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Since October 21, 2022, Eternal Spring (长春), the first Chinese-language film representing Canada in the race for the Best International Feature Film at the 2023 Oscars, began screening in over 70 AMC theaters across more than 40 cities in the United States. In the Greater Washington, D.C. area, the film was showcased simultaneously for three ...
Eternal Spring is a Chinese-language animation documentary directed by Canadian director Jason Loftus and produced by Lofty Sky (Canada) with comic artist Guo Jingxiong (Daxiong). Six years in the making, this Chinese animation film was selected to represent Canada in next year’s Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film. The film centers on Falun Gong’s ...
Canadian filmmaker Jason Loftus’ award-winning animated documentary Eternal Spring recently made its debut in Melbourne, Australia, where it played in packed theaters at the 8th Annual Melbourne Documentary Film Festival. After the initial shows sold out, the festival added encore screenings to its line-up. Set in the northeastern city of Changchun in China’s Jilin Province, Eternal ...