Short Film: THE VILLAGE OF NOBODY, 22min,. China

Directed by Shimeng Zhou
In a timeless and nameless village that advocates moderation, everyone knows an orphan dumbass named ‘Hong’. He messes around the villagers for no reason and gets beaten up everyday. Until Christmas, he met ‘Xue’ a pretty and “genteel” girl in the church choir, and couldn’t help to pull down the bow on her hair…Their encounter changed their course of life forever.

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Director Biography – Shimeng Zhou

Shimeng Zhou is a recent graduate of the School of Visual Arts in NYC. She studied in writing, directing, and editing with her mentor Ed Bowes and worked in commercials and fashion videos as editor and production designer. Her first film in high school <Linger> won the best actor in the “Shanghai I love you” episode produced by Emmanuel Benbihy. In 2017, she served as a script supervisor in an online film <To us, From us>.