On the Way to the Sea

On the Way to the Sea
On the Way to the Sea
	Film poster
Directed by	Tao Gu
Produced by	Aonan Yang
Starring	Yungen Li; Chuanshu Gu
Music by	Delphine Measroch
Production; company	GreenGround Productions
Release date	September 2010(TIFF);
Running time	19 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	Chinese

Last updated September 15, 2025

On the Way to the Sea is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by Tao Gu and released in 2010.^[1] The film centres on the director's trip to his childhood home in Wenchuan County, China, following the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.^[1]

The film was made as Gu's thesis project for the film studies program at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema.^[2]

The film premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival.^[3] It was subsequently named to TIFF's year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2010.^[4]

References

1 2 "Top 10 short films to be shown at Hagen theatre". Comox Valley Record , July 14, 2011.
↑ Ursula Jugel, "Cinema alumni share the spotlight". Concordia University, February 14, 2012.
↑ Peter Knegt, "Oh, Canada: Toronto Fest Announces Homegrown Films; Industry Programmes". IndieWire , August 10, 2010.
↑ "Canada's Top Ten for 2010". Now , December 15, 2010.

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[comox-1] 1 2 "Top 10 short films to be shown at Hagen theatre". Comox Valley Record , July 14, 2011.

[2] Ursula Jugel, "Cinema alumni share the spotlight". Concordia University, February 14, 2012.

[3] Peter Knegt, "Oh, Canada: Toronto Fest Announces Homegrown Films; Industry Programmes". IndieWire , August 10, 2010.

[4] "Canada's Top Ten for 2010". Now , December 15, 2010.

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