Private Project

Stand Up Straight

This film tells a story of a deliveryman searching for a lost beer and finally discovering that the beer hasn't been lost. Taking beer as the carrier, some surreal ways are used to describe the state of a deliveryman in today's society. A bottle of beer may be his dignity and also the "sunshine" that he can't afford.

  • Yibo Zhou
    Director
  • Yibo Zhou
    Writer
  • Haoran Wu
    Producer
  • Xinyuan Wang
    Key Cast
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    我的身体笔直
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    21 minutes 3 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 6, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    50,000 CNY
  • Country of Origin:
    China
  • Country of Filming:
    China
  • Language:
    Chinese
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.35:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Yibo Zhou

Yibo Zhou is from Gansu Province, China. He studied in the directing department of Jincheng College of Sichuan University and graduated in June 2024. Now he plans to return to Gansu and make films unique to that land. Since college, he has participated in the production of some short films and worked as director, assistant director, screenwriter, gaffer, editor and other positions. The advertising film "New Youth, Be Promising" won the second prize in the 14th National University Student Advertising Art Competition in 2022. In the films he creates, he likes to use long shots to control the distance between the audience and the story.

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Director Statement

As long as the saints remain, great thieves will never cease to exist. By solely adulating saints and condemning thieves, we merely become slaves to society. In this process, those struggling for their living gradually lose their right to have dignity. Their desires—for food, sex, survival, knowledge, self-expression—all fade away in the pursuit of "happiness."