Fifty Kilometers from the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Bridge, Two Drunken Pigeons Are Dancing
United States, 20 mins, Digital
Thirty years later, Chuang encounters a past love in Zhongshan. As they wander the aging streets, true archival footage from his youth bleeds into fiction—a haunting journey through midlife melancholy and a city’s faded glory.
Director: Adam Yuan Zheng
Writer: Adam Yuan Zheng
Producer: Yuxi Zhu
Director of Photography: Zhihao Zhang
Editor: Adam Yuan Zheng
Production Designer: Wanting Sun
Sound Designer: Amelia Chen, Haina Zhou
Cast: Wenchuang Wu, Jane Liu
Contact: Adam Yuan Zheng, adamzhengyuan@gmail.com
Program C
Saturday, May 16, 5 PM
About the Writer/Director
Adam Zheng Yuan is a New York and Guangdong-based director with an MFA from Columbia University. His work blends fiction with non-fiction to explore locality and the interplay between personal memory and collective history. His short film Only the Green Stayed was selected by the Beijing International Short Film Festival in the Nova Competition. His latest project was recently selected for the 2025 Maritime Guangdong Young Director Support Program.
About the Producer
Yuxi Zhu is a New York-based producer and Columbia MFA student dedicated to visual storytelling with a purpose. Her work explores the intersections of Asian identity, female empowerment, and urban narratives. With a foundation in Digital Communication Arts and a 'Swiss Army Knife' skill set in production, Yuxi brings an innovative, multi-disciplinary approach to every project, transforming complex social themes into compelling cinematic experiences.
