‘Striding Into the Wind’ Director Wei Shujun Finds His Voice (EXCLUSIVE)
Rebecca Davis editorRelaxed yet armed with a steely ambition, up-and-coming Chinese helmer Wei Shujun is thrilled to be back at Cannes this year in the First Feature section with his road trip film “Striding Into the Wind,” after his short “On the Border” won the Special Jury Distinction award in 2018.“Cannes has been my school, my teacher,” he told Variety, saying that he’s carefully watched and studied the festival’s selections from the past four years. (He confesses a particular fondness for last year’s competition title “The Traitor,” as well as for Hou Hsiao Hsien, the Dardenne brothers and, slightly incongruously, Woody Allen).