Le Banquet de la concubine / The Banquet of the Concubine
Hefang Wei
Canada, Switzerland, France / 2012 / 12' 46''Screenings
Synopsis
China. The year is 746, the Tang dynasty, the richest period of the country history. The emperor Li beholds a court of numerous concubines, and the most precious is Yang. He is preparing a grand banquet in her honour. But on the day, he sees someone else, and completely forgets about Yang’s banquet.
Hefang Wei (1983) attended the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in China and obtained her degree with honours. After coming to France she graduated from La Poudrière (Valence, France) and made the short films Chant des klaxons (2009), À moi; Chronicles of the Bridge (2010) winning several awards. Aside from her own projects, she works on feature films, short films and series as a story-boarder, animator, background designer, layout man and composer. Since childhood she practices Chinese traditional painting and calligraphy.
Director
Hefang Wei
Production
Folimage Studio
Screenplay
Hefang Wei
Music
Denis Chartrand, Normand Roger, Pierre Yves Drapeau
Editing
Hervé Guichard
Animation
Marc Robinet, Hefang Wei, Laurent Repiton
categories
Grand Competition 2