“Eternal Spring,” a film about a daring operation by a group of Chinese citizens who brought uncensored news to China, has been selected as Canada’s submission to the upcoming Oscars in the Best International Feature Film category.
“It is with great enthusiasm that we announce that Eternal Spring (長春) was selected from among 16 films submitted to the pan-Canadian selection committee for having the best chance of positioning itself well in the multi-stage Oscar race,” Christa Dickenson, executive director and CEO of Telefilm Canada, said in a statement.
“Eternal Spring,” directed by Jason Loftus, is an animated documentary that looks at the 2002 circumvention of a Chinese state television station. The story and animation were drawn from acclaimed Chinese artist Daxiong, who endeavoured to piece together the events that occurred 20 years ago in his homeland, where he and his fellow practitioners of the spiritual practice Falun Dafa became targets of a persecution campaign by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) starting in 1999….