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Last Train Home

Lixin Fan

2009

Every spring, Chinese New Year is the catalyst for the world’s largest single migration, as 130 million factory workers return to their rural homes and the children they left behind. Emotionally wrenching and hauntingly beautiful, LAST TRAIN HOME draws us into the fractured lives of one family caught up in this desperate annual tradition.

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CREDITS

Directed by
Lixin Fan
Edited by
Lixin Fan, Mary Stephen
Director of Photography
Lixin Fan
Camera Operators
Shaoguang Sun, Lixin Fan
Music by
Olivier Alary
Produced by
Mila Aung-Thwin, Daniel Cross
Executive Producers
Daniel Cross, Mila Aung-Thwin, Qi Zhao
Co-Producer
Bob Moore
Production Supervisors
Micheal MK Siu, Bob Moore
In association with
ITVS International
Produced and developed in association with
SuperChannel, Channel 4, TV5

With the financial support of
The Canada Council for the Arts, Crédit d’impot cinéma et télévision – Gestion SODEC, The Canadian Film and Video Production Tax Credit
This film was supported by a grant from
Sundance Documentary Film Program
This documentary has been realized with the support
Jan Vrijman Fund
Produced with the assistance of
Canwest-Hot Docs Completion Fund, YuanFangMedia
AWARDS

Best Feature Documentary Film at IDFA

Emmy Award for Best Feature Documentary

Emmy Award for Outstanding Business and Economic Reporting

Best Documentary Feature Grand Jury Prize Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

Best Documentary Genie Awards

Best Cinematography-Documentary Feature Special Jury Prize Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

Cinema Eye Honors Award Outstanding Achievement in Production

Cinema Eye Honors Award Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography

Cinema Eye Honors Award Outstanding Achievement in an International Feature Film

Best Documentary Jutra Awards

Best Documentary Feature Film Asia Pacific Screen Awards

Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

Special Mention International Documentary Film Zurich Film Festival

Directors Guild of America Nominee Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary

Nominee National Society of Film Critics Awards

Nominee Jury Award Santa Barbara International Film Festival

Nominee Grand Jury Prize World Cinema-Documentary Sundance Film Festival

Nominee Best Canadian Film Vancouver Film Critics Circle

Nominee Magnolia Award Best Social Documentary Shanghai International TV Festival

Nominee Best International Documentary Film Zurich Film Festival

Nominee Cinema Eye Honors Award for Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking

Nominee Cinema Eye Honors Award Outstanding Achievement in Editing

Nominee Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize