52nd edition of New Directors/New Films
Festival&Award
OLYMPIC
豹人
CHINA | 2022 | 33min | Sci-Fi, Sports
Director: ZHU Xin
Screenwriter: ZHU Xin
Executive Producer: WANG Hongwei
Chief Creative Executive: Nanpai Sanshu
Presenter/General Producer: YE Fangchang
Producer: HU Tianhe, HE Chaoqqun, ZHAO Jin
Leading Actor: LIU Tianqi
Starring: XU Yongqiang, Jean-Louis Ousmane Diop
Adapted from the novel THE LEOPARD MAN by Wang Jinkang
导演：祝新
编剧：祝新
监制：王红卫
总策划：南派三叔
出品人/总制片人：叶方仓
制片人：胡天禾、何超群、赵晋
领衔主演：刘添祺
主演：许勇强
改编自王晋康原著小说《豹人》
Synopsis
If science could accurately predict human performance, would the charm of sports still persist? Our protagonist, orphan athlete Marat is a determined believer in the Olympic spirit, but when his icon is testified as genetically modified, his faith is shattered though he becomes a new hero who evokes people’s craze for athletic sports.
In such a sci-fi setting, OLYMPIC is a sports thriller that contemplates the complicated relation between the potential of humanity and technological progress. Running, is a gesture with ambiguity — to pursue, or to flee?
Festival&Award
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Warsaw International Film Festival 2022
Short Films Competition
2022 Beijing International Short Film Festival
Official Selection - Chinese Competition
2022 NOWNESS Talents Project
Best Director Award
2022 HiShorts Short Film Festival
Narrative Competition
ZHU Xin
Zhu Xin, born in 1996 in Hangzhou, graduated from the China Academy of Art. His debut film Vanishing Days was selected for the New Currents Competition at the Busan International Film Festival and the Forum section of the Berlin International Film Festival. His documentary feature ‘A Song River’ received the Youth Jury Award and Cinephile Award at the 8th Pingyao International Film Festival. All Quiet at Sunrise was selected for the Berlinale Critics’ Week and the Firebird Competition at the Hong Kong International Film Festival. He was also featured as the Filmmaker in Focus at the 15th Beijing International Film Festival.
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