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A homesick woman meets a boy from her hometown, Taiwan on a Chicago beach.
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Yihan LinDirector
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Yihan LinWriter
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Yihan LinProducer
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Winnie ChenAssociate Producer
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Ashanti SharrieffLine Producer
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Winnie ChenAssistant Director
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Hua Hsuan TsengKey Cast"Lydia"
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Pierce WeiKey Cast"Ming"
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Jade GerismaExtras
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Kierra LewisExtras
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Hannah JuraExtras
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Henrikas GenutisCinematographerThe Tenth Year, Speed of Sound, In the Witch's Garden
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Wally Chinchilla1st Assistant Camera
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Gabriel JungGafferFlawless
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Yunlu LiGrips
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Marc Kit KitahataGrips
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Adri RubioLocation Sound Mixer
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Ivan JosephBoom Operator
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Kyle YehProduction Assistants
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Hannah JuraProduction Assistants
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Justin RidgelProduction Assistants
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Jade GerismaProduction Assistants
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Kierra LewisProduction Assistants
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Yihan LinEditor
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Yihan LinSound Designer
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Arbob KhanPost Sound Mixer
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Project Type:Short, Student
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Runtime:11 minutes 39 seconds
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Completion Date:December 20, 2019
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Production Budget:550 USD
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Country of Origin:United States
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Country of Filming:United States
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Language:Chinese, English
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:Yes
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Student Project:Yes
Yihan Lin is a Chinese director currently based in Chicago, USA. She currently attends Columbia College Chicago for an M.F.A. degree in Cinema Directing.
Before I came to Chicago to learn filmmaking, I was studying digital media at Tongji University in Shanghai, China. I have always been focusing on exploring the subtle relationship between people. And after I arrived in Chicago, the start point of this very first project is that I want to convey my feelings for Chicago city as an outsider - it is very diverse with both hustle-bustle and peaceful lakeside, both turmoil and reassurance. The scenery of trains going between the skyscrapers is so amazing to me that I would take Chicago as a “floating city”.
So I created the two characters Lydia and Ming. Both as “immigrant” to some extent, they break away from the city, find connection with each other and spend a wonderful time at the lakeside beach - the place that relates them to their hometown. But what I want to express is more than “nostalgia”. It’s about a sense of belongings that humans beings are always searching for but never getting a chance to own - for a very short period, Ming becomes Lydia’s anchor. But after all, she doesn’t belong to the community she lives in now, nor does she belong to her original hometown any more.