and Huang Ji, the husband and wife, Japanese-Chinese directing duo behind “Stonewalling” and “Egg and Stone” have secured multi-national backing for their upcoming fourth film project “A Woman Builds.”
“The idea started when Huang considered building a house for herself in China after the disruption of the pandemic,” the pair said. “From that point, we start reflecting on contemporary women in their forties and older, they worry about the lives they are living now and their lives when they grow old. They want to have more control of their lives, have more say on what happiness means to them instead of being defined only by their responsibilities to their husbands, children and families.
Akanga, led by producer Fran Borgia, was recently involved in this year’s Cannes Critics’ Week Grand Prize winner “Tiger Stripes” and Busan competition title “Oasis of Now.” Huang and Ryuji first attracted attention with their Rotterdam 2012 Tiger Award winner “Egg and Stone.” They followed this with “The Foolish Bird,” which bagged a special mention on its premiere at Berlinale Generation 14+ in 2017. “Stonewalling,” which premiered last year in the Venice Days section, completed their so-called ‘sex trilogy.” Their decidedly art house works have enjoyed successful festival tours, with the full trilogy programmed at Film at Lincoln Center.
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