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BEFORE LEAVING
​​​​​by Yan Kunao

17min | China | 2023

Before leaving China to study abroad, Xiao Jun goes on a family trip to visit his grandparents after two years of separation. While everything seems to have surprisingly changed, Xiao Jun tries to reconnect with life around him and to finish the photography assignment about his family.​
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Original Title 
Lin xing zhi qian​
Year of production 2023
Length 17'
Country China
Shooting Format Digital
Aspect Ratio 16:9
Dialogue Chinese
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Director Yan​ Kunao 
Producers Wang Zixuan,  Yan​ Kunao
Presenter 
Yan Shutao, Liu Guirong
Executive Producer Yan​ Kunao
Screenwriter Yan​ Kunao
Assistant Director Luo Runxiao
Script Supervisor Jiang Xinying
Cinematographer Wen Yifan
Editor Yan​ Kunao
Sound Designer Zhao Jian
Production Design Li Qiuyi
Lightning Design Zhou Zisen
Assistant Producer Luan Jialin
Colorist Zhang Zhihao
Costume Designer Li Qiuyi
Makeup Designer Chen Chen
​Cast Liu Bateer, Yan Shibin, Wei Shuqing, Yan Jianfeng, Sun Shengwei, Yan Shutao, Liu Guirong

Festival selections
Tenerife Shorts 2023, Spain - World Premiere
Concorto Film Festival 2023, Italy
Festival de cinéma de la ville de Québec 2023, Canada
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Director's Statement
Inspired by my personal experience, I want to discuss about the ‘change’ and the ‘memory’ in context of the Pandemic. Being separated and isolated from our relatives and friends, we’re going through a special sense of time-and-space, in which we feel delayed when we’re alone but shifted when we’re reunited. The different feelings between quarantine and reunion make me rethink about how we deal with our time at present, so to speak, how we remember the past and how we face the future.

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