Watch: New Jia Zhangke Short Film

One of China’s greatest living filmmakers, Jia Zhangke, has joined six other directors from around the globe for a short film project commissioned by Thessaloniki International Film Festival.

The project is called Spaces #2. It follows Spaces #1, which included eight films by Greek directors. For Spaces #2, globally-renowned directors took inspiration from themes surrounding Covid-19 and the book Species of Spaces by French novelist Georges Perec.

Jia’s 4-minute short is called Visit and is an eerily quiet piece that focuses in on the quirks and sounds associated with human interaction during Covid-19. Jia himself is one of the two main characters in the short, along with an unnamed visitor.

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