In China, surrounded by cotton fields and desert, lies the Uyghur minority village that Isa calls home. When he is not at school or working on his parents‘ farmyard, he spends days with his friends – until the outside world starts forcing him to say goodbye. With Isa’s mother‘s illness placing an increasing burden on the family, his father considers putting her in a care home. Isa‘s best friend Kalbinur is about to be sent to a faraway school. Winner of the best film honor from the jury of the Generation Kplus sidebar of children's films at the 69th Berlin Film Festival.
Lina Wang
She was born in the Uighur region in Xinjiang in 1987 and studied at the Communication University of China. A First Farewell is her debut film and a poetic piece dedicated to her hometown. After six months of field research and a year of documenting, she and her crew spent two years stationed in Shaya, Xinjiang shooting the film.
