Synopsis
If The Bus Went The Wrong Way
There is an outrageous news in this city that a bus is on the wrong way. But nobody paid attention. So we raised the camera, took the microphone, wandered in the street, random interviews. Unconsciously, we found that truth and fiction, history and reality began to intersect. In memory, lies began to spread like viruses. Gradually, we found the estrangement between ourselves and others, and the fun of life.
14 Paintings
A field study of 14 paintings from China’s Dafen village, as the government rebrands the copy-painting district as a hub for original art.
The Track of Flying Birds
After graduating from college, I had been trying to find my high school friend from years ago to write a biography of him. After talking to him, I found that the past he spoke of was not quite the same as the one I remembered. This made me hesitate to write…
Sojourn to Shangri-la
A fashion commercial crew goes to shoot on the beach, only to discover that the installation built in advance has vanished due to the rising tide. Through the efforts of an art assistant, a drone flies out to search for the installation over the sea, while taking her into the unknown…
Arena
In a cell, a young woman draws a window on the wall.
Wang Ruoyi
Wang Ruoyi，from Chengdu Sichuan, master degree candidate of Nanjing Art Institute, writer of official account, documentary collector, music lover, and screenwriter who doesn't earn money from screenwriting. Established and operated the official account Jiaoma Commune, and organized an independent film exhibition salon in Chengdu. Still exploring different stories and styles of films.
Chen Bingxu
Chen Bingxu is a graduate student majoring in drama, film and television script at Nanjing Academy of Arts. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in directing from Qingdao Agricultural University. Because there is a significant difference between the visuals produced by the director and the visuals in his mind when writing the script, he chose to specialize in screenwriting. I once filmed MANAGE YOURSELF and won the third prize in the Shandong University Micro Film Competition. I have a great passion for hamburger cuisine and believe that making a movie, like making a burger, requires careful preparation at every step, arranged and combined in order, fully utilizing the subjective initiative of the chef with limited resources, and finally adding a little bit of love, in order to make a good burger and movie.
Chen Dongnan
Chen Dongnan is an independent documentary filmmaker from Xi'an, China. Her debut film, SOUND OF VISION, an experimental short following a blind man's exploration of New York, which she worked on as one of the producers, directors and editors, was nominated for Emmy Awards and premiered at HotDocs. THE TRAIL FROM XINJIANG, a profile of three pickpockets from China's far west Xinjiang, has been widely screened at festivals, universities and museums worldwide. SINGING IN THE WILDERNESS, her first feature documentary was selected by IFFR, ND/NF, DMZ, Sydney FF, Thessaloniki and so forth. Dongnan is a graduate from New York University and a fellow of Sundance Edit and Story Lab.
Mao Zhengyu
Director Mao Zhengyu, a graduate of Chongqing University's Meishi Film School and a graduate student of Beijing Film Academy's Experimental Video, created the performance art and documentary GENERATION Z in 2019, which won the best documentary short film at the 4th Chongqing Pioneer Art Film Exhibition. 2022, he created the experimental documentary DANCER IN THE MEMORY.
Lin Yihan
Lin Yihan is a filmmaker based in Shanghai. She received her MFA degree in Cinema Directing from Columbia College Chicago. She investigates subtle and inexplicable relationships between individuals in the contemporary context, with a particular focus on subjects that are in an insecure, nomadic, and transient state. Her practice is born out of a desire to explore the realm of the agnostic and to construct an ethereal landscape that emerges above the physical space. She is often searching for things that approach eternity in the moment of "here and now". Her works have been selected for Slamdance Film Festival, Grilla 3° Lima Alterna Festival, Minikino Film Week, etc.
Guo Shanming
Shanming Guo is a filmmaker based in New York City, currently in the MFA Film program at Columbia University. She worked as a graphic designer with a focus on brand identity.
