Zhāo Lewis Liú

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Caihong City (Trailer)

Narrative | 102 mins | United States & Romania

Official trailer of Caihong City, an independent sic-fi feature film. 

Official Selection: 

The Philip K. Dick Film Festival (Best Trailer)
12 Months Film Festival (Best Trailer)
Transilvania Shorts (Best Trailer)
The Valley Film Festival
Avanca Film Festival
Paris Play Film Festival
Around Film Festival (Best Trailer)

Caihong City (Crowdfunding Video)

Video | 2 mins

Crowdfunding video of Caihong City, an independent sic-fi feature film.  

Drifting in Los Angeles | 漂泊洛杉矶 (Bilingual Subtitles)

Documentary | 23 mins

Drifting in Los Angeles is a documentary about Hollywood fantasy and film school reality. It follows four aspirational young Chinese students enrolled in different MFA film programs in Los Angeles, sharing their experience as an alien ethnic minority in the centre of the world's most competitive and discriminatory industry. 

Official Selection: 

Net Ease Documentary Competition (Best Documentary Short) 
Xiang Yang International Youth Film Festival (Best Foreign Language)   
DC Chinese Film Festival (Award Ceremony Special Screening) 
Golden Panda Sichuan TV Festival (Best Documentary Short)  
Taiwan Grassroot Micro Movie Awards (Jinshan Award) 
Xi'an International Folk Video Festival  
Tudou Video Festival  
Visionary Youth Awards  
New York Independent Film Highland
Visual Artists Unite

At Home

Narrative | 10 mins

Coming home on a Saturday morning after grocery shopping, Lu found himself awkwardly locked out of his apartment with a Christian missionary. At Home is a fictional narrative short of a Chinese man's experience of multiculturalism in America, a melting pot with nothing melted. 

Official Selection: 

Interrobang Film Festival 
NextFrame International Student Film Festival 
DC Chinese Film Festival

CIty of Literature

Documentary | 14 mins

On November 20, 2009, UNESCO designated Iowa City, Iowa, the world's third City of Literature. Through the voice, poetry, and writings of more than 20 international writers in residency the following year, this documentary attempts to provide refreshing perspectives of Iowa City, the "City of Literature."

Official Selection: 

Iowa City Documentary Film Festival
Landlocked Film Festival
Golden Panda Sichuan TV Festival  

Delysid

Music Video | 4 mins

Made in St. Louis and Iowa City, Delysid reveals the fantasy of a young factory worker and somnambulist trancing in his illusory psychological world.

Official Selection:

DC Chinese Film Festival (Best Experimental Short, Best Actor)

Stream of Consciousness

Animation | 1 min

"An improvised, free-association that unfolds in, seemingly, real time."

An experimental animation consisting of 400 digital freehand drawings. 

Berenice

Narrative | 7 min

A thriller about obsession, a modern adaptation of Allan Poe's short story of the same title. 

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Zhāo Lewis Liú

Writer | Director | Producer

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