Shanghai Daughter

Ming, a woman from Shanghai, travels alone to a rubber tree plantation in Xishuangbanna on China’s southwestern border. Half a century ago, her late father was sent there during the Cultural Revolution’s “Down to the Countryside Movement”. Now, she wants to find someone who once knew him. The old house of the former production team is on the verge of demolition, and a mining company and modern agricultural projects, which have replaced the rubber plantations of the past, are quietly transforming the land. A farm officer, a rural doctor, a Dai elder (from one of the ethnic minorities in southwest China), a rubber tapper, a young ecologist and a mysterious woman who has a special connection with Ming – they all drift into her journey one after another. Through their respective oral narratives and her own experience of getting lost and searching, something deep in the jungle pulls Ming into a web of layered truths.
by Agnis Shen Zhongmin (Director, Screenplay)
with Liang Cuishan
People’s Republic of China 2026 Mandarin 94' Colour World premiere | Debut film

With

  • Liang Cuishan (Ming)

Crew

Director Agnis Shen Zhongmin
Screenplay Agnis Shen Zhongmin
Cinematography Pu Wei
Editing Agnis Shen Zhongmin, Luo Dong
Music Wu Shanmin (33EMYBW)
Sound Design Dukar Tserang
Production Design Xu Rong
Costumes Chen Yuyan
Make-Up He Cheng
Casting Agnis Shen Zhongmin, Gao Junjie
Producers Xu Ruijing, Liao Yong, Agnis Shen Zhongmin
Executive Producers Gao Junjie, Tao Qimin
Co-Producers Wu Jueren, Ma Jin, Guan Chunji, Xu Qianya, Yan Xiaoli

Produced by

Twelve Oaks Cultural Communication

Shanghai, People’s Republic of China

World Sales

Parallax Films

Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Agnis Shen Zhongmin

The filmmaker and writer was born in Shanghai, China in 1985 and studied film directing and screenwriting at the city’s Tongji University. She is the author of the short story collections “Notes on Shanghai Geography”, “Deep Simulator” and “A Traveler’s Desire”. She also spent time working as a journalist and newspaper editor before moving into the areas of contemporary art, literature and film. Shanghai Daughter is her debut film.

Filmography

2026 Shanghai Daughter; Berlinale 2026

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2026