IRON HANDS

Director | Writer | Editor

As a 12-year-old girl prepares for her final test trying out for the traditionally all-boys Chinese youth Olympic weightlifting team, she makes an unlikely connection with the gym's reclusive groundskeeper.

Narrative | 11 min | Chinese (Mandarin) | Shot on location in Beijing, China

“We've chosen to award this beautifully edited film for its economy and precision. This filmmaker manages, in just ten minutes and with only a handful of spoken lines, to create a film that we found surprising and emotional, balancing wistfulness for one character's past with hope for another's future.”

- Palm Springs International Short Film Festival (Jury Statement)

FILM FESTIVALS

• 16th Tribeca Film Festival (World Premiere)

• 21st TIFF Kids International Film Festival

• 23rd Palm Springs International Short Film Festival (Best Student Live Action Short Film Award)

• 14th Reykjavík International Film Festival (Golden Egg Selection)

• 36th CAAMFest (InspirASIAN Student Film Award)

• 49th Nashville Film Festival

• 28th Cinequest Film & VR Festival

• 20th Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia

• 13th Traverse City Film Festival

• 27th Florida Film Festival

• 26th Heartland Film Festival

• 48th Giffoni Film Festival

• 15th Bogota Short Film Festival

• 34th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

• 35th Chicago International Children’s Film Festival

• 21st New York International Children’s Film Festival

• 36th Uppsala International Short Film Festival

• 21st Los Angeles International Short Film Festival

• 12th Show Me Shorts Film Festival

• 15th In The Palace International Short Film Festival

• Vimeo Staff Pick

• Directors Notes

• NOWNESS ASIA

• Topic Studios (Distribution)

• Film Movement (Distribution)

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