ALWAYS

• Directed by: Demon Chen

• Producer: Hansen Lin

Docs up Fund granted during Dok Incubator’s Workshop April 2024

Always” delves into the lives of children who write poetry in a village in Hunan, China. Gong Youbin, born into a poor family and who has not seen his mom since he was three months old, begins to reveal his inner thoughts from the moment he learns to express himself through poetry. Observing his upbringing in the countryside with lack of resources, the film serves as an allegory for the loss of innocence, when the society of children must inevitably face reality.