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HKAIIFF 2026 · Best Generative Cinema

A River in Borrowed Weather

借天而行

THE STORY

Story & creation

Two river observers exchange imagined seasons to reveal how distant farming communities inherit one another's water decisions.

DirectorQiao Muran
Country / regionChina · Kenya
Runtime76 min
LanguageMandarin · Swahili
GenreGenerative ecological documentary-fiction
Completed29 May 2026
JURY CITATION · Best Generative Cinema
For transforming ecological data into lucid, sensuous cinema while keeping community testimony, geographic difference, and human accountability firmly in the foreground.
Citation and film data: HKAIIFF 2026 official record

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