People Mountain People Sea

World premiere

The scales of carbon-based life are out of balance. We are ‘losing’ each other just as we are ‘losing’ our bodies. This film explores the dynamic equilibrium of the Five Elements in Taoism—Water, Wood, Fire, Earth, and Metal—alongside three sets of balance between disease and health, war and peace, rationality and emotion.

Bolang Shui, China, 2025, 16 min, in Chinese with English subtitles

About the Artist

Educational background in media and work experience in the advertising industry.

With feelings and ideas being constantly accumulated, I hope to express and share them by the approach of making a film.

A note: Bolang Shui is the name used by Yan Zheng as a director.