
Directing
Zhong Kaifeng
Known for
Directing
Credits
2 titles
He graduated from the Central Academy of Drama in 2018, majoring in Film Directing. He works as a screenwriter, novelist and music creator. In 2019, he co-wrote the film Return to Iron Pillar Mountain, executive-produced by Emir Kusturica. His debut feature film was selected for the Main Competition Section of the 28th Shanghai International Film Festival in 2026.
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Behind the camera
7.8Ding Mao, a supermarket employee, accidentally cooks the ornamental shark kept in the store. Soon after, he starts hearing a strange voice. Travelling from a southern city to the wilds of Northeast China, he sets out to trace his father’s whereabouts. During this journey, he pieces together his father’s bizarre life through an abandoned amusement park, a zoo in winter, and the supermarket where shark meat is sold. A quirky experimental musician, a blind fortune-teller who can understand animal language, a trainer whose legs were bitten off by a shark, and a female picture book painter — guided by the mysterious voice, all these souls become intertwined.
Atlantic Rhapsody
2026
7.8Ding Mao, a supermarket employee, accidentally cooks the ornamental shark kept in the store. Soon after, he starts hearing a strange voice. Travelling from a southern city to the wilds of Northeast China, he sets out to trace his father’s whereabouts. During this journey, he pieces together his father’s bizarre life through an abandoned amusement park, a zoo in winter, and the supermarket where shark meat is sold. A quirky experimental musician, a blind fortune-teller who can understand animal language, a trainer whose legs were bitten off by a shark, and a female picture book painter — guided by the mysterious voice, all these souls become intertwined.
Atlantic Rhapsody
2026
