About
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.
Filmography
Action 20242025 · Producer
Self-Portrait: 47 KM 20202023 · Director, Director of Photography, Editor
Blue House2022 · Director
Self-Portrait: Fairy Tale in 47KM2021 · Director
Self-Portrait: Window in 47KM2019 · Director
Autobiography: Evidence2019 · Cinematography
Autobiography: Struggles2018 · Cinematography
Self-Portrait: Sphinx in 47 Km2018 · Director
Autobiography: Pass Through2017 · Cinematography
Self Portrait: Birth in 47 KM2016 · Director
Self-Portrait: Dying at 47 KM2015 · Director
Self-Portrait: Building the Bridge at 47KM2014 · Director, Cinematography, Editor
Self-Portrait: Dreaming at 47 KM2013 · Director
Because of Hunger: Diary 1 by Wu2013 · Cinematography
Self-Portrait: Dancing at 47KM2013 · Director, Editor, Cinematography
Self Portrait: At 47 Km2011 · Director
Self-Portrait with Three Women2010 · Editor, Director, Director of Photography