THE CLOUD IN HER ROOM
a film by Xinyuan Zheng Lu
FEATURE PRESENTATION
SCREENING JUNE 24–27, 2021
AVAILABLE IN ATLANTIC CANADA
2020 / CHINA / 98 mins
A Q+A with Xinyuan Zheng Lu will follow the screening
In The Cloud In Her Room, the debut feature from Xinyuan Zheng Lu, a young woman named Muzi returns home to Hangzhou to find the remains of her life in a state of slow decay. Her parents have separated and are already tangled in new relationships; their old apartment is empty and deteriorating. Figures from her past come and go as the city prepares for Chinese New Year celebrations.
Packed with beautiful black-and-white images, jump cuts, and negative reversals, The Cloud in Her Room offers the clear-eyed insight of a social-realist drama, yet passes through you like an intense, acutely felt dream. It’s a dazzling introduction to an uncompromising new artist and her rare gift for finding new life in techniques as old as film. —Evan Bower
TRAILER
ABOUT THE FILMMAKER
Xinyuan Zheng Lu
Xinyuan Zheng Lu is a filmmaker based in Hangzhou, China. She graduated from School of Cinematic Arts, USC with a Film Production MFA in 2017. Her short films were selected to screen at festivals such as Tribeca Film Festival, First Xining International Film Festival, Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture and China Independent Film Festival. Xinyuan tries to cultivate a personal visual practice that explores the boundaries of various media.