EACH SOLITARY MOMENT
BY JINGWEN FANG
Year of production: 2025
Length: 17’ 38”
Country: USA
Dialogue: Mandarin, English
It's a serendipitous encounter - two Chinese high school girls track a certain adult woman living in New York City, eavesdropping on conversations between her and her former friend in the mundane of everyday life, attempting to understand the meaning of growing up.
"The starting point of this story comes from my observation of our generation's uncertainty about what it means to 'being an adult'. What exactly defines adulthood? My friends and I have reached the ages we once imagined at 17, yet we haven't become the confident, capable adults we envisioned. It wasn’t until I turned 23 that I realized coming-of-age can happen at any stage of life. And so, my protagonists, now in their early thirties, are still hesitating over life’s choices, unsure if they qualify as proper adults.Who knows? Maybe we’re already 'good enough' adults."
MAIN CREW & CAST:
Cast: Joyce Zheng, Naomi Townsend, Sam Xu, Jennifer Jang
Producer: Cecilia Zhang
Director & Writer: Jingwen Fang
1st Assistant Director: Kate diRienzi
2nd Assistant Director: Nadine Jin
Production Assistant & Script Supervisor: Emmy Xu
Director of Photography: Larry Liang
1st Assistant Camera: Amy Giordano
Gaffer: Jean Ding
Location Sound: Sabrina Wu
Set Designer & Costume Designer: Yichen Zhou
Art PA: Sin Young Kim
Editor: Adam Zheng Yuan
Sound Mixer & Sound Designer: Carol Yan Li
Sound Editor: Ziwen Zhang
5.1 Mix: Daqian Li
Colorist: Juliette Ho
Poster Designer: Ash Wei
SCREENINGS:
19th FIRST International Film Festival - FIRST FRAME
67th ZINEBI - International Competition
2025 HiShorts! Film Festival
2026 Mint Chinese Film Festival - Audiences Choice Award