Chan Kwong-wing | Chen Yongjian
Winner Profile
Best Music
Music, Chinese Doctors
Jury Citation
Against the special background of a raging epidemic, and in portraying an ensemble of heroes in relief, the music of Chinese Doctors binds the multi-strand narrative into an organic whole. It plays a crucial role in shaping the narrative rhythm and giving depth to the relationship between sound and image, and lends the film a moving, epic quality. Winner of Best Music.
Chinese Doctors: Synopsis
Based on real events in the fight against the COVID-19 epidemic, the film centres on Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital and also covers Wuhan Tongji Hospital, Wuhan Pulmonary Hospital, Wuhan Union Hospital, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University (Hubei General Hospital), Huoshenshan Hospital, the Fangcang shelter hospitals and other partner institutions. Drawing on Wuhan's medical workers and the medical teams sent to Hubei from provinces and cities across the country, it gives a panoramic record of a large-scale and arduous fight against the epidemic.