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Harbin,China—aplacesocoldit’sfamousforitsinternationalIceandSnowFestival.Withhiscamerainhand,filmmakerXinLiureturnstohisnativecityinChina’snorthernmostprovincetovisithischildhoodfriends,onlytofindthattheirlivesanddreamshavechanged.Butaretheyreallyhisfriends?Andarethosetheirdreams?Inanunpredictablemixoffactandfiction,Liupresentsacityasstrangeasitsinhabitants.HemeetsupwithahighschoolfriendnamedZhang,whooncesoldnewspaperadvertisingbutnowhasjumpedtheFirewalltobecomeapopularYouTuber,illegallyinfiltratingHarbin’sabandonedindustrialbuildings.Liualsovisitsanex-girlfriend,whogreetshimwithregretsandaccusationsofabandonment.Shotthroughoutfromthefilmmaker’spointofview,Liu’scamerawandersontotrains,intocarsandonstreetstoroamalandscapeofelusivecharacters.Aunique,hybridmeditationonstrangehomecomings.AishaJamal.　　源自：https://hotdocs.ca/whats-on/hot-docs-festival/films/2023/upstream