Growing up at

Happy times

Feature documentary - Producer

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In Post-Production

Expected Completion Date in 2028

Directed by Xiaojing Wang.

The visual language of this film is intimate and immersive. Shot primarily from first-person

perspective, the camera doesn't maintain documentary distance but enters the experience. I (and

the audience) run with children across fields, climb trees with them, feel dirt under our

fingernails, experience their breathless energy. This approach creates this observatory

documentary.

The film employs no interviews and minimal narration. Meaning emerges through observational

sequences that reveal character through action, ambient sound that immerses viewers in the sonic

landscape, and durational takes that allow moments to breathe. I embrace imperfection as

authenticity such as handheld shakiness, natural light fluctuations, spontaneous framing. This

isn't polished observational cinema but lived cinema, prioritizing genuine relationship between

me and children over technical perfection.