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“I am not a VIRUS. I am HUMAN. Eradicate the prejudice” MAR 20
A Vanished Puppet While 2020 has been particularly horrifying in its own way, perhaps this Chinese movie’s own brand of thrills will take your mind off the terror on the news for a short while. A puppeteer slowly becomes enamoured of a spectral puppet, leading to a grand and scarily good time in the tradition of freaky marionettes.
In a silent, blind solo protest that verged on performance art, a Chinese-Italian man, Massimiliano Martigli Jiang, took to the streets of Florence in Italy with a sign bearing the quote above to remind folks of the need to come together and be sensitive during the spread of COVID-19.
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The industry of local music promoters and musicians in taking to streaming platforms like Bilibili • Similarly, Xu Zheng’s latest film Lost in Russia made the unprecedented move from cinema screens to online screens in light of the COVID-19 outbreak, showing on Douyin, Toutiao and film production group Huanxi Media’s Huanxi premium streaming site
Love Without Words 2 The parents of a young child with autism are going through a messy divorce, when the young boy fortuitously comes across a cute, stray dog. While the pair, child and dog, have a difficult beginning to their relationship, they quickly bond and when they are separated the dog wanders lonely around the city searching for his sick companion. A delightful story of compassion and love.
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Bu Hao Cinema closures around the country • The postponement of the opening of Guangdong-based He Art Museum in light of the novel coronavirus outbreak • The cancellation of both Art Basel and Art Central in Hong Kong for the same reason, the outbreak of COVID-19
