By Zhou Chaohui and

Zhang Yuan

‘The short film is so amazing! It is full of mysterious, ancient, charming and captivating Chinese elements! Fantastic!’ This is the comment from a foreign judge on the 78th Salerno International Film Festival in Italy not long ago. What she praised was the micro film Nirvana made by Nantong filmmaker and director Zhang Song, which was shortlisted for the short film competition unit.

Salerno International Film Festival was founded in 1946. Since its establishment, the Salerno Film Festival has been considered a competitive event for Italian and international film productions.

Nirvana was also shortlisted for the 3rd New York Sugar Loaf Film Festival.