CCD

When Yi-Hua’s closest friend, Jun-Xi, suddenly disappears, fragments of friendship, violence, and unresolved memories resurface through the images left behind in a CCD camera.
She once couldn’t understand the wounds he carried beneath a carefree surface—now, she begins to recognize them within herself.
As her sense of distance from others begins to blur, a girl from the volleyball team quietly enters her life.

  • Jr-Chi Wen
    Director
  • Jr-Chi Wen
    Writer
  • Jr-Chi Wen
    Producer
  • Yi-Hua Chang
    Key Cast
  • Jr-Chi Wen
    Key Cast
  • Yu Lin
    Key Cast
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    彰伊樺
  • Project Type:
    Short, Student
  • Genres:
    Drama, Coming-off-age
  • Runtime:
    18 minutes 57 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 7, 2026
  • Production Budget:
    2,060 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Taiwan
  • Country of Filming:
    Taiwan
  • Language:
    Mandarin Chinese
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Shi-Shin University
Director Biography - Jr-Chi Wen

Jr-Chi Wen is a director and screenwriter whose work explores healing, intimacy, and the small yet powerful moments of life. As a recent Shih Hsin University graduate, she creates films with low budgets, free-moving cameras, and first-time actors—including real friends—allowing stories and emotions to emerge naturally. Her short film CCD embodies this approach, capturing the subtle dynamics of friendship, trauma, and resilience. She is currently developing her debut feature film, Jalan Rumah, continuing to explore themes of memory, connection, and personal growth.

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Director Statement

CCD began as a question rather than a story: how do we live with what cannot be erased?
The film grew out of my belief that healing does not arrive as a single breakthrough, but through small, almost unnoticeable moments—shared directions after school, a camera quietly held, the decision to stay present.

I was drawn to cinema as a medium not for explanation, but for sensation: to let emotion exist without being resolved.

The CCD camera in the film is not simply a device for recording images. It represents the act of witnessing—of choosing to look, even when what is seen is fragile or painful. Instead of deleting the past, the characters learn to record life again, allowing memory and presence to coexist.
Formally, the film was made with a free and intuitive approach: a mobile camera, non-professional actors, and a process that prioritized emotional truth over precision. I believe cinema gains its power not from control, but from the space it allows—between people, between frames, between what is visible and what remains unseen.
CCD is my attempt to hold that space, and to trust that even the smallest gestures can carry us forward.