Santiago Loza, who has served as a jury member at various film festivals, including Cannes, has two ideas for Shanghai: a futuristic movie and a road film on a bicycle.
"China is at the antipodes of Argentina. It's like the opposite side, another world," he said. "So for me, it was always a sort of utopia or a dream to reach Shanghai."
He tried to create a daily routine with small things like going to the same cafe in the morning, but six weeks later, he still felt like he was "living in a dream."
"It will probably take me a while to really process the experience here, but first, I need to enjoy it, live it, walk it, and inhabit it," he said.
Loza describes the city as "a quarry of images" and finds everything in the city inspirational, even when he is lost.
"It's okay if I get lost," he said. "Because every time you get lost in Shanghai, you discover a new adventure."
The playwright and filmmaker has had many adventures in Shanghai, which he finds to be highly bike-friendly.
"So I would think of a movie about going on a bicycle trip through Shanghai. Along the way, you encounter many characters, like people who deliver packages, who are going to work, and who also commute by bike, and through the encounters with them, one can have a tour of the city."
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