Before Leaving
Program:
International Competition
Year:
2023
Country:
USA, China
Genre:
Fiction
Duration:
17ʼ
Before leaving China to study abroad, Xiao Jun goes on a family trip to visit his grandparents after two years of separation. While everything seems to have surprisingly changed, Xiao Jun tries to reconnect with life around him and to finish the photography assignment about his family.
Йєн Кунао
Kunao Yan is a writer-director born in Baoding, China. He received his BFA in Screenwriting from Communication University of China and his MFA in Directing from Columbia University School of the Arts. His short film, Summer Swing premiered at the 23rd Shanghai international Film Festival. His latest short film, Before Leaving, was acquired by Italian distributor Lights On, and selected to Sundance Ignite Adobe Fellowship Finalist, premiered at Tenerife Shorts Film Festival.
Filmography: Summer Swing (2020), Tou Sheng, Ji Dan, Zuo Ye Ben (2021), Before leaving (2023)
Creative team
Director
Yan Kunao
Screenplay
Yan Kunao
Camera
Wen Yifan
Editing
Yan Kunao
Production design
Li Qiuyi
Sound Design
Zhao Jian
Producer
Wang Zixuan, Yan Kunao
Production
Yan Kunao
World sales company
Columbia University School of Arts
Cast
Liu Bateer, Yan Shibin, Wei Shuqing, Yan Jianfeng, Sun Shengwei, Yan Shutao, Liu Guirong
Offline film schedule
22.10 |
20:00
Zhovten Cinema | Hegemon
23.10 |
15:00
Zhovten Cinema | Anschlag
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