Flying Monks Temple
Description :
Filmed over seven years, this documentary tells the story of an award-winning utopian architectural installation at the top of the sacred Songshan mountain in China. Designed by a Latvian architect Austris Mailītis and commissioned by a Chinese investor Mr. Zhu, who, despite the language barrier, become the best companions in creating the World’s first open-air building for flying performance. The film reveals the investor's attempt to build an architectural wonder according to Western standards, while the architect seeks to embody the values of Eastern philosophy by inviting monks from the nearby world-famous Shaolin Monastery to participate in flying performances. As the construction of the object begins, the architect and the investor themselves have to levitate between their cultural differences, conventions and personal ambitions.
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Credits :
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY
ŽANETE SKARULE
DIRECTORS OF PHOTOGRAPHY
VALDIS CELMIŅŠ, LGC
JĀNIS JURKOVSKIS
NORBERT SHIEH
EDITOR
ANDRA DORŠS
COMPOSER
VOLDEMĀRS JOHANSONS
SOUND
ARTIS DUKAĻSKIS
SOUND OPERATORS
REINIS SEMĒVICS
MIKS RAMĀNS
DRONE OPERATORS
DĀVIS DREISKA
MIKS RAMĀNS
PRODUCTION DESIGNER
MIĶELIS BAŠTIKS
EDITOR AND OPERATOR ASSISTANTS
MIKS RAMĀNS
DĀVIS DREISKA
VFX
SHADE STUDIO
COLORIST AND ON-LINE EDITOR
KRIŠS ROZIŅŠ
TRANSLATORS
VIKTORS FREIBERGS
JIE BAO
RENATA MOISEIČUKA
BAIBA CEKULE
RITA GARNIZONE
ADMINISTRATOR
JOLANTA LIEPIŅA
PRODUCER
ULDIS CEKULIS