AT THE STAGE WHEN (CI SHI CI KE) Short Film Competition
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Country: China
Year: 2026
Director: Hao Zhou
Producer: Tyler Hill
Director of Photography: Zhanwen Yang
Editors: Hao Zhou, Tyler Hill
Running Time (minutes): 16
Language: Chinese

Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: DOCUMENTARY 2
In a Chinese megacity, a young laborer navigates her marriage to a well-off man and finds herself bound to an unintended future.
Hao Zhou is a filmmaker from Nanchuan, China, focusing on queer and feminist themes. Zhou’s work has been screened at the Berlinale, Locarno, Rotterdam, SXSW, Clermont-Ferrand and other festivals, with jury prizes from Hawaii, BlackStar, DOXA, Aspen, Hamptons and others.
Hao Zhou
haozhoustudio@gmail.com
Country: China
Year: 2026
Director: Hao Zhou
Producer: Tyler Hill
Director of Photography: Zhanwen Yang
Editors: Hao Zhou, Tyler Hill
Running Time (minutes): 16
Language: Chinese