"Eternal spring" an animation of real events.

An award-winning film comes to American screens through plasma animated illustrations of a confrontation 20 years ago between a small group of citizens and the Chinese Communist Party's propaganda machine and the deadly aftermath.

The film was chosen by Canada for the Oscars 2023 MTV spoke with the artist and protagonist of the film called dación to learn more about the subject and find out what he thinks.

If an authoritarian regime used its media to propagandize against your beliefs, what would you do? an animated movie is bringing this question to life in US theaters called Eternal Spring.

It tells of a true event that occurred 20 years ago in China when a group of Falun Gong practitioners meditated on television controlled by the Chinese state, to counter the communist regime's malicious propaganda against the spiritual discipline.

Falun Gong Also known as Falun Dafa is a spiritual meditation practice based on the principles of truth, compassion and tolerance; in the 1990s about one in 13 Chinese practiced it, but millions of them left jailed and tortured after the regime launched a nationwide campaign of persecution, plus the regime massively spread hate propaganda against the Chinese throughout China. practice from national to local television hate-filled attacks on Falun Gong were broadcast 24 hours a day and it was in this context that the intersection of the television signal took place.

The film tells the story through the lens of Daxiong, a Falun Gong practitioner who witnessed everything that happened. Daxiong is also a renowned comic book artist. He drew Justice League and Star Wars comics, but after being forced to flee from China wanted to recreate its history.

The film took six years to make and the hand-drawn illustrations alone took more than two years, but for Daxiong that was not the most difficult thing, remembering those painful unhappy memories that occurred in China is like a scar is already healed, but you have to reopen it and feel the pain.

Most of the people who participated in the television interception died, their families fell apart, what they lived through was much more difficult than what I lived through, I have a sense of Mission, it is as if I finished what they did not complete, saying the truth to the world. This is what kept me going.

The film took six years to make and the hand-drawn illustrations alone took more than two years, but for Daxiong that was not the most difficult thing, remembering those painful unhappy memories that occurred in China is like a scar is already healed, but you have to reopen it and feel the pain.

The film shows the motive of these practitioners which was to clarify the truth about Falun Gong and let the Chinese people know that they have the right to know the truth, and it is also about a great love for the country the film also talked about the idea that it is love, it is having the courage to continue with the traditional values ​​of this nation, this is the greatest love for the country instead of remaining insensitive and silent.

The film also offers a different overview of China showing the profound influence that Falun Gong has left on Chinese society, as well as how Falun Gong practitioners think of the TV hijack.

The film is Canada's choice for the 2023 Oscars race and will compete in the Best International Feature Film category. Meanwhile, it is hitting the big screens in the United States including New York, Los Angeles and Washington DC, it will also be released soon in the United Kingdom. Canada and Australia.