UK Premiere
Each Solitary Moment 夏游
Short film Competition 2
Year of Production 2025
Production Countries/Regions
United States
Duration 18 mins
Genres Fantasy Coming-of-Age
Dialogue Language(s) English Mandarin
Subtitle Language(s) English
Director(s) Jingwen Fang
Director’s Bio
Jingwen is an independent film director and producer based in New York.
In 2024, she produced the short film Three, which was selected for the Cinéfondation (La Cinef) section at the 77th Cannes Film Festival. Another short film she produced, Juk, won the DGA Student Film Award.
In 2025, her short film Each Solitary Moment is selected by the 19th FIRST Film Festival, the 67th ZINEBI and 2025 HiShorts! Film Festival.
He has also worked in film festival programming and curation, and was part of the programming team for the 26th and 27th Taipei Film Festival.
Synopsis
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.
Festivals & Awards
Scriptwriter(s)
Jingwen Fang
Producer(s)
Cecilia Zhang
Executive Producer(s)
Key Casts
Naomi Townsend
Sam Xu
Jennifer Jang
Joyce Zheng
Curators’ note
Director’s Statement
The starting point of this story comes from my observation of our generation's uncertainty about what it means to "be 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.
