The Third Solar Term
Shortly after The Third Solar Term of the Chinese Calendar (惊蛰 jīngzhé), Qizhe returns home to spend his spring break with his mother. After meeting a man who he originally met online, he begins to lose control of his double life- one which is living true to himself, and the other, which is pretending to be the perfect son.
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J.C. SongDirector
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J.C. SongWriter
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Naixin LiangProducer
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Fengyi XingKey Cast"Qizhe Sun"
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Zhu ZhuKey Cast"Li Lin"
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Le DuoKey Cast"The Red Hair (Yuhao Wu)"
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Du BaiKey Cast"The Sun Glasses (Bowen Xiao)"
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Project Title (Original Language):启哲
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Project Type:Short, Student
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Language:Mandarin Chinese
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:2.39:1
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:Yes - London Film School
J.C. Song is a Chinese film director. He received his BA from the Central Academy of Fine Arts and then went on to an MA in Filmmaking from London Film School. His graduation film, The Third Solar Term (2021), was selected by 26th Busan International Film Festival and was then selected and screened by over thirty international film festivals (Odense, Inside Out Toronto, IN THE PALACE etc.). Simultaneously, he was selected by the 15th FIRST International Film Festival for their training camp as director. His debut feature MIND READER was selected by The 18th FIRST International Film Festival Financing Forum and SIFF PROJECT 2024.
Nowadays, as the Chinese middle-class youth benefit from the relatively abundant material wealth and comfortable living standards, the younger generation have become more daring and free-spirited in exploring their identities, which sometimes conflict with the ideologies the older generations believe in. For the younger generation, being true to themselves in the troublesome world of contemporary identity politics is challenging, particularly in the space of family, where they confront the expectations of their less forward thinking parents. Against such a social backdrop, Qizhe, the protagonist of my film, is thrown into the turmoil of desire and lies as he comes of age with his homosexuality. Despite his efforts to maintain "peace" under a fragile familial roof, Qizhe needs to choose between his own happiness and that of his mother's, thereby facing his "fated growth".