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Creative Statement

Ke Yimin, who grew up in Yangjiang, Guangdong, follows the person he loves to live in Northeast China, 4,000 kilometers away. As he slowly grows used to the unfamiliar place, he returns to his hometown only to find that he is still an outsider.

Genre:

Drama

Director:

Chen Ji

Screenwriter:

Chen Qiling

Producer:

Li Wenjie

Production Company:

Beijing Rongyu Culture Media Co., Ltd.

About the Director

Worked on the screenwriting of the series The Long Season, The Bad Kids and The Daughter Returns. The Long Season won the 17th Five-One Project Award for cultural and ethical progress, and was nominated for Outstanding Screenwriter at the 34th Flying Apsaras Awards, Best Screenwriter at the 32nd China TV Golden Eagle Awards and Best Screenplay (Original) at the 29th Shanghai TV Festival Magnolia Awards, among others. Story consultant on the films Kaili Blues and Snipers; executive director of the film On the Wharf (executive producer: Jia Zhangke); segment director of We Dream of Cinema; assistant director of the film Kaili Blues; screenwriter and director of the online film Unruly Night.

About the Producer

CEO and producer at Rongyu Culture. Previously senior production manager at Tingdong Pictures and business coordinator at We Pictures. Film credits: producer of Cabbage and Rose, a Jury Award winner at the Golden Rooster Films Project Market; producer of Come Eat at My Place, winner of the Maimeng Film Co-Growth Program Award at the FIRST Project Market; project director of Duckweed; assistant to the executive producer on SoulMate; business coordinator and assistant to the director and executive producer on Dearest; business coordinator and assistant to the director and executive producer on American Dreams in China; business coordinator and producer on Plastic Surgery Diary.

About the Screenwriter

Winner of the Lin Yutang Literary Award and the first prize of the United Daily News Literary Award. Screenwriter of the 2023 film Mountain Girls. The 2022 project Cabbage and Rose won a Jury Award at the Golden Rooster Films Project Market; the 2022 project Come Eat at My Place won the Maimeng Film Co-Growth Program Award at the FIRST Project Market; the 2021 project The Secret of a Small-Town Doctor was selected as an outstanding project at the Beijing International Film Festival project market; the 2019 project Extraordinary Mother and Daughter won Best Original Screenplay and the MPV Award at the Beijing International Film Festival project market; the 2016 screenplay Dad, Son and the Goose won an Outstanding Screenplay Award in the Xia Yan Cup screenplay competition.