{"id":62766,"date":"2024-10-07T10:25:26","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T17:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalfundforwomen.org\/?post_type=campaigns&#038;p=62766"},"modified":"2025-02-22T11:10:33","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T19:10:33","slug":"zhang-mengqi","status":"publish","type":"campaigns","link":"https:\/\/www.globalfundforwomen.org\/fr\/what-we-do\/voice\/campaigns\/artist-changemaker-program\/zhang-mengqi\/","title":{"rendered":"Zhang Mengqi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n                                                            <h5>FILMMAKER AND CHOREOGRAPHER<br \/>CHINA<\/h5>\n                <button type=\"button\" data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"#shareModal\"><\/button>\n\tZhang Mengqi (she\/her) is a filmmaker, choreographer and a founding member of the Folk Memory Project. Mengqi has made eleven feature-length documentaries, known as \u00ab\u00a0Self-Portrait series\u00a0\u00bb. Her films have been selected by Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, Cin\u00e9ma du R\u00e9el, Visions du R\u00e9el, and BFI London Film Festival. Her films won the \u00ab\u00a0White Goose Award\u00a0\u00bb in DMZ International Documentary Film Festival; \u00ab\u00a0BIFF Mecenat Award\u00a0\u00bb in Busan International Film Festival; \u00ab\u00a0The Jean Vigo Prize for Best Director\u00a0\u00bb; \u00ab\u00a0The Youth Prize for Best Film\u00a0\u00bb in Punto de Vista and \u00ab\u00a0Best Feature Film\u00a0\u00bb in Festival internacional de cine independiente de cosqu\u00edn; \u00ab\u00a0International Competition Award of Excellence\u00a0\u00bb in Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/ondemand\/zhangmengqi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch her Self-portrait documentary series here<\/a>.<br \/>\n\n        <blockquote>\n                        Since 2010 [&#8230;.] I have been returning to my home village [in China] to interview firsthand witnesses of the three-year famine (1959-1961) and collect oral histories. Through conversations and commemoration, memories once tabooed resurface sixty years later.                    \n                                                        Zhang Mengqi\n        <\/blockquote>\n\t<p><strong>What role do you think art can play in social movements?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Art is not static, just as history is not frozen. In societies where discussing history is challenging, silence becomes a norm, particularly for those marginalized, whose stories often go untold. Through my filmmaking and practice, I aim to break this silence, inviting people to share untold stories of the past. By bearing witness to individual memories, we illuminate collective history and foster societal reflection.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>How would you describe your artistic practice as it relates to supporting social movements?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My creative practice involves various aspects of artistic practice and community activism. I have been making documentaries in my ancestral village for 13 years, attempting to witness and record the chronicles of a Chinese village. I believe that the daily life of a village can offer insights into the transformation of a nation. Since 2010, inspired by the Folk Memory Project, I have been returning to my home village to interview firsthand witnesses of the three-year famine (1959-1961) and collect oral histories. I also organized villagers to erect memorials for the unnamed victims of history. Through conversations and commemoration, memories once tabooed resurface sixty years later. I also established an art space in the village, teaching the new generation of children how to make documentaries, conducting theater workshops, organizing screenings, performances, gatherings, and promoting a new concept of artistic community. Through art, people of different generations are connected in a meaningful way.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What does this award mean for you and your artistic practice?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I believe being awarded this prize will inspire the children in the village to believe in the power of art, the power of action and the power of imagination.<\/p>\n<h2>\n\t\tFeatured work\n\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalfundforwomen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/5-Self-Portrait-Fairy-Tale-in-47KM-by-ZhangMengqi-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Watch Self-portrait Fairy Tale &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/progressive_redirect\/playback\/530845211\/rendition\/1080p\/file.mp4?loc=external&amp;log_user=0&amp;signature=c86c3c3639b90cd87cfff4c567aafaa380afa4a456ef658baa3ffc1ba261a987&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;here&lt;\/a&gt;.\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"1440\" width=\"2560\" title=\"Self-portrait Fairy Tale\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\tWatch Self-portrait Fairy Tale <a href=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/progressive_redirect\/playback\/530845211\/rendition\/1080p\/file.mp4?loc=external&amp;log_user=0&amp;signature=c86c3c3639b90cd87cfff4c567aafaa380afa4a456ef658baa3ffc1ba261a987\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.\n                                            <h2>Make an impact<\/h2>\n                                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/join.globalfundforwomen.org\/a\/donate\">\n                                    Donate                                <\/a>\n                        Sign up for our newsletter\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zhang Mengqi (she\/her) is a filmmaker, choreographer and a founding member of the Folk Memory Project. Mengqi has made eleven feature-length documentaries, known as \u201cSelf-Portrait series\u201d. Her films have been selected by Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, Cin\u00e9ma du R\u00e9el, Visions du R\u00e9el, and BFI London Film Festival. Her films won the \u201cWhite Goose Award\u201d in DMZ International Documentary Film Festival; \u201cBIFF Mecenat Award\u201d in Busan International Film Festival; \u201cThe Jean Vigo Prize for Best Director\u201d; \u201cThe Youth Prize for Best Film\u201d in Punto de Vista and \u201cBest Feature Film\u201d in Festival internacional de cine independiente de cosqu\u00edn; \u201cInternational Competition Award of Excellence\u201d in Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":62703,"parent":50600,"menu_order":1,"template":"","tags":[147],"campaign_category":[],"class_list":["post-62766","campaigns","type-campaigns","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-changemaker"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globalfundforwomen.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/campaigns\/62766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globalfundforwomen.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/campaigns"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globalfundforwomen.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/campaigns"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalfundforwomen.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/campaigns\/50600"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalfundforwomen.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globalfundforwomen.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalfundforwomen.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62766"},{"taxonomy":"campaign_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalfundforwomen.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/campaign_category?post=62766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}