Private Project

The moon and I

In 2020, young opera singers from seven different countries began rehearsals for a performance in a hotel room in Suzhou, China, This the only performance happened internationally in 2020.

  • Danfeng Meng
    Director
  • Tong Yu
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 40 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    August 2, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    100,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    China
  • Country of Filming:
    China
  • Language:
    Chinese, English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Danfeng Meng

Miss. Danfeng Meng
Director, play writer base in Beijing, China.
Graduated from Central Academy of Drama

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Director Statement

I only had 10 days to prepare the shooting when I heard about this performance.
Due to quarantine and other reasons, the shooting period is only 28 days.
The original intention of shooting this documentary was that in 2020, when the epidemic was raging and theaters were closed all over the world, I heard that nine opera singers from 7 different countries would fly to China to participate in a singing performance, I thought it was an impossible task.

There are two Grammy-nominated singers in this film, and the coaches are some of the top artists on the opera stage, but I didn't know who they were until the end of filming. I just saw that no matter which country, what level of art world, I only see “we, us,”, no “me, I,”. “We” get together create warm atmosphere like when we in the family, and the music can break any block between people and the world.
This is what I'm trying to express through this film.