Author Archives: sailuluo 赛璐珞

Color itself is a kind of “filter” produced by the human optical system: Conversation with “Branches from Concrete” director Zhou Zhenyu and sound designer Xu Mo

This year’s International Film Festival Rotterdam featured a strong lineup of contemporary experimental Chinese and Hong Kong films. Among them was Branches from Concrete directed by a Paris-based filmmaker Zhou Zhenyu. Zhou together with sound designer discuss work on the film, collecting archival materials, cinematic image of Hebei province, and how filmmaking can bring people closer to home.

色彩其实也是人类视觉系统的一种“滤镜”：专访《混凝土枝叉》导演周振宇、声音设计徐墨

今年的鹿特丹电影节呈现了一批极具分量的中国当代实验电影作品。其中，同样亮相电影节的还有定居巴黎的导演周振宇，他带来了新短片《混凝土枝叉》。

But what is ‘to change the world’ now anyways?: On the 75th Berlinale with Manuel Embalse

In late February 2025, I talked with filmmaker Manuel Embalse about the film he edited, Under the Flags, the Sun (Bajo las banderas, el sol), which premiered in the Panorama section at the 75th Berlinale. The conversation soon shifted to the film industry, history, and politics at large.