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Blessed Are Those Who Grieve - Directed by Zora Arose Ritz, Evgenia Chetvertkova



Project Type: Film

Project Title: Blessed Are Those Who Grieve

Brief Synopsis: Being exposed to a hybridity of mourning, the audience witnesses performers tormented in sand and slime, the birth of a creature, and the story of a Hong Kong writer attempting to articulate a trauma that cannot be named. This experimental short offers you a slice of an inner, surreal landscape of grief.



Runtime: 14 minutes 20 seconds

Completion Date: August 14, 2024

Country of Origin: Germany

Language: English, Cantonese




Credits

Director: Zora Arose Ritz, Evgenia Chetvertkova

Writer: Kayu Yeung

Producer: Kayu Yeung, Zora Arose Ritz, Evgenia Chetvertkova

Cinematographer: Clelia Villarreal Flores

Editor: Kayu Yeung, Zora Arose Ritz, Evgenia Chetvertkova

Key Cast: Zora Arose Ritz, Evgenia Chetvertkova

*please have a look at the directors statement regarding the credits

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