Cong Feng
Biography
CONG Feng was born in 1972 in Chengde, Hebei province, China. He is a film maker, writer, photographer, and one of the editors of FILM AUTEUR magazine. He has self-polished 2 poem selection books. His major film works include: Doctor Ma’s Country Clinic, The Unfinished History of Life, Stratum 1: The Visitors, Rooms With Mao’s Images and Stratum 2: The Asthenosphere. His films had been shown in many film festivals like Berlin International Film Festival, Cinema Digital Seoul Film Festival, Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, Hong Kong International Film Festival, Vienna International Film Festival, Taipei International Documentary Film Biennale, etc... And he has won the NETPAC Award in the 57th Berlin International Film Festival, the Directors’ Guild of Japan Award at Yamagata Film Festival, and the Grand Award at Yunnan Multi Cultural Film Festival. His photograph works had been shown at New Chinese Photography section at Pingyao International Photography Festival 2002.
Known For & Full Filmography2 Titles
Movie - 2019, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Eight characters, trapped inside surreal spaces.
Movie - 2009, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A very special event that took place immediately following the 2009 Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival in Furuyashiki Village. They held a ‘dojo,’ a school where the veteran independent filmmakers from Japan taught the younger generation of independent filmmakers from China and Japan. They watched films, shot and hand-developed Super-8 films. Participants: Azuma Mieko, Cong Feng, Huang Weikai, Ji Dan, Kawabe Ryota, Mao Chenyu, Sato Leo, and others... The participants formed teams. Each received a camera, several rolls of film, and a CD with (mostly urban) sounds to use as a soundtrack. They were to plan and shoot a short film using in-camera editing. (total 4 short films).