TIME AND TIDE
Dir. by Vee Shi
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SYNOPSIS:
Set in a remote town in China, when a once-proud patriarch suffers a stroke, the burden of his care falls on his estranged wife, who has long wanted to leave their unhappy marriage, and his second daughter, a single mother struggling to make ends meet.
Time and Tide is a film about contemporary China, seen through the eyes of a multigenerational family navigating ageing, hurt and the weight of family responsibility.
DIRECTOR
Vee Shi
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE
Min Nan Chinese,
Mandarin Chinese
LENGTH
99'
YEAR
2026
COUNTRY
Australia
GENRE
Hybrid Non-Fiction
PRODUCERS
Nicholson Ren, Vee Shi
” THIS YEAR’S AWARD GOES TO A FILM THAT CHALLENGED OUR IDEAS OF WHAT DOCUMENTARY CAN BE AND WHAT IT CAN DO. THIS TRANSCENDENT WORK DELIVERED RAW AND AUTHENTIC EMOTION, DEMONSTRATING THE CAPACITY OF FILMMAKING NOT ONLY TO CAPTURE A PROCESS OF HEALING, BUT ALSO TO CREATE THE CONDITIONS FOR IT. “
– SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL JURY STATEMENT
