A film of El Gouna Film Festival
The Kalgan Horse
- Director
- Zichen Zhao
- Countries
- China, United States
- Year
- 2026
- Running time
- 14 min
- Language
- Chinese
At El Gouna Film Festival
- Ninth edition · 2026Short Film CompetitionThe 2026 edition
What it is about
In the borderlands of farming and herding in northern China, a Mongolian horse awaits the fate of castration, while a 10-year-old boy, determined to protect it, must confront violence and cruelty beyond his understanding.
Key roles
- Director
- Zichen Zhao
- Screenplay
- Zichen Zhao, Yue Zhang
- Producer
- Zichen Zhao
- Director of photography
- Junxiong Joshua Zhu
- Editor
- Zichen Zhao, Yue Zhang
Full credits
Cast
3- Yang Yang
- Feng Si
- Ye Lan
Directing
1- Zichen Zhao
Writing
2- Zichen Zhao
- Yue Zhang
Production
1- Zichen Zhao
Camera
1- Junxiong Joshua Zhu
Editing
2- Zichen Zhao
- Yue Zhang
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