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Wang Lina’s experimental debut explores the sensitivity shared by narrative filmmaking and documenting reality, unveiling poetry from the minutiae of Uighurs' life in Xinjiang like none other. Tailing an endearing boy named Isa in Shaya, her heavenly home village surrounded by textured sand dunes and millennia-old trees, she tugs viewers' heartstrings with a story about treasures in his carefree childhood and how they gradually fade away, as love, home, and personal advancement get weighed against another for this generation of minority children, who must bid many farewells to assimilate into the more widely acknowledged best life.

Awards
2018 Tokyo International Film Festival Asian Future Best Film
2019 Berlin International Film Festival The Grand Prix of the Generation Kplus International Jury for the Best Film
2019 Hong Kong International Film Festival - Young Cinema Competition - Chinese Language Firebird Award for Best Film
2019 Chinesische Film Festival in Deutschland - Official Competition Best film
2019 Stockholm Junior Film Festival - Official Competition
2019 Reel 2 Real International Film Festival for Youth - Official Competition Edith Lando Peace Prize
2019 Women International Film Festival in Salé Best Actor Award
2019 Sharjah International Children's Film Festival Best Film
2019 JOGJA-NETPAC Asian Film Festival – Competitive Program Asian Feature Golden & Silver Hanoman Award
2019 13th Asia Pacific Screen Awards, Australia Nominated for Best
Youth Feature Film
2019 Hainan Island International Film Festival Best Director
2019 Olympia International Festival for Children and Young People
Greek Film Club’s Association Award