Female X

Tang Yang Ming（Ming for short ) seldom drives after she got her driver's license. In contrast, her younger brother Wan has more opportunities to practice, as if the family car is naturally his training ground. Ming can do nothing about it, because no one in the family has ever been on the same page with her, and she can only hold back.
Her cousin Jia falls in love with a handsome boy online and asks Ming to drive her to secretly watch the sunrise with her online-crush. Ming hides from his family and secretly drives to the appointment, but despite being cautious all the way, she still has a car accident. The male driver and the traffic police appear in turn, making the unexpected stereotypes about "female drivers" superimposed, Ming finally felt unbearable ......

  • Caihua / Cong
    Director
  • Caihua / Cong
    Writer
  • Junying / Luo
    Producer
  • Zhengda / Li
    Key Cast
    "Zhang Peng"
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    女XX
  • Project Type:
    Feature, Short, Student
  • Genres:
    Drama, Realism, Feminism
  • Runtime:
    20 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    September 10, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    35,000 CNY
  • Country of Origin:
    China
  • Country of Filming:
    China
  • Language:
    Chinese
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital, FF, Sony
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.35:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Shanghai Theatre Academy
Director Biography - Caihua / Cong

Graduate student in Shanghai Theatre Academy, major in Film Directing.
2018--Write / direct The Witch's Bread win the Excellence Award in Dramatic Category of the Fifth China University Student Film Competition
2019--Film review “An Elephant Sitting Still: Rotting in One Hometown, Pursuing in Another”， winner of the 11th Beijing Undergraduate Film Criticism Competition Award of Excellence

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Director Statement

I have seen a lot of car stickers on the street in China, and the most annoying ones are those related to "female drivers", such as "Road rookie, sharp braking diva"; or "female driver, tailgating must be married", and so on. “Female” is in a situation. Like female police officers, female judges and female leaders, these "female XX" together constitute a gender order.
We are often frustrated when confronted with the implications of being singled out. Prejudice never goes away, and even though the accident rate for women drivers is much lower than that of men, gender takes the place of fact, and "women drivers" take on a demeaning role that they shouldn't have to take on. The only thing we can do is to redefine "female XX".