"Living the Land" ("Sheng xi zhi di"), Huo Meng's extraordinary second feature about countryside and country on the precipice of change, begins with this boy's narration. He says he isn't sure of ...

Chinese director Huo Meng won best director for Living the Land, his feature about four generations of farmers. The Golden Bear-winning film by Dag Johan Haugerud, starring Ella Overbye ...

Chinese director Huo Meng won the Silver Bear prize for best director at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival for his film Living the Land, a story about four generations of Chinese farmers ...

Director Huo Meng on Saturday became the first Chinese mainland filmmaker to win the Silver Bear for best director at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival, receiving the honor for his film ...

A farming family in rural China gets a rich, warm portrait in Huo Meng’s picturesque second feature Living the Land, set in the early 1990s in a country on the cusp of vast change. Rather than a ...

Despite the hostile reaction to Huo Meng’s Berlin win from some Weibo users, the film garnered positive reviews in a number of overseas trade publications. Even the Global Times noted that it ...

“Living the Land” (“Sheng xi zhi di”), Huo Meng’s extraordinary second feature about countryside and country on the precipice of change, begins with this boy’s narration. He says he isn’t sure of his ...