Lixin Fan: Last Train Home February 20, 2011

Symphony space will screen Canadian documentary Last Train Home in its Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre. This emotionally engaging and visually beautiful debut from Chinese-Canadian director Lixin Fan draws viewers into the fractured lives of one migrant family who, during their annual journey back to the Chinese village they left 16 years before, confront the complexities of having created a new home in a new land.

2009. Lixin Fan. Canada / China / UK. 85mins. Color.

Golden Gate Award - Investigative Documentary Prize - San Francisco International Film Festival 2010
Best Feature Length Documentary - IDFA 2009
Best Documentary - Victoria Film Festival 2010
Best Documentary - Whistler Film Festival 2009
Grand Jury Prize for Outstanding Documentary - Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival 2010
Special Jury Prize for Best Documentary Cinematography - Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival 2010

Official Selection -- Sundance Film Festival 2010

http://www.symphonyspace.org/event/6691-last-train-home