OUT-OF-COMPETITION PROGRAM
Chinatown Cha-Cha
Ча-ча-Чайнатаун
Premiere: Russian premiere
Production country: China
Year of production: 2024
Length: 85 min.
Rating (age category): 16+
Film-category (genre): Documentary
Director: Luka Yuanyuan Yang
Producer: Guo Keyu, Lou Wang-Holborn, Xu Xiao, Ding Dawei, Luka Yuanyuan Yang
Composer: Li Daiguo
DOP: Carlo Nasisse, Luka Yuanyuan Yang
Editor: Tang Qianni
Animation: Strongman
Sound director: Li Xiaodan
Production company: Round Space Studio
Production country: China
Year of production: 2024
Length: 85 min.
Rating (age category): 16+
Film-category (genre): Documentary
Director: Luka Yuanyuan Yang
Producer: Guo Keyu, Lou Wang-Holborn, Xu Xiao, Ding Dawei, Luka Yuanyuan Yang
Composer: Li Daiguo
DOP: Carlo Nasisse, Luka Yuanyuan Yang
Editor: Tang Qianni
Animation: Strongman
Sound director: Li Xiaodan
Production company: Round Space Studio
Coby Yee, 92-year-old former nightclub dancer decides to get back on stage again after joining Grant Avenue Follies, a senior dance troupe. Together they go on a tour for the last time, bridging once isolated Chinese communities in the US, Cuba and China.
Selected festival history
- The Gotham,
- Doc Edge,
- Pingyao International Film Festival,
- Beijing International Film Festival
- Luka Yuanyuan YangDIRECTOR'S BIOGRAPHY:
Luka Yuanyuan YANG is a visual artist and filmmaker who weaves documentary and archival materials into diverse mediums like film, photography, artist books, installations, and performances. Her work has been featured in The New Yorker, as well as the New Orleans Film Festival, Atlanta Film Festival, Camden International Film Festival, Asian American International Film Festival, and Women Make Waves.
DIRECTOR'S FILMOGRAPHY:
2025 — Echoes
2024 — Chinatown Cha-Cha
2022 — Art of Craft
2022 — American Relative
