The Botanist

Director's Profile

Young screenwriter and director Graduate from Beijing Film Academy, he has created many short films, most of his works focus on the expression of the rich and believable spiritual world of the ethnic minorities living in the world. His first feature film "The Botanist" won the "General Dream Dream Maker Program Award" and "ARRI China Award" in the film market of the 16th Xining FIRST Youth Film Festival; it was officially selected for the 26th Pusan International Film Festival Film Market Venture Capital and won the "New Horse" Venture Capital Award; it was also selected for the Doha Film Institute Film Fund Spring 2024 of Qatar as the only Chinese project; and it was also selected for the Doha Film Institute Film Fund Spring 2024 of Qatar as the only Chinese project. It was also selected as the only Chinese project to be funded by the Doha Film Institute Film Fund in the spring of 2024; the project was also included in the second phase of Shanghai's major literary and artistic creation funding projects in 2023 by the Shanghai Cultural Development Foundation.

Producer Profile

Shan Zuolong Filmmaker Past production works include Roadside Picnic (Best New Director, Locarno Film Festival 2015), The Last Night on Earth (Cannes Film Festival 2018), Love is a Gun (Best Feature First Film, 2023 Venice Film Festival), Little Half Cut (2024 Berlin Film Festival), Karst (Best Film, Fei Mu Honor, 2024 Pingyao Film Festival), and The Best Film, 2024 Pingyao Film Festival). Love is a Gun" (2023 Venice Film Festival "Lion of the Future"), "The Little Half" (2024 Berlin Film Festival), "Karst" (2024 Pingyao Film Festival Fei Mu Honor Best Film); supervised the production of "A Cliff Rising from the Sea" (2022 Cannes Film Festival "Short Film Palme d'Or"), and so on. Projects in production include "Wild Times" and "The Botanist". Qi Ai Filmmaker Main works include "Fruit of the Loom" (in production), "The Botanist" (in production), "I'm the Happiest Baby in the World" (in production), "Clear Water Falling in the Rain" (in production), "Love is a Gun" (Best Feature Debut, Lion of the Future, Venice Film Festival, 2023), "Snow Clouds" (Berlin Film Festival, 2023), "The Snow Clouds" (Berlin Film Festival, 2022), "The Wild Times" (Short Film Palme d'Or, Cannes Film Festival, 2022), and others. Snow Clouds" (2023 Berlin Film Festival), "Like Happy Love" (2023 Shanghai Film Festival).

Screenwriter's Synopsis

Young screenwriter and director Graduate from Beijing Film Academy, he has created many short films, most of his works focus on the expression of the rich and believable spiritual world of the ethnic minorities living in the world. His first feature film "The Botanist" won the "General Dream Dream Maker Program Award" and "ARRI China Award" in the film market of the 16th Xining FIRST Youth Film Festival; it was officially selected for the 26th Pusan International Film Festival Film Market Venture Capital and won the "New Horse" Venture Capital Award; it was also selected for the Doha Film Institute Film Fund Spring 2024 of Qatar as the only Chinese project; and it was also selected for the Doha Film Institute Film Fund Spring 2024 of Qatar as the only Chinese project. It was also selected as the only Chinese project to be funded by the Doha Film Institute Film Fund in the spring of 2024; the project was also included in the second phase of Shanghai's major literary and artistic creation funding projects in 2023 by the Shanghai Cultural Development Foundation.

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