Chinese auteur Jia Zhangke is set to begin production on his next feature in December, marking a shift toward contemporary storytelling after his recent trilogy spanning decades of Chinese social change.
“My last three films tracked a long period of time from the end of the last century until the present. For my next project, I’m going to this moment contemporary film,” Jia tells Variety at the Pingyao International Film Festival, which he founded, though he declined to reveal the title.
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While social change has been central to much of his work, Jia says his upcoming film takes a different approach.
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