Thus They Spoke（如是说） | 2022
A Film by Yifei "Yash" Zhang
Cast: Hongyu Jiang | Manni Wu
Language: Mandarin| Sichuan Dialect
14 Minutes |4K| US/CN
Originated from my own depression experience, "Thus They Spoke" talks about the complexity of our traumas, with a narrowed scope on the connection and gaze between self and the "others". This film chooses the form of documentary-drama, in particular with the methodology of improvising and non-staged acting, to explore the "truth" within and without the camera.
Screenings:
Mao International Film Week, Foshan, China | Official Selection, 2022
Indie Memphis Film Festival, Memphis, US, 2022Lang Moving Image Exhibition, Beijing, China (浪影像), 2022
Festival of the Moving Image, London, UK, 2023
Pynk Prysm Mindful Pictures, London, UK, 2023
ScriptWriter 张一飞 Yash Zhang | 彭袁清荷 Yuanqinghe Peng | 秦星语 Xingyu Qin Producers 曹斯童 Sitong Cao| 彭袁清荷 Yuanqinghe Peng
First Assistant Director 吴天然 Tim Wu
Director of Photogtaphy 马春峰 Chunfeng Ma 蔡依嬴 Eliane Cai
Editor 张一飞 Yash Zhang
Sound Mixer Derik Scott
Colorist Mitchell Carter
Composer Rory Wilson
A Film by Yifei "Yash" Zhang
Cast: Hongyu Jiang | Manni Wu
Language: Mandarin| Sichuan Dialect
14 Minutes |4K| US/CN
Originated from my own depression experience, "Thus They Spoke" talks about the complexity of our traumas, with a narrowed scope on the connection and gaze between self and the "others". This film chooses the form of documentary-drama, in particular with the methodology of improvising and non-staged acting, to explore the "truth" within and without the camera.
Screenings:
Mao International Film Week, Foshan, China | Official Selection, 2022
Indie Memphis Film Festival, Memphis, US, 2022Lang Moving Image Exhibition, Beijing, China (浪影像), 2022
Festival of the Moving Image, London, UK, 2023
Pynk Prysm Mindful Pictures, London, UK, 2023
ScriptWriter 张一飞 Yash Zhang | 彭袁清荷 Yuanqinghe Peng | 秦星语 Xingyu Qin Producers 曹斯童 Sitong Cao| 彭袁清荷 Yuanqinghe Peng
First Assistant Director 吴天然 Tim Wu
Director of Photogtaphy 马春峰 Chunfeng Ma 蔡依嬴 Eliane Cai
Editor 张一飞 Yash Zhang
Sound Mixer Derik Scott
Colorist Mitchell Carter
Composer Rory Wilson
