Wake Me Up Before You Go

Synopsis

An ethnic Korean mother who has lived in South Korea for more than ten years returns to Yanbian when her son falls into a coma. Set on waking him and finding the culprit, she discovers that her son was not the victim but the one who harmed others.

Genre:

Mystery, Drama

Director:

Yu Haiyang

Screenwriter:

Yu Haiyang

Producer:

Xiong Wei

Production Company:

Beijing Xiangshang Xiangshan Culture Communication Co., Ltd.

About the Director

Holds an MFA in directing from ArtCenter College of Design in Los Angeles, where he studied under a Golden Bear-winning director. He began his writing career in 2010 as a Chinese-language creative copywriter, working at the international advertising agencies TBWA, JWT, Saatchi & Saatchi and Ogilvy and providing creative and copywriting for more than twenty international and Chinese brands. He entered the film industry in 2016, writing and directing his first narrative short, The Barber. In 2019 he wrote and directed the short Don't Give Up, selected for the competition of the 2020 HiShorts! Xiamen short film week.

About the Producer

Film director and producer. Graduated from the directing department of the Shanghai Theatre Academy and studied film at the Central Academy of Drama; formerly worked at China Central Television. In 2015, with the support of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, founded Xiangshang Xiangshan Culture/Pictures, which produces commercial mainstream and realist films. Has worked on the films Sunrise Above the Clouds, Desperate Rescue and Love Over the Snow Mountains, which have received awards in China and abroad.

About the Screenwriter

Holds an MFA in directing from ArtCenter College of Design in Los Angeles, where he studied under a Golden Bear-winning director. He began his writing career in 2010 as a Chinese-language creative copywriter, working at the international advertising agencies TBWA, JWT, Saatchi & Saatchi and Ogilvy and providing creative and copywriting for more than twenty international and Chinese brands. He entered the film industry in 2016, writing and directing his first narrative short, The Barber. In 2019 he wrote and directed the short Don't Give Up, selected for the competition of the 2020 HiShorts! Xiamen short film week.