11-year-old Yangyang goes to visit his father in his mother's new red car, but he needs to keep mother's affair a secret. Seeing his father's deserted farm, Yangyang begins to realize his father's desolation and the uncertain future of his family.
Original Title Hong Qi Che Year of production 2024 Length 17' CountryChina Shooting Format Digital 4K Aspect Ratio 16:9 Dialogue Mandarin Director Yeung Tung Producer Wang Lu Ka Line Producer Yanran Yuan Production Manager Yizhong Guan 1st Assistant Director Yue Ma 2nd Assistant Director Runxiao Luo Director's Assistant Sicheng Jiang Cinematographer Vanon Li Editor Devin Stevens Sound Designer David Doubtfire Pellicer Sound Mixer Guozhen Li Production Designer Kunlin Wang Art Director Zhongqi Huang Art Assistant Leyao Chen Stylist Zixin Ye Make-up Artist Moyan Liu Production Assistant Yin Chen Ruijin Yang Cast Junhao Zhai, Raymond Chiu Wing Hung, Haipeng Xu, Kaiqi Xie, Junyan Wang, He Zhang
Festival selections Shanghai International Film Festival 2024, China World Premiere Concorto Film Festival 2024, Italy Akbank Short Film Festival2025, Turkey Director’s Statement Growing up in Zengcheng, my hometown and also the filming location for our movie, I was often taken to karaoke for various social events, including birthday parties. These gatherings allowed me to witness the spectrum of family dynamics during a time of rapid economic growth in China, which profoundly transformed our community. The evolution I observed over the years resulted in diverse family structures: some were divorced, others remained together in name only, while many were struggling to maintain unity. A recurring theme across these families was the communication gap between generations. Adults often struggled to engage or communicate with their children about the changes within the family, or to articulate their visions for the future. Consequently, children learned to navigate these shifts in their own, unique ways, carving out their roles within the secretive and complex family dynamics. I do not blame those adults for the gap, after all, who is truly equipped to explain the nuances of this era and its families in the torrents of change to the children?
