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Zhou Hao
CN 2015 58' 86'
⚬ Society ⚬ Current Affairs & Politics
How power works in the Chinese Communist Party, focused through the mission of one local mayor who is determined to transform the coal-mining centre of Datong into a tourism haven (showcasing clean energy). In order to revitalize the city, he must first destroy. With remarkable access, the film follows him out and about facing battles on the street, mostly mostly from within the Communist party itself.
Director | Zhou Hao |
Producer | Zhao Qi |
Production Company | ZHAOQI FILMS |
Cinematography | Zhou Hao, Zhang Tianhui |
Editors | Yu Xiaochuan, Tom Hsinming Lin |
Music | Xie Yugang |
Sound | Xiao Jing |
World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award | Sundance 2015 |
Objectif d'Argent | Millenium International Film Festival 2015 |
Best Documentary | River Run FF 2015 |
Sundance 2015 |
True/False 2015 |
Seattle IFF 2015 |
Sydney IFF 2015 |
New Zealand IFF 2015 |
EBS IDF 2015 |
Millenium IDFF 2015 |
| Runtimes | 58' 86' |
| Spoken Languages | Chinese |
| Production Countries | China |
Zhou Hao, born in 1968, started his career as a photographer for China's national news group Xinhua News Agency and Southern Weekly, the country's most influential weekly newspaper. His debut documentary HOU JIE TOWNSHIP (2001) won the Black Pottery Award (Best New Professional Reward) at the Yunnan Multi-Culture Visual Festival. He went on to direct SENIOR YEAR which won the Humanitarian Award for Best Documentary at the Hong Kong International Festival in 2006, followed by USING, which clinched the Asia Award the Taiwan International Documentary Festival 2008. Zhou Hao was invited as jury of the Chicago International Festival 2007 and the following year, jury of the Taiwan International Documentary Festival and Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival in 2009.
