the documentary films on the BRI countries continue to tell fascinating stories about this ancient continent.

The themes of documentaries often revolve around issues such as social changes, environmental protection, and cultural identity. While these may seem like concerns shared by all humanity, creators find strong personal characteristics in the grand narration of these topics, embedding serious themes into individual experiences and showcasing unique and exotic narrative styles.

Taking the Argentine documentary "All That Breathes" as an example, director Shaunak Sen once said in an interview that, rather than showcasing thrilling social events, he prefers to touch upon the nature and the texture of the times lightly, weaving profound thoughts into refreshing stories.

In the film, with the story of the two Saud brothers, who treat the injured black kite the director extends the theme of nature to family and society. However, she does not deliberately emphasize the importance of a specific theme but instead focuses on showing the multiple relationships between humans and birds, humans and humans, and humans and society, allowing the audience to immerse themselves as an individual to observe the root of the trauma in nature, family, and society - the alienation of human cognition.

It is reported that this year, many foreign films have explored more diverse forms of expression in documentaries through the use of technology, trying to blur the boundaries between reality and the documentaries. When reality no longer needs to be emphasized deliberately, the artistic attributes of documentaries have once again become more interpretable.

For example, the Brazilian documentary animation "Where is Heleny" tells the story of Heleny Guariba, a philosopher and theater director who went missing in Brazil during the dictatorship in 1971. This animated documentary uses fabric and animation to present the memories of the people she loved to the audience. The short film connects the entire storyline through documentary narration, reflecting its political stand through exploration and questioning. The form of animation weakens the sharpness of the theme of the documentary, but still presents the theme firmly with confrontation.

Different stories will meet the audience at the GZDOC as a documentary community of shared fate.

Source :Yangcheng Evening News

通过纪录片走进“一带一路”共建国家，感受异域真实之美

第二十届中国（广州）国际纪录片节（以下简称“广州国际纪录片节”），将于12月4日-7日在广州举行。

今年是共建“一带一路”提出的第十年。羊城晚报记者从组委会获悉，今年，广州国际纪录片节的征片之旅，不仅跨越了大洋彼岸，更是沿着共建“一带一路”的足迹，征集到许多亚洲、非洲、美洲地区的优质纪录片。

据统计，本届征集到的作品中有3234部来自58个共建“一带一路”国家，占征集作品总数近一半。这些作品展现了共建“一带一路”国家独特的自然和人文魅力。

尽管地区资源相对有限，但“一带一路”共建国家的纪录片依然在讲述着关于这片古老大陆的引人入胜的故事。

纪录片的主题常围绕社会变迁、环境保护以及文化身份认同等议题。这看似是全人类共同所关心的问题，创作者却从宏大的叙事命题中，寻觅到极强的个人属性，将严肃宽泛的主题叙事嵌入个体生命体验的轨迹，展现出极具特色的异域叙事风格。

以阿根廷地区的纪录片《生生不息》为例，导演肖奈克·申曾在采访中表示，比起展示惊心动魄的社会事件，他更倾向以轻盈的感觉触摸自然和时代肌理，将沉重的思考编织在清新的故事中。

影片中，导演以Saud两兄弟救治麻鹰的故事为中心，将自然议题延伸至家庭与社会，但她没有刻意强调某一主题的重要性，而是侧重于向观众展现人与鸟、人与人、人与社会的多重关系，让观众浸入个人经历进行体会，窥见造成自然、家庭与社会创伤的根源——人类认知的隔阂。

据介绍，今年，国外许多片子实现了运用技术探索纪录片表达的更多样形式，以及尝试模糊纪录片的“真实”边界，当真实并不再需要刻意强调，纪录片的艺术属性便再次有了更多可解读性。

以巴西的纪实动画《寻找海伦妮》为例，该片讲述的是：海伦妮·瓜里巴是一名哲学家和戏剧导演，1971年在巴西独裁统治下失踪。这部动画纪录片用布艺和动画的方式向观众展示了她所爱之人的记忆。这部纪实动画短片，用纪实叙述串联起整个故事线索，用追寻和探问来体现政治立场，而动画的形式削弱了整体影片主题上的尖锐性，以一种软性但坚定的对抗形式展现了影片主题。

一段段不同的故事进入观众视野，将在本届盛会中连接成一个关于纪录片的命运共同体。

文 | 记者 黄宙辉 陈晓楠 梁善茵
图 | 组委会提供
译｜白心怡
责编 | 王楠
校对 | 赵丹