Non-fiction
TITLE
Non-fiction
DIRECTOR
Sheng Qi Zhang
COUNTRY
China
YEAR
2025
DURATION
10′
GENRE
Experimental
Non-fiction
A storyteller, an ethnic Korean from China living in Japan, revisits fragmented memories, blurring the line between fiction and reality.
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Serene Shengqi ZHANG
Serene S. Zhang is a theatre and moving-image artist whose work navigates the intersections of gender, trauma, death, and memory through forms spanning performance, film, and animation. Her recent projects investigate silenced narratives and embodied histories, engaging themes such as colonial olfactory politics, funerary aesthetics, and theatricality. She is currently completing her MFA at Peking University and will join Harvard University as a visiting scholar in 2025.
- DirectorSerene Shengqi ZHANG
- Screenplay Serene Shengqi ZHANG
- Cinematography Yuz Xiaoling HAN
- Cast
- Editing Yuz Xiaoling HAN
- Producer/s Yuz Xiaoling HAN
- Production Company
- Distributor/s
- Project TitleNon-fiction
- Project TypeExperimental
- Completion Date1 January 2025
- Country of originChina
- Country of filmingChina
- Language Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese
- First-time Filmmaker Yes
- Student ProjectYes
Serene Shengqi ZHANG
Serene S. Zhang is a theatre and moving-image artist whose work navigates the intersections of gender, trauma, death, and memory through forms spanning performance, film, and animation. Her recent projects investigate silenced narratives and embodied histories, engaging themes such as colonial olfactory politics, funerary aesthetics, and theatricality. She is currently completing her MFA at Peking University and will join Harvard University as a visiting scholar in 2025.
