Inca Empire International Film Festival, Chinese documentary "Xiao Di" won an award!
Source：Sfilmmaker Time：May 27th, 2025 Hot topic：9404
Recently, the 10th Inca Empire International Film Festival awards ceremony was grandly held in Peru. The documentary film "Xiao Di," directed by Chinese director He Shaowei and selected by the Sfilmmaker global film festival award platform, stood out from hundreds of films worldwide and won the "Best Documentary Short Film" award. This is the second international award the film has won after winning the "Best Documentary Short Film Award" at the San Jose International Film Festival.
The South American cultural event witnesses the charm of Chinese stories
Screening high-quality films from around the world, presenting a diverse cultural perspective to the people of Peru. As an important annual film event in South America, the Inca Empire International Film Festival has always been dedicated to "connecting the world, sharing diverse cultures," opening a window for the people of Peru to perceive global cultures by screening outstanding films from different countries every year.
This edition of the film festival set up twelve awards, attracting hundreds of outstanding films from around the world to compete. The award for the Chinese documentary "Xiao Di" not only showcases the artistic value of contemporary Chinese documentary film, but also reflects the cultural penetration power of Chinese stories.
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"Xiao Di" Growing Narrative Sparks Cross-Cultural Resonance
"Xiao Di" uses delicate cinematic language to chronicle a young acrobat's transformation on the competition stage. The film explores the intertwining of traditional skill inheritance and individual life consciousness through the growth trajectory of the protagonist Xiao Di from technical refinement to spiritual awakening. Director He Shaowei's lens captures the inner fluctuations of the youth from confusion to resilience, presenting the awakening and growth of the individual in the inheritance of traditional skills. Critics praise the film "Xiao Di" for"refracting the spirit of the times through tiny incisions, touching cross-cultural audiences with genuine power."
Title: "Xiao Di"
Producer: He Shaowei
Executive Producer: He Shaowei
Director:He Shaowei
Cast: Kaideliye·Delixiati
Cinematographer: He Shaowei
Art Director: He Shaowei
Synopsis: Xiao Di is a member of an acrobatics troupe participating in an acrobatics competition. During this process, Xiao Di's heart slowly changes and continues to grow...
Director's Bio: He Shaowei, a crossover director, is a National First-level Director of China Coal Mine Art Troupe.From 2019 to 2021, he studied film directing and production at the Beijing Film Academy, engaging in the creation of films, stage plays, and dance films. He was selected as an outstanding dance choreography expert by the Chinese Ministry of Culture and Tourism in 2020. His dance film works "Breathless" were shortlisted as one of the top ten works at the second domestic Dance Film Exhibition; the dance film "I Am a Miner" won the Good Work Award at the 8th Asian Microfilm Art Festival. His short films "Waking Up with You," "White Mist," "Xiao Di," "The Untouchable Lover," and "One Person's Street" have won more than 40 awards at international film festivals.
Chinese Film's Going Global- Inca Empire International Film Festival
The Inca Empire International Film Festival has cultural fusion as its foundation and has deep roots with Chinese cinema. The festival's location in Peru is not only the fifth largest tourist haven in the Americas but also the "cultural bridgehead" where over 3 million Chinese have settled in Latin America -- from the 19th-century "Southern Ocean" migration from Guangdong and Fujian to now, where Chinese cuisine "Chifa" is popular in every corner and lion dances during the Spring Festival can be seen in municipal squares. These events connect numerousChinese descendants in a natural cultural bond.
And this land's passion for the Eastern stories' trend, is also an opportunity for Chinese filmmakers! With the precise selection from Sfilmmaker's global film festival submission platform, works like Director Zhang Xiaoke's "The Season of Ripe Bayberries" and Director Zhou Chong's "The Warmth of the Heart" consecutively made it to film festivals and achieved great results, using Eastern narrative to stir the inner ripples of South American audience.
When the Inca civilization meets Eastern aesthetics, and when the stories of China echo through the Andes Mountains, the Inca Empire International Film Festival is becoming the new hot land.
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