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Green Thoughts

Synopsis

Somewhere in the world there is a remote island. In a lodge by the sea, a Chinese writer immersing herself in reading and writing encounters a Japanese girl who is in a melancholic mood. What has happened and what the two girls are feeling, imagining or remembering starts to overlap.

Details

Year
2020
Type of film
Shorts
Running time
27 min 53 sec
Format
Cellular Phone; 35mm
Director
William Hong-xiao Wei
Producer
William Hong-xiao Wei
Editor
William Hong-xiao Wei
Screenwriter
William Hong-xiao Wei
Director of Photography
William Hong-xiao Wei
Sound
Marianna Brown, Ting-An Lin, Andres Vasco
Composer
Terry Peng, Alan Špiljak
Principal cast
Enyi Cheng, Eileen Zhao

Genre

Experimental Scottish

Categories

Fiction Artist Project and Video / Experimental

Production Status

Complete

Sales Company

s1681746@ed.ac.uk

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