Tao Gu
Tao Gu was born in Wenchuan, Sichuan Province in China. He initiated his artistic career in 1998 as an experimental radio host in China, and soon after began exploring a variety of creative media. From 2004 to 2007, he studied at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Concordia University, in Montreal, majoring in Film Production. The films he made have been shown in over 60 festivals worldwide, including Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Toronto International film festival, and won numerous world-renowned prizes including The Special Jury Prize at Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, Best Director at Curta Cinema Rio de Janeiro in Brasil and the Canadian Top 10 at Toronto International Film Festival. In 2017, he directed a feature documentary, Taming the Horse, a portrait of a childhood friend, which won, among many awards, the Grand Prize in the national competition at the 2017 RIDM.
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On The Way to The Sea
The most powerful earthquake ever recorded in China happened on May 12, 2008. Wenchuan, the director’s hometown, was devastated. A hybrid documentary on human fragility.
Taming the Horse
Dong is a dreamer who has lost his way. Born on the plains of Inner Mongolia, and transplanted to the economic frenzy of southern China, he is forced to confront the realities of age, family and a changing society. Over the course of a year, filmmaker Tao Gu accompanies Dong in his labyrinthine quest. The resulting portrait is of a difficult and divisive young man; a sympathetic record on the h...
On The Way to The Sea
The most powerful earthquake ever recorded in China happened on May 12, 2008. Wenchuan, the director’s hometown, was devastated. A hybrid documentary on human fragility.
Taming the Horse
Dong is a dreamer who has lost his way. Born on the plains of Inner Mongolia, and transplanted to the economic frenzy of southern China, he is forced to confront the realities of age, family and a changing society. Over the course of a year, filmmaker Tao Gu accompanies Dong in his labyrinthine quest. The resulting portrait is of a difficult and divisive young man; a sympathetic record on the h...
