A Belgian designer and a well known Chinese film actor duo reflect on 13 years of life in one of Beijing most unusual homes - a 16th Century Daoist Temple, 'Nian Hua Si' (Picking Flower Temple), that has been shared with Beijing People’s University printing factory, and that has been recently sold off to Beijing Buddha Association, throwing the lives of long term residents of the Temple and the Factory into disarray. Nobody knows what will the outcome of this turmoil bring, as the possibility of the important architectural and historical landmark to be developed into a concrete jungle is looming closer, and the eviction date approaches. 
In recent years, most of the traditional Beijing ‘hutongs’, or alleys, have been turned into luxury high rises and expensive Western-style shopping malls, due to rapid economic growth, uncontrolled development, property speculation, and corruption. Narrated and filmed through the lens of Varvara Shavrova, a visual artist, curator and director, and a long term Russian-born Beijing resident, ‘ Temple Run’ film project will offer a sharp and uncompromising view on contemporary China as it asserts its position in the Western and Eastern world.


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