Experiencing Interruptions?

A Moonlit Night

In a secluded temple where moonlight is gathered through ritual practice, a lay Buddhist cultivator breaks an unspoken rule by refusing to share her gift. As her connection to the moonlight fades, she wanders through spaces of devotion and nature, until an act of quiet release alters the balance between loss, faith, and renewal.

  • Jing Wen
    Director
  • Jing Wen
    Writer
  • Winfred Wang
    Producer
  • Meixian Li
    Key Cast
    "Ahman"
  • Xinqi Lin
    Key Cast
    "Ahyun"
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    拾月人
  • Project Type:
    Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    19 minutes 4 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 15, 2025
  • Production Budget:
    25,000 GBP
  • Country of Origin:
    China
  • Country of Filming:
    China
  • Language:
    Mandarin Chinese
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.35:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes - London Film School
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • Taiwan Film Festival Berlin
    Berlin
    Germany
    October 1, 2025
    Official selection of the Young Talent Shorts Competition
  • Cannes Film Festival
    Cannes
    France
    April 16, 2025
    Short Film Corner
Director Biography - Jing Wen

Jing Wen is a Chinese filmmaker based in London. Her work explores moments of quiet rupture—where belief, emotion, and everyday reality subtly fall out of balance. Drawing from a background in documentary and anthropology, she approaches fiction with a strong sensitivity to inner states, ritual, and lived experience.
She holds an MA in Filmmaking from London Film School and an MA in Anthropology and Documentary from University College London. Beginning her creative practice with documentary projects in 2018, Jing Wen later moved toward more poetic and imaginative forms of storytelling that blend observation with symbolic expression.
Influenced by magical realism, she treats fantasy not as spectacle, but as a way of revealing psychological and spiritual transformation. Her films often inhabit liminal spaces shaped by devotion, distance, and marginal experience.

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Director Statement

A Moonlit Night a film about letting go and sharing. It’s my first time writing a Chinese script and making it in China. As a Chinese, I’m excited to tell a Chinese story that showcases the beauty and wisdom of traditional Eastern imagery on the big screen. Many of us, like the protagonist Ahman, have obsessions we can't control or explain. Ahman clings to moonlight, appearing carefree but deeply trapped in her fixation. Will she let go, gain insight, and rediscover the moonlight? I hope the audience resonates with her journey and finds reflections of their own in the moonlit night.