About
没问题 No problem.
Meiwenti is the Mandarin word for no problem, or no worries. There are no problems — just puzzles to figure out. It's the spirit an independent filmmaker has to keep if dreams are going to turn into projects, and projects into films.
Commercial Work
Fifteen years of telling other people's stories.
TV commercials, web content, corporate videos, educational material, even live motorsport broadcasts with crews of a hundred. The work is varied. The standard isn't.
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Chapter 01
Shanghai, 2005
Meiwenti Productions began in Shanghai in 2005 with the production of a feature film — 90 Days Visa — directed and produced by Juan Vargas. The film catalysed the indie filmmaker community in Shanghai, a film powerhouse in the 1930s that had been dormant for decades.
In the years that followed, Meiwenti produced two more features and a series of short and experimental films, mostly with an international crew of guerrilla-style filmmakers and rotating volunteers.
Side project that became the main project
The Shanghai Short Film Contest
To keep the community engaged between productions, Juan Vargas founded the Shanghai Short Film Contest in 2005 — produce an 8-to-15 minute film in a single month, around a theme, with a set of mandatory ingredients.
Meiwenti supplied workshops, mentoring and gear. Over the decade that followed, dozens of contestants moved on to professional film careers. The contest still runs.
Chapter 02
Berlin, 2015 →
In 2015, Meiwenti HQ moved to Berlin. The slate broadened: indie features shot guerrilla-style, TV commercials, web content, corporate videos, educational material, and live motorsport broadcasts with crews of 100+.
Symbiotic, the studio's most ambitious independent feature to date, brought together over 100 collaborators of every nationality between 2018 and 2020. It is, in every sense, a Meiwenti film: agile, communal, untidy, finished.
Apps and Independent Films with a Mission