Private Project

Flowering Season

Lei Jun is a vocational school student from a single-parent family in Shanghai. At school he is always ridiculed. Only in the drama world he wrote can he find his dignity in life. Once desperate and eager for freedom, he sat outside the window of the high-rise building of the school and performed a drama belonging to one person.

Lin Haoran likes dancing and secretly loves his classmate Li Wenting. Once the couple danced together by the river at night, through the dance they expressed their love. It was a sweet, yearning and memorable night.

The boys and girls play with mobile phones, eat snacks, sing KTV, but Wang Yue has no extra money for this. She can only choose to work on her own, earn money and can go out with classmates to play. When she came to the beautiful ktv, she found that she didn't like it. She felt as if she and her classmates were people of two worlds.

  • Zhang Hai
    Director
  • Project Type:
    Feature, Short
  • Runtime:
    20 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    October 10, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    50,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    China
  • Country of Filming:
    China
  • Language:
    Chinese
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital ,RED,ARRI
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1:2.35
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • 2023 HollyShorts Film Festival

    HollyShorts Monthly Screenings Official Selection
  • 17th Nice International Filmmaker Festival

    Best Original Screenplay of a Short Foreign Language Film
  • 2022 Madrid International Film Festival

    Best Set Design
  • 2022 VENEZIA SHORTS ITALY

    Official Selection
  • 2022 Batumi International Art-House Film Festival (BIAFF)

    Semi-Finalist
  • 2022 Tokyo International Short Film Festival

    Best Cinematography
  • 2022 Roma Short Film Festival

    Honorable Mention
  • 6th China Jing Tong Xiang Children's Film Festival

    Honorable Mention
  • 2022 HOLLYWOOD SHORTS FEST

    Official Selection
  • 2022Rome Prisma Film Awards

    Official Selection
  • 2022 Paris Shorts Film Awards

    Official Selection
  • 2022 Moscow Shorts International Film Festival

    Official Selection
  • 17th London International Filmmaker Festival

    Certificate of Nomination: Talented New Director /Best Cinematography in a Foreign Language Film/ Best Set Design
  • 14th Jaipur International Film Festival

    Official Selection
  • 9th Mumbai Shorts International Film Festival

    Certificate of Excellence / Official Selection
  • 2022 Pambujan International Film Festival

    Official Selection
Director Biography - Zhang Hai

Born in China 1982, Zhang Hai is a new generation of Chinese filmmaker with international vision and a researcher of Chinese "I Ching: Book of Changes".

Zhang Hai graduated from Donghua University in China in 2006 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in digital media arts. During his school years, his graphic design works were selected in the first International Chinese Art Exhibition; selected in the 9th International Triennial of Stage Poster, Sofia, Bulgaria; selected in the 6th International Computer Art Biennial in Poland, the youngest Chinese artist among those selected; and included in the 2008 International Design Yearbook and the 2007 Asia Pacific Design Yearbook.

During his school years, he wrote his first scripted science fiction film "Spirit of the Earth Lula", which was compiled into a middle-grade novel.

After graduation, he was invited by Nokia International Creative Department to direct the documentary "Nokia - Connecting People", and his experimental short film "Wanna Sleep" was selected for the 4th Annual Directors Lounge International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany.

2009 "Youth Diary" was selected for the 3rd British Oriental International Film Festival (BAFTA) British Film and Television Academy Universal Film Festival China New Filmmaker Unit, and he was in charge of film selection for the festival in Shanghai, China.

In 2012, Zhang Hai studied HD Filmmaking at the New York Film Academy.He completed his Ph.D. program in the School of Philosophy of Beijing Normal University in 2014, and wrote "A Brief History of the Transmission of I Ching: Book of Changes and Mei Hua Yi Shu" in 2020.

In 2021, the short film "Flowering Season" and was nominated for international film festivals and film festivals in China, UK, India, etc.

In 2021, the script of "Lula, the Earth Spirit" was selected as the outstanding script of the 2021 Jintongxiang Children Film Festival , and was the only work selected in the science fiction and fantasy section.

2021, he made the documentary film "Madonna of the East Jinggu Chen", which tells the story of a super heroine in the late Tang Dynasty about faith and courage.

In 2021, the documentary film "The Legend of Mo Xiang" was produced, which is the world's first biographical film about a contemporary Chinese figure from The Book of Changes, to tell a story of perseverance and heritage.

2021, the theatrical film "Soul Life" is about a beautiful writer who swaps souls to find the meaning of life.

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Director Statement

Everyone's "flowering season" always hides some secrets of their own. These secrets will churn deep inside at certain times. Simple and immature, adorable and obsessed emotions become treasured at the age of "flowering season". In the era of material and financial success, greed and anger are eroding our inner last line of defense, and our hearts become fragile and vulnerable. People begin to close their hearts' direct and contact with the outside world. The "flowering season" in dreams often becomes a haven for our hearts. We are looking for the faith and courage that can support us to go on. We are looking for the power of "love" and the one who was forgotten in the "flowering season".