International Premiere
Rambling Accents 散步的口音
Short film Competition 2
Year of Production 2025
Production Countries/Regions
United States China
Duration 18 mins
Genres LGBTQ+
Dialogue Language(s) English Korean Cantonese
Subtitle Language(s) Chinese and English
Director(s) Zhiying Huang
Director’s Bio
Zhiying Huang, born and raised in Shenzhen, China and graduated from New York University. Her work has been recognized by Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market, Beijing International Short Film Festival, etc.
Synopsis
A Chinese woman decides to follow a Korean-speaking woman. They gaze at each other in Lingua franca, but hide behind the camouflage of their native languages. The disability of communication inexplicably dissolves in nights of rambling, simultaneous observation, and an unnamed trust.
Festivals & Awards
2025 19th FIRST International Film Festival
2025 9th Beijing International Short Film Festival
Scriptwriter(s)
Zhiying Huang
Producer(s)
Eddie Yukun Long
Executive Producer(s)
Key Casts
Fan Chen
Jinny Kim
Amy Hart Nguyen
Curators’ note
Director’s Statement
Rambling Accents explores the liminal space between the public and the private. It drifts between foreign languages, native tongues, and a lingua franca. It emerges in the half-conscious moments when you fall asleep in a film theater, in the quiet of the night when your room is dark, yet the person outside of your window unaware of your silent gaze. It surfaces in the unsolvable loneliness of a metropolis--when human instinct compels one to follow and understand with another.
