'' Umbrella '' was awarded an '' ' Honorable Mention ' '' at the 30th Cinéma du Réel International Documentary Film Festival in 2008 . It has also screened at numerous film festivals , including Asian and documentary-film focused lineups . Most notable was its premiere at the 64th Venice International Film Festival as part of the Horizons Documentary program . It was one of three Chinese films in the program , along with Lü Yue 's documentary-drama hybrid , '' The Obscure '' , and Jia Zhangke 's '' Useless '' . Collectively , the three films were said to exemplify the " overwhelming sophistication in Chinese ... documentary filmmaking . "
64th Venice International Film Festival
64th Venice International Film Festival
Umbrella (film)