00:00¿Qué es Luis Cuenca?
00:06Mi nombre es Luis Cuenca.
00:07I've been doing mainly documentary
00:09y también fiction.
00:14I'm also trying
00:16always to find the connection between Europe,
00:18Spain, and China
00:19en todos mis películas.
00:27I first came
00:28to China en 2013
00:29Honestly, I didn't expect to stay that long
00:32but something about the place
00:34just pulled me in.
00:36After living in the UK,
00:38US, and Japan,
00:39I found China to have
00:41a lot of layers
00:42full of contradictions,
00:45energy, and stories waiting to be told.
00:48Mainly in Beijing,
00:49felt like a city where anything could happen
00:51and that,
00:53from a filmmaker's perspective,
00:55it's kind of like a goldmine.
00:57The cinematic power of China
00:59for me lies in the unpredictability
01:02and emotional depth.
01:04Everyday life here is full of moments
01:06that are both intimate and epic.
01:09The title refers to the 354 days
01:16of the China's lunar year.
01:18Actually,
01:19every year has a different amount of days.
01:22That's what makes
01:23every year different.
01:25In 2019,
01:26I decided to make a one-minute film
01:28from each of those days.
01:30It became a kind of a visual diary,
01:33kind of like 354 glimpses
01:36into daily life across China.
01:41So the installation has 24 synchronized screens,
01:46each showing a continuous sequence
01:47of one-minute films.
01:49It's a way of capturing the rhythm of time,
01:52the passing of seasons,
01:53and the diversity of the human experience.
01:56Mainly the themes I explored
01:58were identity,
01:59memory,
02:00and transformation.
02:02And all of them are filtered
02:03through this poetic structure
02:06of 24 screens.
02:12I wanted to create something
02:13that invites people
02:15to slow down and observe.
02:17There is so much noise
02:18in how China is usually portrayed,
02:20like politics,
02:21headlines,
02:22and stereotypes.
02:23I wanted to offer
02:24something quieter,
02:25more human.
02:29The response from the Chinese audience
02:31has been very touching.
02:34Many people have told me
02:35they see their own lives
02:36in the films,
02:37moments they never thought
02:39would be captured on screen.
02:41And that was pretty meaningful to me.
02:46I hope to see the side of China
02:48that feels personal
02:49and relatable.
02:50Not the China of news reports
02:52or economic forecasts,
02:53but the China of everyday gestures
02:55or shared emotions.
02:59As someone from Madrid,
03:01it was important for me
03:02to build a bridge
03:03between these two cultures.
03:05During the 50th anniversary
03:06of diplomatic relationship
03:07between Spain and China,
03:09it felt kind of right
03:10to contribute something
03:12that encourages empathy
03:14and mutual understanding.
03:22King Bull is about
03:23a traditional form of bullfighting
03:24in Guizhou,
03:25where two bulls face off
03:27without human interference.
03:30It's completely different
03:31from the Spanish version.
03:32It's not that kind of
03:33violent spectacle.
03:35It's more of a ritual,
03:38a community event.
03:40I was kind of fascinated
03:41by how the same word,
03:43bullfighting,
03:44can mean such different things
03:46depending on where you are.
03:49The film became a reflection
03:51on tradition,
03:52strength,
03:52and symbolism.
03:53Right now,
03:57I'm working on a future-length documentary.
04:00There is a train from Iwu to Madrid
04:02connecting Eastern China
04:03to my hometown in Spain.
04:06It's the longest train in the world.
04:08As someone who lives in China
04:09but comes from Madrid,
04:11this route feels deeply symbolic.
04:14So the film kind of explores
04:16not just the physical journey,
04:18but what it means
04:19to live between two worlds.
04:21It's about globalization,
04:22identity,
04:24and the human stories
04:25that unfold along this
04:26kind of like mechanical silk road.
04:30So with this film,
04:31I want to understand
04:32what kind of future
04:33we are building
04:33through these new connections
04:35and what it means to belong
04:38in a world
04:38that is constantly in motion.
04:43The pace of change
04:45in China is incredible.
04:46Cities, technology,
04:48infrastructure,
04:49everything moves fast.
04:50But what hasn't changed
04:53is the importance of family,
04:54the strength of community,
04:56and the depth of respect of tradition.
04:59I've also seen
05:00a growing openness
05:02among younger generations,
05:04a curiosity about the world,
05:05and a desire to connect beyond borders.
05:07I had a lot of stories to say,
05:11but I think one that keeps repeating
05:14all over this year
05:15I was shooting in China.
05:17It happened in one small village
05:19in Yunnan.
05:21I arrived without any plan,
05:23and a family invited me for dinner,
05:25for me a place to sleep,
05:26no question asked.
05:27We shared food,
05:28stories,
05:29we laughed.
05:29So this kind of spontaneous generosity
05:32is something I've encountered
05:34again and again in China,
05:36and it's something
05:37I will never forget.
05:41Storytelling,
05:42especially through film,
05:44can open doors.
05:45When you focus on everyday people,
05:47you move away from abstraction
05:49and into something more universal.
05:53My goal isn't explaining China,
05:55but to share moments
05:57that resonate emotionally.
05:58I'll be right back.
06:00Let's do it.
06:14Thank you.
06:14Gracias por ver el video
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