The Beijing-based sales, production and distribution company Rediance’s ever-growing global reach is being reflected — very brightly — at the 30 th Busan International Film Festival this week in the shape of the Ildikó Enyedi-directed Silent Friend and the Deni Oumar Pitsaev documentary Imago .

Both carry big fest buzz with them into South Korea. Silent Friend left Venice with six awards; Imago took three home from Cannes.

They are both in keeping with the very kind of production company founder Meng Xie set himself after when Rediance was formed in 2017. Fueled by a very obvious and growing need to harness the rise of Chinese independent cinema — and its makers — Meng set out also to explore the wider filmmaking world.

The Beijing-based sales, production and distribution co

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