Liu Yulin

Door God

Liu Yulin

Li Qian, Mao Hai

On Chinese New Year, a little girl learns reality is not what it seems as she discovers how betrayal can be done out of love.

Bànbiantian

Sara Blecher, Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari

一句顶一万句

Liu Yulin

Mao Hai, Li Qian

An adaptation of Liu Zhenyun’s award-winning novel One Sentence Worth Ten Thousand, produced by Bill Kong. The novel, which won the Mao Dun Literature Prize after it was published in 2008, revolves around a divorced woman and her married younger brother and deals with loneliness and alienation in contemporary Chinese society. The film marks the feature debut of award-winning short filmmaker Liu Yulin, who is adapting her father’s work. A New York University film graduate, Liu’s short film Door God (2014) won a silver medal at the 41st Student Academy Awards and was selected by Cannes.