Zhang Mengqi
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 1, 1987, Hubei, China
- Movies
- 16
Zhang Mengqi was born in 1987. Lives in Beijing and Diaoyutai Village(Hubei) She graduated from the Dance Academy of Minzu University of China in 2008. Since 2009, she has been a resident filmmaker and choreographer at Caochangdi Workstation in Beijing. In 2010 she participated in The Folk Memory Project.
Since 2010, Mengqi has made nine feature-length documentaries filmed in her father’s village in Hebei Province, known as her ‘self-portrait series’, a decade-long creation between exploring history and illuminating reality, and a film a year, the formation of a unique group of works.Her films have been selected by Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, Cinéma du Réel, Visions du Réel, RIDM etc.
Her first film ‘Self-Portrait with Three Women’ was selected as ‘Ten Best Documentary Films’ in the 8th China Independent Film Festival. Her latest film “Self-Portrait: Sphinx in 47 KM” Won the “White Goose Award” in DMZ International Documentary Film Festival.
Best-Known Movies
Self-Portrait: Sphinx in 47 Km
2018
Self-Portrait: 47 KM 2020
2023
Self-Portrait: Dying at 47 KM
2015
Self-Portrait with Three Women
2010
Self-Portrait: Building the Bridge at 47KM
2014
Luo Luo’s Fear
2021
The Monument
2021
Self-Portrait: Fairy Tale in 47KM
2021
Self-Portrait: Dancing at 47KM
2013
Self-Portrait: Dreaming at 47 KM
2013
Filmography
| 2021 | Luo Luo’s Fear | Self |
| 2021 | The Monument | Self |
| 2014 | Self-Portrait: Building the Bridge at 47KM | Herself |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2025 | Action 2024 | Producer |
| 2023 | Self-Portrait: 47 KM 2020 | Director |
| 2022 | Blue House | Director |
| 2021 | Self-Portrait: Fairy Tale in 47KM | Director |
| 2019 | Self-Portrait: Window in 47KM | Director |
| 2018 | Self-Portrait: Sphinx in 47 Km | Director |
| 2016 | Self Portrait: Birth in 47 KM | Director |
| 2015 | Self-Portrait: Dying at 47 KM | Director |
| 2014 | Self-Portrait: Building the Bridge at 47KM | Director |
| 2013 | Self-Portrait: Dreaming at 47 KM | Director |
| 2013 | Self-Portrait: Dancing at 47KM | Director |
| 2011 | Self Portrait: At 47 Km | Director |
| 2010 | Self-Portrait with Three Women | Director |
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