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ZHENG
​​​by Giacomo Sebastiani

24min | Italy | 2020

Zheng is a lonely Chinese young man, who works in Italy since he was a child. Even he has succeeded to stop from working in factories and consolidate his position he doesn’t feel fulfilled. In conflict with the working rigour and the desire to enter into contact with his peers, Zheng is going to be called to take a decision.
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Year of production 2020
Length 24min
Country Italy
Shooting Format Digital 2k
Aspect Ratio 16:9
Dialogue Mandarin
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Director Giacomo Sebastiani
Producer Alejandro de la Fuente
Production Atacama film, Malfè film, Ouvert
Writer ​Giacomo Sebastiani
Cinematographer Giorgio Giannoccaro
Editor Enrico Giovannone
Sound Matteo Valeri, Giovanni Corona
Color Correction Fabrizio Conti
Cast Zheng Naiqiao, Xu Chuantao, Bian Minhao, Wang Juan, Chen Yurong

Festival selections
Un festival c'est trop court - European short film festival of Nice 2020, France - World Premiere
Ningbo Short Film Festival 2020, China
Izmir International Short Film Festival 2020, Turkey
Lublin Film Festival 2020, Poland
Rome Independent Film Festival - RIFF Awards 2020, Italy - Best Italian Short Award
Tampere Film Festival 2021, Finland
Glocal Film Festival 2021, Italy - Best Actor Award
Corto Dorico Film Festival 2021, Italy - Nie Wiem Award, Cgs Acec Sentieri di Cinema Award
DeadCenter Film Festival 2021, USA
River Film Festival 2021, Italy
Ischia Film Festival 2021, Italy
Umbria Film Festival 2021, Italy
Social World Film Festival 2021, Italy
Reggio Calabria FilmFest 2021, Italy
Lucania Film Festival 2021, Italy - Best Male Couple Award
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Kino Otok – Isola Cinema International Film Festival 2021, Slovenia
TIFF ODA - Tetova International Film Festival 2021, Republic of Macedonia
Job Film Days 2021, Italy - Best Short Film Award
​​Zsigmond Vilmos International Film Festival 2021, Hungary
Filmfest Eberswalde 2021, Germany
​Visioni Italiane 2021, Italy - Best Movie
International Usak Short Film Festival 2021, Turkey
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Director's Statement
This film is centered on the growth path of a character left on the margins of his community. Zheng, young Chinese man, has left soon his studies and has worked since he was a kid. Now that he has grown up, he manages the workers on behalf of his boss. If something goes wrong he can end up back to the factory. For this reason he has learned to be tough with the others, everything has to work smoothly. Zheng has not lived his youth. He realizes it when he goes out by night and sees the young people having fun. He doesn’t have even a friend with whom to share those moments. This situation is unbearable for him. His duties isolate him from his own community. He struggles between his tough image imposed by work and his urgent need of human contact. One excludes the other. Soon or later will come the moment to take a decision​
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