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The Elephant

in the Car

Drama | China | 2019 | Uyghur/Mandarin | 17 min

(short film)
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Festivals

2020 New York CineCina Film Festival - Project Horizon: Narrative Short

2020 Xining FIRST International Film Festival - Official Selection: Short Film

​2020 Hong Kong International Film Festival - Short Film Competition

2020 Macao International Film Festival & Awards - Short Film

2020 HiShorts! Film Festival Xiamen Short Film Week - Best Fiction Short

Synopsis

A Chinese girl Xiao-Xiao is working late today. By the time she gets off, it is almost midnight so she calls a "uber carpool" for home. On the way, the driver picked up the other "carpool" guys, two uyghur young men who sit on the back, chatting in uyghur, yet sometimes switching to Chinese. This makes Xiao-Xiao a little bit uncomfortable. She becomes more irritated as the driver joins the chat with the men out of curiosity.


The driver speaks of his travel experience in Xinjiang and talks enthusiastically, even starts to put on uyghur music. At this point, Xiao-Xiao makes up her mind to get off the car early. However, even if she gets off the car, the uyghur music still stays in her head.

Director

Ikram Nurmehmet

Crew

Screenplay: Ikram Nurmehmet / Tawfiq Nizamidin

Producer: Tawfiq Nizamidin

Cinematographer: Yida Wang

Music: Mingxi Zhang

Editing: Duman Bierleskhan

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