Private Project

Fairy Grass, A-Mei

A young woman is forced out of her hometown by urban redevelopment. Carrying a sacred plant from her childhood, she returns to a half-abandoned construction site to seek help from a spirit that may—or may not—exist.

  • Huxinya Wang
    Director
  • Huxinya Wang
    Writer
  • Huanxi Wang
    Key Cast
  • Ziyu Ding
    Key Cast
  • Shenyi Jiang
    Line Producer
  • Yier Lu
    Production Supervisor
  • Zhou Su
    Production Designer
  • Huanxi Wang
    Makeup
  • Yilin Sun
    Property Master
  • Yulongruo Li
    Property Master
  • Suhao Zhang
    Editor/Colorist/Sound Designer
  • Huxinya Wang
    Editor/Colorist/Sound Designer
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    仙草阿美
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Feature, Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    9 minutes 7 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 31, 2026
  • Production Budget:
    100 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    China
  • Country of Filming:
    China
  • Language:
    Mandarin Chinese
  • Shooting Format:
    Canon DV
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Nanjing University of the Arts
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
Director Biography - Huxinya Wang

Wang Huxinya (b. 2004) is a filmmaker and producer currently completing her undergraduate studies at Nanjing University of the Arts.

In her junior year, she served as producer, assistant director, and cinematographer on Quality Life, which was selected for the 19th FIRST International Film Festival’s FIRST PIONEER section. She also produced the experimental/documentary hybrid Frozen, Flowing, selected for the FIRST FANTASTIC Film Festival.

Working primarily with narrative forms, Wang frequently incorporates experimental strategies, archival approaches, and body-centered storytelling. Her practice is shaped by a sustained attention to the subtle emotional bonds between women and the political dimensions of bodily presentation. The “female everyday” in her work points toward small, tangible acts of self-reconstruction.

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Director Statement

Fairy Grass, A-Mei grew out of my confusion with the constant noise, renewal, and disappearance of the modern city. A-Mei enters a construction site carrying a piece of fairy grass not because she truly believes in divine solutions, but because submitting to the language of progress feels inadequate. Instead, she chooses a way of negotiating with the world that appears irrational, clumsy, and slightly out of place. The film is not concerned with whether spirits exist, but with those who, in a time that insists on moving forward, choose to pause, turn away, or drift off course.