German Premiere

Protests in regional Mandarin, words for a story in Arabic, and a couple telling myths felt in English – three languages map their movements through relations. What is heard, and what is then given meaning in this connectedness of migratory and loving nature, is paired to forms, and transmitted through possible sounds. but this is the language we met in is the first film in a series entitled Grounds of Coherence, which engages with ways of coming to knowing, and the ecosystems of languages, hence its Chinese title《天雨粟》: the sky rains grains, which was used to describe the creation of characters by Cangjie in 200BC, as recorded in the Huainanzi.

• Programm Programme: International Competition 6