Eternal Spring

The film „Eternal Spring“ will be part of the main program of the „One World“ festival. It will be possible to watch it online from the comfort of your home. The stream will launch on November 9th at 12pm and will be available for the next 24 hours.

Eternal Spring / Jason Loftus / Canada 2022 / 86 min. – In March 2002, a state TV station in China was hijacked by members of outlawed spiritual group Falun Gong. Their goal was to counter the government narrative about their practice. In the aftermath, police raids sweep Changchun City, and comic book illustrator Daxiong (Justice League, Star Wars), a Falun Gong practitioner, is forced to flee. He arrives in North America, blaming the hijacking for worsening a violent repression. But his views are challenged when he meets the lone surviving participant to have escaped China, now living in Seoul, South Korea.

Combining present-day footage with 3D animation inspired by Daxiong’s art, Eternal Spring retraces the event on its 20th anniversary, and brings to life an unprecedented story of defiance, harrowing eyewitness accounts of persecution, and an exhilarating tale of determination to speak up for political and religious freedoms, no matter the cost.

Language: Mandarin, English

Subtitles: Slovak, English

Topic: Journalists