Special Screening
Where the Mountain Women Sing
Followed by Q&A w/ Director
Synopsis:
An ambitious filmmaker travels to the mystical Great Xing’an Range of Northeastern China, where a shamanic ritual to select the 'Mountain God's Wife' unfolds, only to discover she is marked as the next sacrifice.
Schedule
Nov 17, 2024 | 09:00 PM
Director
Juefang Zhang
Juefang is an Emmy-nominated producer and a Third-Culture film director, originally from China, raised in Singapore, and now based in LA. She specializes in Female-Centric Asian Thrillers and International Co-Productions. She started her career as Assistant Director for Jackie Chan. Her portfolio includes Oscar-shortlisted ‘HIDDEN LETTERS’, Emmy-nominated ‘WUHAN WUHAN’, ‘Where The Mountain Women Sing’ (Fantasia, Motelx 2024), ‘DETOUR’ (Golden Globe Snow Leopard Scholarship), and ‘FENNI’ (Ghent View). Her scripts ‘MOLLY BLING BLING’ and ‘FISHBONE’ were finalists at SFFILM Westridge and Sundance Development. Recently, her feature project ‘Where The Mountain Women Sing’ was selected into the Frontières Co-Production Market at Fantasia and APM at Busan.
Credits
Director:
Juefang Zhang
Producers:
Chen Li
Kathleen I-Ying Lee
Cinematography:
Yichuan Huang
Editing:
Skylar Lin
Cast:
Yiming Wang
Qing Xue
Alex Zhi
Screenwriters:
Chen Li
Juefang Zhang
Music:
Aldo Arechar
Jason Zheng
15 min | Thriller, Mystery, Drama | 2024 | Hong Kong, US, Taiwan | Mandarin | English Subs
Screened before feature: If Only I Could Hibernate (Mongolia)
