Shadow News | Zhang Lu's film "The Long Confession" World Premiere Chen Chong's short film "Swimming Water" landed in "A Corner of Pingyao"

<h3>Zhang Lu's film "The Long Confession" was premiered at the Pingyao International Film Festival</h3>

On October 12, 2021, the opening film of the 5th Pingyao International Film Festival "The Long Confession" was premiered worldwide at this year's film festival.

"The Long Confession" is the first Chinese feature film shot by director Zhang Lu in ten years, starring Ni Ni, Zhang Luyi and Xin Baiqing. The film tells the story of Li Dong, who once fell in love with a woman named Ah Chuan when he was a teenager, and after nearly 20 years of affectionate waiting, the two met again. This deeply hidden love has also intensified in this love affair with "her" hometown.

Zhang Lu has directed films such as "Tang Poems", "Mangzhong", and "Gyeongju". In 2000, Zhang Lu began his career with the short film "11 Years Old", which was shortlisted for the 2001 Venice International Film Festival Short Film Competition; his feature film debut "Tang Poems" premiered at the Locarno International Film Festival in 2003; his work "Mangsang" won the 2005 Cannes Film Critics Weekly ACID Award, and the 2005 Busan International Film Festival won the New Wave Award; and "Border" was shortlisted for the 2007 Berlin International Film Festival Competition. "Tumen River" was shortlisted for the "New Generation" section of the 2010 Berlin International Film Festival and won the Special Mention Award; "Spring Dream" was released as the opening film of the 2016 Busan International Film Festival.

<h3>Chen Chong supervised the production of the short film "Swimming Water" to land in the "Pingyao Corner"</h3>

On the evening of October 13, 2021, the 5th Pingyao International Film Festival "Pingyao Corner" special screening of "Swimming Water" and the opening event were held at the Film Palace. Directed by young director Zhou Quan and produced by well-known actor Chen Chong, and co-starring Chen Chong, Xu Wenshan, Sun Yang and Zheng Yuzhi, "Swimming Water" focuses on the growth of young girls under the epidemic. Director Zhou Quan said that the creation of "Swimming Water" originated from the characters, and the short film uses a 1:1 format to focus on people's faces in order to create a sense of suffocation.

Zhou Quan won the highest award at the 13th Hong Kong Asian Film Investment Association in 2015 and the KNN Audience Award at the 22nd Busan International Film Festival in 2017 for his first feature film, Summer in The West Creek.

Jia Zhangke, founder of Pingyao International Film Festival, Marco Muller, chief consultant, Director and screenwriter Li Ruijun, and film scholar Yang Yuannian attended the event. Jia Zhangke said that he hopes that through the film exhibition, on the one hand, cross-regional, cross-college and cross-professional communication will be realized, and on the other hand, a bridge between student films and the industrial market will be built. "Pingyao Corner" is a permanent unit of the education section of the Pingyao International Film Festival, and in 2021, a total of 24 "invitation group" short films and 13 "open group" short films were shortlisted.