Present.Perfect. (2019)

Original title

完美現在時

Directed by

Shengze Zhu

Genre

documentary film

Country

Hong Kong, United States

Runtime

2h 04m

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary is made entirely from Chinese livestream footage. It shows a collage of ordinary people performing daily routines, sharing personal moments, and interacting with online audiences. The film watches these unscripted broadcasts as they happen in real time.

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What happens

Present.Perfect. (Mandarin Chinese: 完美現在時 or Wan Mei Xian Zai Shi) is a 2019 documentary film entirely composed of livestream footage recorded from Chinese streaming sites. It was directed and edited by Shengze Zhu. Over the course of ten months, she edited 800 hours of footage into a two-hour montage. The film won the Hivos Tiger Award at the 2019 International Film Festival Rotterdam, where it had its world premiere. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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