The Shadowless Tower

144 minutes | 2023 | Fiction | Mandarin | English Subtitles
Toronto Premiere

ZHANG Lü was born in Yanbian, China, in 1962. Before his film career began, he taught Chinese literature at Yanbian University. In 2004, he directed his debut feature, Tang Poetry (2003), which was selected for the Locarno Film Festival. He then began his career as a film director in both Chinese and Korean, making more than ten feature films. Notable works include Gyeongju (2014), selected for the Locarno Film Festival, and Fukuoka (2019), selected for the Berlin International Film Festival Forum. In recent years, Zhang has refocused on Sinophonic filmmaking. His film Yanagawa (2021) was selected for the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, and The Shadowless Tower (2023) was selected for the Berlin International Film Festival Main Competition.