Danzhen Wangjia
Award-winning Filmmaker Details
Best Director's Debut Award
"Gone with the Wind" Director
Award Comments:
Director Tenzin Wangjia's "Scattered with the Wind" reflects his deep knowledge of national culture and his ability to master Tibetan themes. With infectious characterization and a simple and sincere video style, the film tells the story of Tibetan women's resistance and growth, and highlights the director's profound thinking about the living environment of Tibetan women. The Best Director's Debut Award is hereby awarded.
"Scattered by the Wind Film Introduction:
The film tells the story of Sangdan, a woman of unknown origin, and her daughter Gera. After arriving in the village of Kijun, Sandan is coveted by the men of the village for her beauty, and in order to survive she is occasionally forced to submit to the bullying of some of the men. Later, Sandan gives birth to a daughter, but she does not know who the father of her daughter is. Enbo is the only man in the village who is kind to Sandan and her daughter, and as they watch Enbo's kindness and help to Sandan and her daughter, people in the village begin to talk about their relationship, even suspecting that Enbo is the real father of Gera. Once Sandan's daughter, Gera, brings Eun-bo's son, Bunny, along for a playdate, which indirectly leads to Bunny's sudden illness that night, and Eun-bo, in a moment of desperation, breaks up with Sandan's mother and daughter completely. As her daughter Gera reaches puberty, she begins to fight against tradition, not only by going to the sacred mountain where women are forbidden to go, but also by encouraging her mother to earn her own living and to be free from men's manipulation. In the end, Sundaram is encouraged by her daughter to become an independent woman who does not need to rely on a man. Scattered with the Wind" is an adaptation of the novel "Dog Child Gera" by A Lai, a Tibetan writer who won both the Mao Dun and Lu Xun Literature Prizes.