Who are you

Who are you is a short film explores connections through memories and imagination.

  • Zhiyelun Qi
    Director
  • Kelly Keesing
    Key Cast
  • Dennis van Herpen
    Key Cast
  • Zhiyelun Qi
    Choreography
  • Zhiyelun Qi
    Director of Photography
  • Zhiyelun Qi
    Editting
  • Zhiyelun Qi
    Color
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Runtime:
    13 minutes 54 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 8, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    5,000 CHF
  • Country of Origin:
    Switzerland
  • Country of Filming:
    Switzerland
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Ditigal 4K DCI
  • Aspect Ratio:
    17:9
  • Film Color:
    Black & White and Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Zhiyelun Qi

Ye Lun started exploring the relationship between film and dance since 2012 when studying contemporary dance in Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts, where he collaborated with film major students for dance film.

His first cinema engagement was dancing in Jumping Frame Festival Hong Kong 2016. Then he started producing film trailer for dance theaters including Beijing Dance Theater in China , Tanz Compagnie Landesbühne Sachsen in Germany and TanzLuzern in Switzerland.

He was the videographer for dance film Remember Nature directed by Ana van Tendeloo in 2020. Starting from 2021, he is also shooting dance happening on stage. Recently he collaborates with Choreographer Phoebe Jewitt for her Swiss tour For Old Times’ Sake.

As choreographer, his choreography was invited international dance festivals and competition. In International Copenhagen Choreography Competition 2022, his dancer was awarded outstanding performer for his choreography Bau im Fluss.

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Director Statement

When creating this little film, I had strong curiosity to explore connections in life and I want to research how could I integrate film and dance together.

I basically did everything except dancing it myself, from beginning to design the structure of the film , then to generate materials of the choreography and rehearsing in the studio, then convert it into the location where I want to shoot.

Change of seasons for me is a strong symbol of time. I tried to engage the diversity of time in related to season, temperature and humidity.