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You Jian Chui Yan
A Soil a Culture a River a People

film type fiction Production Country Belgium, China, Germany production year 2025 runtime 14'28 colour Color
screening format 16mm aspect ratio 1.85:1 sound format 5.1 Audiomix original-language Chinese, German, English subtitles English

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

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You Jian Chui Yan You Jian Chui Yan
director Viv Li Script Viv Li Production Julian Schwandner, Carlotta Cornehl, Marc Goyens Editing Liyo Gong DOP Grimm Vandekerckhove Cast Zezhi Long Sound Design Sum-Sum Shen Szenenbild / Production Design Lian Liu Original Score Tengal, Leon Weber
Festivals
2025 Venice International Film Festival, Italy
2025 Montreal Festival du nouveau cinéma, Canada
2025 interfilm Berlin: Internationales Kurzfilmfestival, Germany
2025 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, Taiwan
2025 Kortfilmfestival Leuven, Belgium
2025 Beijing International Short Film Festival, China
Distribution
  • interfilm Berlin Management GmbH
  • Lola Lambert
  • Straßburger Str. 55
  • 10405 Berlin
  • Germany
  • https://www.interfilm.de/en/sales/
Production
  • Julian Schwandner
Production
  • Viv Li
Production
  • Angst & Drang Film
  • Carlotta Cornehl
Sales
  • interfilm Berlin Management GmbH
  • Cord Dueppe
  • Straßburger Str. 55
  • 10405 Berlin
  • Germany
  • +49 30 25942903
  • http://www.interfilm.de

Viv Li

Viv Li is a Chinese filmmaker and artist based in Berlin. Born and raised in Beijing, she spent the past 15 years living in different cultures in Europe, Asia, and America. Her film ACROSS THE WATERS was nominated for the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 77th Cannes Film Festival and won the Lights On Women's Worth Award.

Filmography
2020 I Don't Feel at Home Anywhere Anymore
2024 Across the Waters
2025 You Jian Chui Yan