Zao Xu
Directing
Biography
Born in 1991 in Anshan (China), Zao Xu is a screenwriter, director, and production designer. He studied at the Beijing Film Academy. His animated short No Changes Have Taken in Our Life premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam and received multiple national and international awards. His second short film, Love Music Friend, screened at the Shanghai International Film Festival. Light Pillar marks his debut feature film.
Known For
The future. Winter. Space travel is no longer a dream. A lonely janitor tends the grounds of a dilapidated bankrupt film studio with only a former cat actor for company until he embarks on a romantic journey with a female player in a beautiful virtual world.
Light Pillar
Ba graduates from college with a major in sousaphone. With his suitcase packed and his instrument straddled to his body, he returns to his hometown, optimistic about finding a satisfactory job as a musical artist. When his father kicks him out for refusing to play for his new girlfriend, Ba begins a journey through the rundown streets of the small, working-class town, encountering a series of taciturn characters both new and familiar.