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A Woman on Her Own Way
Женщина в пути
Premiere: Far Eastern Premiere
Production country: China
Year of production: 2024
Length: 30 min
Rating (age category): 0+
Film-category (genre): Narrative, Road
Director: Cong Caihua
Producer: Xu Qianwen
Screenwriter: Cong Caihua
Composer: Jagger Yang
DOP: Gong Ziyu
Editor: Cong Caihua
Production designer: Huang Peikun
Costume designer: Gao Jiaxiao
Make up artist: Gao Jiaxiao
Sound director: Wang Murong
Cast: Eva, Coco, Drom, Kate B
Production company: Shanghai Theatre Academy (Not Copyright owner)
Production country: China
Year of production: 2024
Length: 30 min
Rating (age category): 0+
Film-category (genre): Narrative, Road
Director: Cong Caihua
Producer: Xu Qianwen
Screenwriter: Cong Caihua
Composer: Jagger Yang
DOP: Gong Ziyu
Editor: Cong Caihua
Production designer: Huang Peikun
Costume designer: Gao Jiaxiao
Make up artist: Gao Jiaxiao
Sound director: Wang Murong
Cast: Eva, Coco, Drom, Kate B
Production company: Shanghai Theatre Academy (Not Copyright owner)
Her husband has passed away, her daughter lives and works far away, and 55-year-old Zhao Na, who is now retired, feels a sense of emptiness. Deciding to leave Shanghai, she drives to her hometown. On the road, Zhao Na seeks to find inner peace.
Selected festival history
- Shortlisted in the 44th VGIK International Student Festival
- Shortlisted in the 14th Macau International Movie Festival
- The 2nd prize in the 9th Shanghai “Think Youth” Competition in the Film and Television Category
- Nomination for Best Director, 2024 Yeosu International Webfest, Korea
- 2024 East China Micro Videos Competition Outstanding Works Award
- Cong CaihuaDIRECTOR'S BIOGRAPHY:
Cong Caihua graduated from the Shanghai Theatre Academy and then won a scholarship from the Academy for graduate studies. In 2023, she participated in a short-term student exchange program and studied in Germany at the Munich University of Television and Film.
DIRECTOR'S FILMOGRAPHY:
2023 - Female X
2022 - Hide in silence
2019 - Witch’s bread