Jiahong Zhou

About

Jiahong Zhou graduated from Xiamen University of China in 2016, majoring in radio and television, and received a MA degree in Filmmaking from London Film school in 2020. Her film Cheng and On the Road was selected for the Xiamen Phoenix film festival. Her script Blind Shine was selected for 2015 Chinese TV and Film Art Festival and awarded the best screenplay.

Jiahong Zhou

Course:

MA Filmmaking

Course number:

193

Graduation year:

2021

Nationality:

China

Graduation film

On a Gentle Night

The story came up with a little boy around 9-10 year-old, whose father invited his gay lover back home dinner, accidentally finding this secret – his father falling in love with another man, and trying to understand by his own. Focusing on the ‘silent moment’ among this family, I try to portrait a character to look at this scene from a distance, without intervening, without understanding, and without judgment. And the story turns out to be dealing with the embarrassed condition and complicated emotions between ‘father’ and ‘son’.

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LFS Filmography

Asian Brass
Ink
Home
On a Gentle Night
Songs of Solitude
RÓNÁN
Solace in the Stars
Black Dog
Susanna Al Bagno Di Sangue
Tell Me Where I Lie
Empathetic Emancipation
A Minute After Midnight
Morning, Flatmate
The Girl
Shades of Love
Two Bullets
Madredeus
The Cost
Post Scriptum

On A Gentle Night has been a project that's sat in the back of Jiahong’s mind for chasing an authentic, individual and detailed life. She wanted to tell a story that was entertaining as well as thought-provoking especially to those people that might have attempted or are contemplating to come out to their family anywhere around the world. The story turns out a little boy's father invites his lover back home dinner and this is the first meet between the boy and his lover. She tried to describe how this boy finds their relationship and how he acts, as well as to catch each small brilliant moment to create huge emotional impact.