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My work explores love, sexuality, and the subconscious, weaving together dreams and reality to uncover deeper truths. I examine intergenerational trauma and cultural diversity, shedding light on womanhood, manhood, and the effects of toxic masculinity. Giving voice to minority perspectives, I challenge stereotypes through surreal, dramatic storytelling, using cinema as a bridge between identities and lived experiences.
Country: Switzerland
Cadenza Zhao is a Swiss-born writer-director of Chinese heritage, making both fictional and documentary films, currently finishing her studies at the Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF in Germany. Coming from the French part of Switzerland and raised in a Chinese family of musicians, she is a bridge between cultures and aims to attract audiences closer to one another through the stories she brings to screen. Her previous work include “Vibrations - Inner Music” which premiered at Hot Docs in Toronto, Max Ophüls Preis and recently won the prize for Best Documentary at the Manhattan International Film Festival. Her graduation film, the dystopian science fiction “Ewigkeit in einem Traum” was broadcasted on ZDF / 3sat in November 2024 in the DACH region and is available in the ZDF Mediathek. Her latest work, “The Lover”, a dramatic comedy about sex as a coping mechanism for grief, is set to premiere in 2025. Life brought her from Switzerland to Beijing, then Berlin, where she is currently based.
Haunted by grief, Daniel fills the void with casual sex, hoping to escape his loneliness....
