Jia Zhang-Ke

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Chinese film director (born 1970) known for realist films that examine social change in contemporary China.

Director of Still Life (2006), which won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival; work often addresses rapid modernization, migration and the lives of workers in peripheral China.

DanteCruciani's DeBaser review praises Still Life's blend of realist observation and surreal imagery. The review highlights themes of displacement, rapid modernization around the Three Gorges dam, and slow, image-led storytelling. The film is described as an experience rather than conventional narrative cinema.