Lei Lei’s Hybrid Doc ‘Vertigo Garden,’ About a Botanist’s AI-Replicated Memories, Lands at Asian Shadows Ahead of IDFA Bow (EXCLUSIVE)

By Naman Ramachandran

Naman Ramachandran

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Boutique sales company Asian Shadows has acquired “Vertigo Garden,” the new feature from Chinese filmmaker and animation artist Lei Lei, ahead of its world premiere in the Envision Competition at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA).

This is Lei’s second feature. IDFA has also nominated it for the Beeld en Geluid IDFA ReFrame Award, which honors creative work with archival material.

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