My Name Is Zhang, and I'm Not Happy

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Creative Statement

Two men burst into the lives of a mother and daughter named Zhang. The mother says: oh no, this is no time for romance! The daughter says: this is crazy. Are we both going to date?

Genre:

Drama, Comedy

Director:

An Jingyi

Screenwriter:

An Jingyi, Xie Liyi

Producer:

Zhang Chenhui

Production Company:

N/A

About the Director

Participant in the directors' group of the 25th Shanghai International Film Festival training camp. Short films have screened at Pinewood Studios and in Hollywood, have been selected for more than 20 festivals in China and abroad, and have won awards including Best Director and Best Film; work has been publicly recommended on CCTV-6. Feature projects have been selected for and won awards at the project markets of the Beijing International Film Festival, the Shanghai International Film Festival, the Pingyao International Film Festival, FIRST, Jackie Chan's A-Plan and other festivals. Art director of the Tencent and Huanyu women's historical drama The Legend of the Phoenix, and executive director of the China Media Group documentary series Chronicles of Cultural Heritage.

About the Producer

Work has been selected for the Reel Focus project market of the Beijing International Film Festival, the Ningbo International Film Festival, the World Cinema Liangjie Young Directors Support Program and the Szczecin Youth Film Festival in Poland. Work has screened on CathayPlay, described as Asia's largest Chinese-language independent film platform. Currently heads theatre marketing at a leading Chinese theatre company.

About the Screenwriter

Screenwriter of the immersive theatre production Journey Through Mountains and Seas and co-writer of the VR interactive game Thread of Fate. Work has won several awards at the Beijing College Student Film Festival and the Macao International Film Festival and has screened at many festivals in China and abroad.