Private Project

Sleep Like a River

In the southern China, the innocence of youth, the calling of dress, and maiden and sex, are all mixed up and combined. Typhoon swept through the land, blowing the summer as well as my sleepiness away.

  • Wen Yu
    Director
  • Wen Yu
    Writer
  • Tang Zihao
    Producer
  • Guan Chenqing
    Producer
  • Zhou Wenzhe
    Key Cast
    "Chen Hui"
  • Huang Riwen
    Key Cast
    "Wang Yingying"
  • Steven
    Supporting Cast
  • Peng Huanbin
    Supporting Cast
  • Deng Jieyu
    Supporting Cast
  • Lin Hongwei
    Supporting Cast
  • Tang Yuying
    Supporting Cast
  • Wei Xutong
    Supporting Cast
  • Lin Tongyin
    Continuity
  • Chen Yihui
    Literature Planner
  • lobo
    DIT
  • Mo Keyi
    Man Power
  • DDDttH
    Main Cameraman
  • Peng Huanbin
    Photography Assistants
  • Feng Weihong
    Photography Assistants
  • DDDttH
    Lighting
  • Tang Zihao
    Lighting
  • Feng Weihong
    Lighting
  • Lamour
    Location Sound
  • Lin Hongwei
    Boom Operators
  • Elizabeth Shawn
    Art Director
  • Deng Jieyu
    Assistant Art Director
  • lobo
    Driver
  • Steven
    Driver
  • Tan Pengcheng
    Driver
  • Wen Yu
    Editor
  • Feng Weighong
    Editor Assistant
  • Yang Lin
    Music
  • Lamour
    Sound Design
  • Feng Weihong
    Stunt
  • Tang Zihao
    Colorist
  • Feng Weihong
    Subtitle
  • Peng Huanbin
    Interpreter
  • Wu Shanglin
    Interpreter
  • Deng Jieyu
    Stills Division / Graphic Designer
  • Project Type:
    Short, Student
  • Genres:
    Drama, Coming Of Age, Romantic
  • Runtime:
    26 minutes 15 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 28, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    1,400 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    China
  • Country of Filming:
    China
  • Language:
    Chinese
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital,Super35, Kinefinity Mavo
  • Aspect Ratio:
    21:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes
Distribution Information
  • Synesthesia Films
    Country: Iran, Islamic Republic of
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Wen Yu

Wen Yu, born in September 8th,1997, is a Chinese director, screenwriter and editor. He lived in Guangzhou, and began his career in the Director Department of Beijing Film Academy in 2016.

Wen used to capture wonderful moments in daily life and dig into characters through filming documentary. Remarkably, his best documentary, Crab, is shortlisted for the National Students Excellent Short Documentary Film Award. Since then, he devoted himself into the creation of drama film.

Notably, The Waves Flow Down won the Excellent Short Film in Guangdong Student Film Festival and the Pheasant won the Best Short Film in Short Film Unit of Beijing Film Academy Golden Letter Award, while the Tropical Monsoon is shortlisted for both the Best Short Drama Film of Beijing Student Film Festival and the Best Short Film of Beautiful Country International Film Festival.

Wen Yu was a member of FIFF’s Talent Campus 2019 and is now studying in Director Department of Beijing Film Academy.

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Director Statement

This story comes from my childhood, because my parents divorced when I was a child.As I grew older, I realized that my view of marriage and loved one was seriously lacking because my mother missed my childhood.So I have to learn from a lot of emotional experiences, what kind of people do I love, what kind of people I am suitable for, and what kind of people I want.I found this process very difficult because I always rely on my mother's little memory to find my lover.This film is to explore this proposition: the connection between the mother and the lover.At the same time, this film will also give me an answer.