Present.Perfect. (2019 film)

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Present.Perfect.
Directed byShengze Zhu
Produced by
  • Zhengfan Yang
Edited byShengze Zhu
Production
companies
  • Burn The Film
  • Tender Madness Pictures
Release date
  • January 27, 2019 (2019-January-27)(Rotterdam)
Running time
124 minutes
LanguageMandarin Chinese

Present.Perfect. (Mandarin Chinese: 完美現在時 or Wan Mei Xian Zai Shi) is a 2019 documentary film entirely composed of livestream footage recorded from Chinese streaming sites. [1] It was directed and edited by Shengze Zhu. Over the course of ten months, she edited 800 hours of footage into a two-hour montage. [2] The film won the Hivos Tiger Award at the 2019 International Film Festival Rotterdam, where it had its world premiere. [3]

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References

  1. Young, Neil (7 February 2019). "'Present. Perfect': Film Review Rotterdam 2019". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  2. Lim, Paige (7 February 2019). "Rotterdam 2019 Review: In PRESENT.PERFECT., Live Streaming and Loneliness Collide". Screen Anarchy. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  3. "Zhu Shengze's Present Perfect wins Tiger Award IFFR 2019". Daily News Egypt. 4 February 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2019.