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YOU JIAN CHUI YAN

YOU JIAN CHUI YAN

A Soil A Culture A River A People

Viv Li // Germany, Belgium, China // 2025 // 15:00 min

Live Action // Drama

Producer: Viv Li, Julian Schwandner, Marc Goyens, Carlotta Cornehl

Language: German, Chinese, English, Tagalog // Subtitles: English, German

In a dystopian future where borders between countries are indefinitely closed, a replica of Hannover becomes the only way to experience Western culture. Citizen Yu roams through this nostalgic yet eerie town, built from memories of the past. What does he really see?

Topics:

#Future   #Urbanity   #Loneliness   #Utopia/Dystopia  

Festivals & Awards:
https://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2025/orizzonti/you-jian-chui-yan-soil-culture-river-people

World Premiere: 82ⁿᵈ Venice International Film Festival - Orizzonti Short Film Competition

Canadian/ Quebec Premiere: 54th Festival du Nouveau Cinéma - International Competition
National Premiere: 41st interfilm - Internationales Kurzfilmfestival Berlin - National Competition
Belgian Premiere: 31st Leuven International Short Film Festival - Opening Night & Flemish Competition
Kroatian Premiere: 23rd Zagreb Film Festival - International Competition
 

Cast & Crew:

Director: Viv Li
Production: Atwo (Viv Li, Julian Schwandner), Quetzalcoatl (Marc Goyens), Angst & Bange (Carlotta Cornehl)

Main Cast: Zezhi Long
Screenplay: Viv Li
Cinematographer: Grimm Vandekerckhove
Editor: Liyo Gong
Production Designer: Lian Liu
Costume Designer: Thora Geißler, Lian Liu
Music: Tengal, Leon Weber
Sound: Sum-Sum Shen
Visual Effects: François Lips, Joris Vanden Berk

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Viv Li

Beijing, 1990 - Berlin, 2025 Cinéma de Demain - Festival de Cannes  / Sundance Institute / Berlinale Talents / Locarno Residency / IDFAcademy / Nipkow Fellow / Logan Fellow / Zurich Film Academy Filmmaker, writer, private comedian. Often deals with alienation, migration and identity. Focuses on the sensibility and tangibility of moments, the unspeakable nature of relationships and [...]

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