Director Biography – Wanyi Zhao (FAT SWAN)


Wanyi Zhao (Born October 16th, 1998) is a female filmmaker and writer. Born in Hangzhou, China.

Director Statement

“Fat Swan” is a dance drama narrative film based on the topic of female body shape. This kind of film is needed because the over-high demanding requirements on female’s figure and appearance, and this situation has caused people can’t stop thinking about one or more perceived defects or flaws in their appearance. This film is going to encourage people to have a positive body image.

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By femalefilmfestival

The irony of this festival is that its goal is to not be around in 5 years time. To eventually not be relevant because there is zero need to have a festival geared for female talent and female stories because the stories presented in Hollywood and around the world are a balanced showcase of the human experience from both sexes. Our goal is to achieve a lot of success and then fold into oblivion simply because there is no need for this festival. This festival was created by the FEEDBACK Film & Writing Festival as a simple reaction to a strong need to showcase female talent from around the world in a more profound way. When putting together the weekly festival, the administration noticed a lack of a female presence in the stories being shown at the festival. A classic example and analogy to the frustration is how the festival noticed that even the smaller roles in a screenplay were written for a man to play. There was zero reason for this in many stories. How a police officer, or a political campaign manager, for example with 3-4 lines in a screenplay was a "HE" character. Why? And these are the screenplays written by the winners! The talented one who have obtained agents and have began/beginning their careers as a writer.

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