Zhou Quan (; born 16 November 1987) is a Chinese filmmaker. His directorial debut End of Summer won KNN Award at 22nd Busan International Film Festival.

Early life

Zhou Quan was born and raised in

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, China. He moved to Melbourne, Australia in high school as an exchange student between Shaoxing No. 1 High School and Balwyn High School. After he graduated from

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with a Bachelor of Communication (Media) in 2011, he enrolled in the

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and acquired his Master of Fine Arts in Directing in 2013.

Career

Zhou Quan's AFI thesis film ''Woman In Fragments'' (2014), starring Akemi Look and Elizabeth Sung, and with an original soundtrack composed by Josh Winiberg, screened at international film festivals at

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, Urbanworld, etc. It won Air Canada Short Film Award at Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival and Best Narrative Short at Austin Asian American Film Festival. Zhou participated in Taipei Golden Horse Film Academy led by

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in 2014 and

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in 2015. In March 2015, Zhou presented his debut feature film project '' End of Summer'' (fka ''That Summer'') at 13th Hong Kong - Asia Film Financing Forum and won the top HAF Award. The project was invited back to participate in HAF's Work-In-Progress Lab in 2017. ''End of Summer'' (2017)'','' received its World Premiere at New Currents Competition of 22nd Busan International Film Festival, and went on to screen at international film festivals of

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, Pingyao, Hong Kong Asian Film Festival,

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, etc. The film stars Zhang Songwen, Tan Zhuo, Ku Pao-ming, Dong Qing and Rong Zishan; There are some notable filmmakers participated in this film, including executive producers

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and Liao Ching-Sung, producers Jacqueline W. Liu and Yuyu Yang, editor Kong Jinlei, composer

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, and sound designer He Wei. On December 3, 2017, Zhou was awarded "The New Film Director of the Year" at

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Awards. In August, 2019, Zhou signed with CAA China. In 2020, Zhou directed a fashion short film ''Le Vrai Ou'' for

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starring

Zhou Xun Zhou Xun ( zh, s=周迅, born 18 October 1974) is a Chinese actress and singer. Zhou rose to prominence with the film '' Suzhou River'' (2000), followed by films such as '' Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress'' (2002), '' Perhaps Love'' (2005 ...

and Wang Yibo. In 2021, Zhou's narrative short film, ''Breathe'', starring Audrey Hui,

Joan Chen Joan Chen (simplified Chinese; 陈冲; born April 26, 1961) is an American actress and film director. She made her film debut in the Chinese film ''Youth'' (1977) before starring in the film (1979). She came to the attention of American audien ...

and Sunny Sun, executive produced by Joan Chen, opened the Pingyao Corner section of the 5th Pingyao International Film Festival. In 2023, Zhou reunited with Zhang Songwen and Rong Zishan on the

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original series ''Lost in the Shadows''.

Critical reception

Director

Tian Zhuangzhuang Tian Zhuangzhuang (; born April 1952 in Beijing) is a Chinese film director, producer and actor. Tian was born to an influential actor and actress in China. Following a short stint in the military, Tian began his artistic career first as an am ...

describes ''End of Summer'' as "lively recreated the immatureness, purity, sincerity and pain of childhood which we all once experienced yet fading." IndieWire Senior Film Criti
David Ehrlich
listed ''End of Summer'' as one of 7 Must-See Movies at the 2018 New York Asian Film Festival and acclaimed the film "offers a gentler approach to many of the major concerns that grip contemporary Chinese cinema."

References

External links

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Zhou Quan on End of Summer
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