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The Vessel’s Isle

Dissolved in the unknown time, the lost travelers in the small town enter a short and drowsy dream, meet the unknown, and seek eternity...

  • Di WANG
    Director
    The Vessel's Isle ,Awakening Hills,HAMI ,Southern Wind , Buddha,A Locked Child ,Olive ,Flower
  • Di WANG
    Writer
    The Vessel's Isle ,Awakening Hills,HAMI ,Southern Wind , Buddha,A Locked Child ,Olive ,Flower
  • Ruijing XU
    Producer
    The Vessel's Isle ,The Last Tribe In China,Papa, Papa and Papa,The Daughter from Shanghai ,Awakening Hills,HAMI ,Southern Wind , Buddha,A Locked Child ,Olive ,Flower,Burnt Earth
  • Zhaoyue YE
    Key Cast
  • Congran ZHU
    Key Cast
    The Vessle‘s Isle, Full Bloom, Cold Spell in Later Spring, Blacklist in 2066, Firey Blue, Maddog Aria, Insaneness, Dogs in the Shadow, Deja Vu, Offset, The Depths of Memory, Darkroom, Wandering in the Blue, etc.
  • Sanming HAN
    Key Cast
    Still Life,Platform,The World,Shall Mama's eyes,World
  • Yunxiao JI
    Key Cast
  • Lixiang LI
    Key Cast
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    不游海水的鲸
  • Project Type:
    Feature, Other
  • Runtime:
    3 hours
  • Completion Date:
    January 3, 2025
  • Production Budget:
    3,000,000 CNY
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    China
  • Language:
    Chinese
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • 5th Pingyao Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon International Film Festival
    Pingyao
    October 10, 2021
    5th Pingyao Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon International Film Festival WORK - IN - PROGRESS LAB ` E - MAGINE BEST DIRECTOR AWARD
  • 20TH HONG KONG - ASIA FILM FINANCING
    Hong Kong
    January 5, 2022
    20TH HONG KONG - ASIA FILM FINANCING FORUM "HAF Goes to Cannes" Shortlisted Projects
  • the 36th Tokyo International Film Festival
    Tokyo
    November 3, 2024
    world premiere
    Asian Future Section
Director Biography - Di WANG

Wang Di, born in 1997 in Enshi, Hubei, China, is of Tujia ethnicity. He graduated from the Yunnan Academy of Arts with a major in Drama, Film, and Television Directing. Wang Di began creating short films in college, covering genres of drama, experimental film, documentary, and animation.Additionally, as an interdisciplinary artist, Wang Di engages in experimental filmmaking, writing, painting, and still photography. He has exhibited and had artist talks in various independent or official organizations, universities, and their museums.

In 2021, his debut feature film, "The Vessel’s Isle," won "Best Director" at the 5th Work-in-Progress Lab (WIP) Pingyao International Film Festival and was selected for the 20th Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF) WIP production project under the "HAF GOES TO CANNES" program.

In 2024, Wang Di completed the film “The Vessel’s Isle”, which has been selected for the Asian Future Competition section of the 37th Tokyo International Film Festival, where it will has its world premiere.in2025，awarded the Jury's Special Mention in the Main Competition Unit of the 19th FIRST International Film Festival。

Wang Di's works have received nominations at the Tokyo International Film Festival, DMZ International Documentary Film Festival in South Korea, Pingyao International Film Festival, and NEW ERA Youth Film Season in China, as well as the Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF), Montreal Independent Film Festival in Canada, and Italian Golden Short Film Festival.

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Director Statement

This film is a semi-autobiographical debut, expressing the truth of the cycle of life and the imagination of parallel time and space. To meet the unknown in the unknown time, the intricacies of time and space are not lacking in the simplicity of emotion itself. The duality of the roots of all things has the texture of like-dream things. There is a vague and close connection between people. The structure of image aesthetics and the story itself are all derived from pure self-expression. Comparing life to a joke, the dream itself should not be separated from reality, waiting and searching aimlessly, so that the result is no longer important, and the part that does not need words will eventually exist forever. The reason of waiting for time is an artistic sacrifice.