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Jia Zhangke Talks ‘Caught By The Tides,’ Teases Plot For Next Film — Toronto

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After weaving together footage shot over 20 years to create the expansive Caught By The Tides, veteran Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke said that he wants to return to his pre-pandemic “routines and rhythms” and make a film every two years.

Jia also told Deadline that he is set to begin production on his next film in October or November this year, which will be a “road, travelogue film” following a “female character who will travel from a place that is extremely cold, to a place that is extremely warm.” Jia won Venice’s Golden Lion for Still Life in 2006 and Best Screenplay in Cannes for A Touch of Sin in 2013.

Caught By The Tides had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival this year, before having its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.

The Chinese auteur said that the foundations for Caught By The Tides were laid more than 20 years ago, in 2001, when he got his first digital camera. “We were young back then and with my actor Zhao Tao and our DP, the three of us would spontaneously go to different cities and capture some moments of daily life,” Jia said. “We didn’t really think about how and what this would turn out to be.

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