

In the Wild Elephant Valley of Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, the Jinuo people have lived in harmony with Asian elephants for millennia. For generations, they have upheld a delicate balance between humans and nature through wisdom and reverence. Today, as the gunshots fade and the forests give way, an elder named He Guiying—one of the last keepers of this ancient knowledge—shares stories of human-elephant kinship with her granddaughter. This is an epic of quiet retreat: as humanity steps back from its dominion over nature, ancestral wisdom finds new life in a different form.
Directed by Hande Chen (China)