Four Springs(HKAFF 2018)

Best Documentary, FIRST International Film Festival

Nominated for Best Documentary and Best Film Editing, Golden Horse Awards

Lu Qingyi was just an ordinary man without any filmmaking background or training. Inspired by the desire to record his parents and the encouraging words Hou Hsiao-hsien once said in an interview, he invested ¥1500 in a tripod and began shooting in 2013. Every year during the Spring Festival, Lu returned to his remote hometown in Guizhou and filmed his music-loving father and hardy mother who have spent half a century together. Capturing the aged couple’s daily lives over four springs, this simple, warm and deeply moving documentary goes back to not only the roots of family but also of filmmaking.