HIDDEN LETTERS

By Violet DU FENG, Zhao QING

CARGO FILM & RELEASING - as SALES All rights, World excluding China, Taiwan

Documentary - Completed 2022

Spanning between past and present, Hidden Letters follows two millennial Chinese women connected by their fascination with the language of Nushu. This centuries-old secret language bonded generations of Chinese women in a clandestine support system of sisterhood and survival.

Festivals
& Awards

Tribeca FF 2022
Doc Edge 2022
BFI London FF 2022
Heartland Film Festival 2022
Grand Prize for Documentary Feature
Bergen International Film Festival 2022
Best Norwegian Film
Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival 2022
International Features, Best Documentary Award
    • Year of production
    • 2022
    • Genres
    • Documentary, Art - Culture, Female director
    • Countries
    • CHINA, USA, NORWAY, GERMANY
    • Languages
    • MANDARIN
    • Duration
    • 88 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Violet DU FENG, Zhao QING
    • Producer(s)
    • Violet DU FENG (Fish & Bear Pictures), Mette CHENG MUNTHE-KAAS (Ten Thousand Images), Jean TSIEN, Su KIM
    • Synopsis
    • Spanning between past and present, Hidden Letters follows two millennial Chinese women connected by their fascination with the secret language of Nushu. This centuries-old hidden language bonded generations of Chinese women in a clandestine support system of sisterhood, hope and survival. Influenced by Nushu’s legacy of female solidarity, the two women struggle to find balance as they forge their own paths in a patriarchal culture.