Private Project

Night Swim

Two children live in separate worlds, yet both share the same horror in the way their families disregard and " slaughter " fish. They both accidentally tune into a radio show about " banana fish" where telepathically they connect. They decide to flee to the sea to save the endangered fish, and meeting at one night, on a road …

  • Xueyin Li
    Director
  • Xueyin Li
    Writer
  • Yue Gao
    Producer
  • Mingrui Xiong
    Key Cast
    "Sisi"
  • Xikun Sun
    Key Cast
    "Jianxin Guo"
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    夜航
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    12 minutes 2 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    July 6, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    20,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    China
  • Country of Filming:
    China
  • Language:
    Chinese
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.39:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes
Director Biography - Xueyin Li

Li Xueyin, an independent film and television director graduated from the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts in 2018, majoring in film direction.She has participated in many commercial advertisements / TVC shooting, writing network plays / movie scripts. Her films have been shown at Macau International Movie Festival/China Woman’s Film Festival/New Vision Student Film Festival/Qingdao Independent Film Festival...etc.
Independent film works:
《Blue Film》（short） 2017
《Night Swim》（short） 2018

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Director Statement

The initial inspiration of the script derived from my own personal childhood with it’s characteristic sea town environment and a humid aura so peculiar to coastal cities, and my family member’s almost immoderate predilections when it came to “fish,” mixed with a feeling of being alone and misunderstood, a sort of me against them feeling. My childhood fantasies for a wonderful and better world allowed me to escape briefly from those familial dilemmas where I would find peace and quiet within.

The linguistic and artistic conception in the film: bonefish - (banana fish), is inspired from Salinger’s short story "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" and the Slavic mythical mermaids called Rusalka.

The intention was to combine the conflicts of imago and the cruel realistic world which constitute a grownup allegory told with the perspective of a singular child.