The World of Mindfulness

During the pandemic the filmmakers son found himself stuck at home for a very long time Ying Liang watched him cut out a portrait of Abbas Kiarostami from a book and create a face mask on the face of the Iranian filmmaker Liang observes how his son builds a world on his bed makes a paper airplane and flies various places with his new friend Abbas Kiarostami After spending the whole day flying he falls asleep on that same bed with the familys kitten In his dreams he uses the magic he has learned from an online magic course to remove the face mask With The World of Mindfulness Chinese filmmaker Liang who is now living in Hong Kong creates a marvellously simple piece about the world of childhood adding a touch of playful cinephilia