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ZHANG Yaoyuan

  • 23 min
  • 2025
  • Fiction
  • Japanese, Mandarin
  • English and Chinese Subtitles

Canadian Premiere

7:50 PM, WED, NOV 25

Innis Town Hall

Screening + Q&A

Screening with Caught in the Stream (18 min), Green Lake (46 min), Won't be Here (17 min)

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Xiaowei takes his son Yangyang to a football club tryout. Language, conflict, and unfamiliar social codes constantly remind them of their place as outsiders; but on this day, at least, they grow a little closer to each other.

Director

ZHANGYaoyuan - headshot

ZHANG Yaoyuan (b. 1989, Dalian, China) moved to Japan in 2014 to study filmmaking as a recipient of the Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship. He received his PhD in Film from Tokyo University of the Arts in 2024 and is a four-time recipient of the Housen Cultural Foundation Film Fund. His short films have screened at the Shanghai International Film Festival and Tokyo FILMeX, and have won Best Film at the NOWNESS New Talent Awards and Best Short Film in the Fei Mu Awards at the 8th Pingyao International Film Festival. His feature project Buy My Car received the Red Sea Film Fund Award at the Asian Contents & Film Market of the 30th Busan International Film Festival.

Credits

  • DirectorZHANG Yaoyuan
  • Principal CastWANG Qiaosong, Tsuyoshi ABE
  • ProducerXU Mei, WANG Shen
  • ScreenplayZHANG Yaoyuan
  • CinematographerYOU Jin
  • Production DesignerZHOU Zixuan
  • EditorHONG Wei
  • SoundAkihiko SUZUKI
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