Total Trust

by Jialing Zhang
  • 2023 Filmtank | Cinephil | Piffl Medien
  • 2023 FILMTANK | Cinephil
  • 2023 FILMTANK | Cinephil
  • 2023 Filmtank | Cinephil | Piffl Medien

    Synopsis

    China is in the process of establishing a dictatorship based on Big Data. The film accompanies people who are fighting against an all-controlling surveillance system and in danger of being crushed by it. Thanks to exclusive and intimate access, this long-term observation shows the lives of several activists fighting for human rights, who live under extreme surveillance and traumatisation. At the same time, the film's scope broadens to include ordinary citizens whose daily behaviour is registered and evaluated by an experimental scoring system.

    Festivals

    2023
    20 CPH:DOX, Denmark
    movies that matter festival, The Netherlands
    2023
    38 DOK.fest Munich – nominated VFF Documentary Film Production Award
    30 Hot Docs Toronto
    28 IDFF It's All True | É Tudo Verdade
    Special Mention Tim Hethering Award – 30 Sheffield DocFest
    Millenium DOCS AGAINST GRAVITY
    22 DOKFEST Prizren, Kosovo
    31 FFHH – Filmfest Hamburg
    Nuremberg International Human Rights Film Festival
    27 Ji.hlava IDFF
    14 DOC NYC
    2024
    FIFDH Geneve
    German Documentary Award – 8 SWR Doku Festival
    2025
    GRIMME PRIZE section Information & Culture

    Cast and Crew

    Director

    Jialing Zhang