THE ONLY THING WE CAN DO IS TO MAKE OURSELVES NOT TO FORGET, short documentary, 15 min.
A conversation between parents and their son about their old home footage, memory, their intimate relationship to photography and the meaning of images. Preview available upon request.
MOON, 8 min, narrative short. Written, directed and DP by Jun-ting Zhou.
REHEARSAL, 7 min, narrative short. Written, directed and DP by Jun-ting Zhou.
Rehearsal is an experimental short film exploring performance for the intimate self. It follows a woman stuck in a rut pulled into a new act.
THAT MORNING, 2 min, experimental/documentary short. Directed by Jun-ting Zhou.
A two-minute short portrait of an intimate relationship. Viewing available upon request.
EVERYTHING WILL BE OKAY, 10 min, narrative short. Written and directed by Jun-ting Zhou.
Two gay men wait in line to get into a techno party in Brooklyn, New York, while they reflect on the pandemic, clubbing, gay culture and the gentrification in Brooklyn.
A FAMILY PORTRAIT, 5 min, documentary short, work in progress.
This 5 min short documentary is a pitch to a longer film about the story of Zhou’s family: the migration of his grandparents, the leap of class of his parents and his immigration to the States.
LITTLE BOY, 15 min, video essay. Directed by Jun-ting Zhou.
This is a video essay by Junting Zhou, titled Little Boy: Accessing the Incomprehensible of World War II through Japanese Shōnen Manga and Anime Imagery in the Post-War Era.
VANILLA, 7 min, narrative short. Written and directed by Jun-ting Zhou.
Vanilla is an experimental narrative expoloring desire and missed connection in big city.
QUARANTINE DURING THE SPRING FESTIVAL, 11 min, documentary short. Directed and edityed by Jun-ting Zhou.
I went back to Guangzhou during the Spring Festival in 2020 when the Coronavirus outbreak started. For most of the time, I was stuck at home with my parents. So I documented how my family dealt with the outbreak with my iPhone and made this short documentary. It was published by New York Times on March, 2020. Click here to see the NYT page
THE ABSENCE, 3 min, experimental/narrative short. Directed and DP by Jun-ting Zhou.
The Absence is an visual poetry adapted from Roland Barths’s essay.
SHOKA, 13 min, narrative short. Written and directed by Jun-ting Zhou.
Shoka is supposed to meet up his ex-boyfriend. But after he is stood up, he visits a friend to seek comforts.