China to Siberia: Crossing the Loneliest Lake

Director: Ivan Xu/Guo Rongfei

Genre: Documentary

Country: China

Runtime: 36 min

Language: Chinese with English and Chinese subtitles

After cycling across 16 countries in 3 different continents and walking across Transcaucasia, Chinese ''human-powered'' traveler Xu Jiangjun and his Russian travel partner Fyodor Lebed decided to traverse the frozen lake of Baikal in March 2017, pursuing the biggest goal in their traveling careers. During their 23-day journey in the Siberian wilderness, Xu Jiangjun’s camera became his closest friend as he recorded the ups and downs of the journey. Experiencing everything from feelings of excitement to desperation, traversing Baikal is arguably Xu Jiangjun’s greatest achievement to date.

Xu Jiangjun (Producer, director, lead Actor)

Ivan Xu Jiangjun is the producer, director, and lead actor of China to Sibera: Crossing the Loneliest Lake. He is a traveler and Ultimate Frisbee athlete proficient in both English and Russian. He once spent 2 years cycling the world, a journey of 14,000 km through 16 countries and 3 continents. More recently Ivan walked across Transcaucasia, skated across South Korea, and this past March he traversed nearly 700 km across the frozen Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia.

Guo Rongfei (Filmmaker and director)

Guo Rongfei is the producer and director of China to Siberia: Crossing the Loneliest Lake. She is an award-winning Chinese documentary filmmaker who is interested in, though not limited to, creative and artistic ways of exploring China’s stories and issues. She graduated from New York University in documentary filmmaking. Her short film, Fairy Tales, won the Student Academy Award in 2016, marking him the first winner of Chinese ethnicity in this category. The film won Best Student Film at DOC NYC and Best Short Documentary at both the Melbourne International Film Festival and Asian American Film Festival. It has also been screened at the Hot Docs festival, and on Al Jazeera, Fusion TV, and Vice. She is now a video producer at Arrow Factory.

Arrow Factory

Arrow Factory is an original documentary brand under Jiemian.com. It aims to observe contemporary Chinese social phenomena from a unique perspective. Arrow Factory presents the multi-faceted and diverse stories of individuals and groups from all walks of life. The world is perpetually beyond imagination, with stories unfolding at every moment.

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