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伤寒杂病论 | Panda（2026） Feature Film, 146 min, Colour & Black/White
Written and Directed by Xinyang Zhang

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Four wraithlike figures of different ages and pasts, haunted by memory, drift along Nanjing´s wintry riverbanks. They share an abandoned ruin where talk turns to poetry, painterly pauses, instrumental reveries and the unabashed group therapy of karaoke.


Film Festivals
76. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin - Berlinale Forum
New Directors/New Films 2026 – Official Selection

With Support From
Shanghai International Film Festival 2024 - the Jury’s Choice Award (WIP Project)
Shanghai International Film Festival 2024 - the INBETWEEN Special Mention (WIP Project)
Shanghai International Film Festival 2020 - the Young Director Project (Film Market Venture)
FIRST International Film Festival 2020 - the Selected Film Project (Film Market Venture)
HiShorts! Film Festival 2019 - the Best Proposal Award (Film Market Venture)
Chongqing Youth Film Festival 2019 - the Best Film Project Award (Film Market Venture)
Changjiang Youth Film Festival 2018 - the Best Film Screenplay Award (Film Market Venture)

Film Critic
„Panda“ ist nicht mehr und nicht weniger als die vielversprechende Selbstankündigung eines neuen, großen Talentes - MovieBreak - Jakob Jurisch
« Panda » de Zhang Xinyang au Berlinale Forum : un poème nocturne - Chinese Movies - Brigitte Duzan
Nic się nie stało - recenzja filmu „Panda” - Pelnasala Magazine - Tomasz Poborca
A difficult film to pin down, but definitely a showcase for a new and unique voice in Eastern cinema. - International Cinephile Society - Marc van de Klashorst
The dragon’s anus is a bad place - Asian Movie Pulse - Magdalena Nieświec
Shanghan Zabing Lun, aka Panda : un film surréaliste de Zhang Xinyang - Chinese Movies - Wang Lei
Reportage da berlino, Parte Quattro - ODGmagazine - Omar Franini


Interviews
A Film Like a Giant Panda: To look at people with a gaze open to fragility and tenderness - Arsenal Film Institute
Exclusive Interview | In Conversation with Zhang Xinyang on his debut feature PANDA - Privatewaves
We’re All Sick, But We’ll Get Better. - Hugoeast
Sipping Baijiu Blended with Rain, They Shot PANDA by the Yangtze - AotuJing




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