Chinese light and shadow penetrate the spiritual barriers of South American audiences, the 11th Santiago International Film Festival in Chile announces the award winners from director Zhou Chong's film "罗非是条鱼," which was selected by the Sfilmmaker International Film Festival Award Platform, won the award for Best Feature Story. The exquisite emotional penetrative power and superb artistic expression of the film set "罗非是条鱼" apart from many international masterpieces, sparking an emotional storm for Chinese films at the South American film event.

"罗非是条鱼": A song of courage in the soul's dark river

The film "罗非是条鱼" is a brave expedition deep into the ruins of human emotions, exploring the dim light of redemption. The story focuses on the experience of psychologist Jiang Hai trying to rebuild his life in a hot spring town. However, his wife Luo Fei fell into a deep abyss of severe depression due to the sudden deaths of their daughter and mother-in-law, building an indestructible emotional wall. Jiang Hai, the rational doctor, driven by love and despair, is determined to transform into a "submariner" and delve into his wife Luo Fei's icy inner world.

Emotional storm under restrained aesthetics: "罗非是条鱼" directly addresses the common human life experiences—facing the powerlessness of a close relative's sudden death, the survivor’s guilt, and how to coexist with unerasable sadness. The film festival highly praised the film for the "emotional storm contained under delicate and restrained strokes."

Director Zhou Chong uses a calm and precise visual language to capture the silence and struggles of characters in enclosed spaces, externalizing the characters' emotions through subtle facial expressions, body movements, and environmental atmospheres. The film successfully "bridges cultural barriers, touches the softest spots in the hearts of global audiences with a narrative style full of Eastern charm!"

Film Title: 罗非是条鱼

Producer: Chen Chuangchao

Executive Producer: Zhou Chong Chen Chuangchao

Director: Zhou Chong

Screenwriter: Chen Chuangchao

Cast: Li Yixian Chen Gang

Cinematographer: Liu Zitian

Art Director: Zheng Zigang

Editor: Hao Yu

Music: Liao Jiawei

Film Synopsis: Psychologist Jiang Hai opens a counseling office in a hot spring hotel in a small town. His wife Luo Fei fell into depression after the deaths of their daughter and grandmother in a car accident, shutting herself off all day. Jiang Hai tries various methods to cure her without success, plunging himself into agony. He decides to use hypnosis and stimulation therapy to treat Luo Fei. Can he ultimately uncover the root of Luo Fei's depression?

Director's Bio:

Zhou Chong, a renowned director, has participated in the production of dozens of films and TV shows, later independently directing numerous films and TV dramas, receiving widespread acclaim.

Awards: Best Foreign Language Film Director at the Nice International Film Festival in France; selected for the feature film unit of the South African International Film Festival; Best Feature Film at the Cannes Mediterranean Film Festival;

Film Works: "New Temperature", "Dog Fruit Theorem", "Luo Is Not a Fish", "Swallow with Mud", "Never Change Defense"

TV Series: "Don't Move My Happiness", "Gate of Repentance"

Santiago Film Festival: The Film Engine of South America

As one of the most important film cultural exchange events in South America, the Santiago Film Festival, located in the fourth largest city in South America, has long become a key hub linking Latin America and the global film pulse. This event attracted about 1500 film enthusiasts, industry elites, directors, producers, and international media to gather together. The core positioning of the film festival is far more than just competition; it is committed to building a vibrant international dialogue platform.

A Diverse Exhibition of Images: The exhibition unit is carefully planned, with a rich and diverse range of genres, covering daring and innovative feature films, profound documentary insights, imaginative animations, and experimental films challenging tradition. This diversity ensures that the film festival serves as a compass for the latest trends and diverse styles in global film creation.

Melting Pot of Cultural Collision: The core mission of the film festival is to promote in-depth exchanges and collisions of film works from different cultural backgrounds and aesthetic systems. It encourages creators and audiences to find resonance in differences, inspire each other in dialogues, and drive the continuous evolution and integration of the language of film art. In recent years, it has become an important stage where emerging film forces shine and international masters' ideas collide.

Unbounded Light and Shadow: The Global Reverberations of Chinese Narratives

The success of "Luo Is Not a Fish" at the Santiago Film Festival goes beyond winning an award. It is an international crown for director Zhou Chong and his team's outstanding artistic accomplishments and profound humanistic care. The film's award clearly confirms an important trend in Chinese film creation: no longer relying on spectacular regional symbols, but building "local narratives" with "universal values" through solid drama, exquisite production, and profound insights into common human emotions and dilemmas.

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Sfilmmaker—Official Submission and Selection Platform for Global Film Festivals, now exclusively signed into China with more than 900 international film festivals for film submission, face-to-face jury recommendation and review cooperation, including official film submission authorization from manyA-level film festivals. Having cooperated with many well-known film institutions and schools in China, including Beijing Film Academy, Communication University of China, Bilibili, Tencent Pictures, August First Film Studio, Shandong Film Studio, Sichuan Media College, Yunnan Film Group, Sichuan Emei Film Group, Guangdong TV, Hebei Film Studio, Hubei TV, Hebei Communication University, Hubei Film Studio, Hainan Normal University, China Agricultural Film and Television Center, NetEase Cloud Music, among others, the platform has represented more than2700 Chinese films to win awards at major film festivals including Cannes,Venice, and otherA-level film festivals. The official website of the platform:www.sfilmmaker.com

[Successful Cases of Sfilmmaker Representing Chinese-Language Films]

• Director Peng Xiangjun's Work "Moss" was selected for the Directors' Fortnight of the 52nd Cannes Film Festival and otherA-level film festivals.

  • Zhang Ji Bin directed the film "Beautiful Stories," selected for the main competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights International Film Festival and nominated for the 2024 Dutch Oscars: Septimius Award for Best Asian Film, among others.

  • Xing Xiao directed the film "Zhong Ken," which won the Best Film award at the Basse-Rhône Environment Global International Film Festival, Best Costume Design at the 2023 Nice International Film Festival, Best Foreign Language Film at the 2023 Rome International Film Festival, among four nominations, and participated in the main competition of the Buenos Aires International Film Festival, received a Best Director nomination at the 2023 Dutch Oscars, and was shortlisted for the 36th China Golden Rooster Awards Outstanding Film, among others.

  • Ding Zi Jun directed the film "Sleepless Night," which won the Best Non-European Film award at the 19th European Independent Film Festival, Special Mention by the Jury at the New Delhi International Film Festival, Audience Choice Award at the 10th Barcelona Global International Film Festival, and was nominated for Best International Film at the Melbourne Image Universe Film Festival, among others.

  • Wang Jiu Li directed the film "Graduate," which won the Outstanding Short Film at the 2024 New Delhi International Film Festival, Best Student Film at the 10th Barcelona Global International Film Festival, and was nominated for Best International Short Film at the Melbourne Image Universe Film Festival and was shortlisted for the Cannes World Film Festival Short Film Competition.

• YangJunWudirectedthework"OneMedal"whichwonTheGrandPrizeoftheJuryattheBridgeofBalikonInternationalFilmFestivalandwas nominated for Best Short Film at the 9th Lisbon International Film Awards in Portugal, selected in the short film competition at the 21st Sorrento International Film Festival in Italy, shortlisted in the main competition at the 14th Mediterranean Film Festival in Italy, nominated for Best Short Film at the 13th International Short Film Festival in Serbia, and nominated for Best Short Film for the 2024 Dutch Oscars: Sep Timius Award, among others.

• ZhouLingYidirectedthework"Revenge"whichwonBestActressattheBuenosAiresEliseInternationalFilmFestival.BestFilmattheAsiaIndependentFilmFestival.BestActressattheSaltLakeCityInternationalFilmFestival.BestDirectorattheIndianNewDelhiInternationalFilmFestival.OutstandingFilmattheKampalaInternationalMediaArtsFilmAwards.BestShortFilmattheEuropeanIndependentFilmFestival.It received 27 nominations and awards at various film festivals, including Best Female Director at the 7th Chilean Southern Film Academy Awards, Best Short Film at the Kampala International Media Arts Film Awards, and a nomination for Best Short Film at the 18th European Independent Film Festival, among others.

• The feature film "Fragrance with No Trace" by Dafei won the Golden Xunshi Award for Best Film/Best Screenplay at the 2019 South Africa International Film Festival, was nominated for Best Low/Intermediate Cost Feature at the 33rd China Golden Rooster Film Awards, and was selected for the First Film Competitive Section of the 42nd Montreal International Film Festival.

• The feature film "The Miracle Cheerleading Team" directed by Chunling Xu received special mention and award from the New Delhi International Film Festival, double nominations for Best Film and Best Director at the 2024 Cannes World Film Festival, main competition selection at the Buenos Aires International Film Festival, and Best Film nomination at the 2023 Dutch Oscars, among others.

• The feature film "Light Clouds and Gentle Breezes" directed by Jiashen Kang was chosen for the 18th Argentinian Independent Film Festival, the "From Shanxi" unit of the 7th Pingyao International Film Exhibition, the Milan International Film Festival, the 2022 Cannes Mediterranean Film Festival, and the Paris World Film Festival, among others.

• The feature film "Drifting with the Wind" directed by Danzhen Wangjia won Best Experimental Film at the 2023 Dutch Oscars Cepduitimus Awards, Best Directorial Debut at the 34th China Golden Rooster Film Awards, global premiere at the 25th Busan International Film Festival "Asian Cinema Window", Best Film at the 10th La Paz International Film Festival, and main competition selection at the Buenos Aires International Film Festival, among others.

Director Zhao's film "Thirty" has won the Excellent Short Film Award at the 7th San Francisco International New Concept Film Festival, the Audience Choice Award at the Barcelona Global International Film Festival ARFF, Best Short Film Nomination at the Las Vegas Asian Film Awards, Best Short Film Nomination at the 5th London Short Film Drama Festival, Best Short Film Nomination at the Prague Independent Film Festival, Official Selection at the Berlin Brave Film Festival, Best Foreign Language Short Film Director at the Antwerp International Film Festival, Best Foreign Language Short Film Editing, Best Foreign Language Short Film, and Best Foreign Language Short Film Male Lead Actor nominations, among others.

Director Zhang Haitao's film "Sarah's Girl" has won the Best Inspirational Film award at the London Eagle International Film Festival, Best Actress Nomination at the 5th Ningbo International Microfilm Festival, Best Child Actor at the 5th Golden Elephant International Children's Film Festival, Outstanding Short Film at the Dutch Nieuwe Wild International Film Festival, and Best Experimental Research at the Iran:name>International Film Festival, among others.

• GaoQiShengDirectedbyfilm " OneRiverSpringWater " wasNominatedfor Best Picture in the New Generation Unit at the 17th Asian Film Festival, Best Drama Nomination at the 15th First Youth Film Festival, Best Actress Award, Best Picture Nominee at the New York Winter International Film Awards, Best Foreign Language Film Best Actor and Best Foreign Language Film Editing at the Nice International Film Festival.

• DirectedbyLiXufilm " Evening " wontheBest Medium and Small Cost Story Film and Best Photography Double Nomination at the 36th China Golden Rooster Awards, Best Film Styling Award at the 2023 Nice International Film Festival in France, Most Popular Audience Award at the Barcelona Universal International Film Festival, and Best Story Film Award in the main competition unit of the South Conic International Film Festival in Chile.

• DirectedbyLiuKaiqifilm " BathhouseDrummer " wontheBest Editing Award at the 15th European Independent Film Festival, Best Short Film at the Shinjuku World Film Festival in Japan, Oscar Qualifying New Zealand Show Me Shorts Film Festival Shortlisted, Best Creative Short Film at the Ningbo International Microfilm Festival and Youth Director Program Support from Bodhi Entertainment, etc.