Youth, Youth
United States/Taiwan, 22 mins, Digital
Still a schoolboy, 18-year-old Yinchen has trouble finding life in a city he doesn’t belong to. Friendship grows on the streets until, one night, his friend KK draws him into a precarious business.
Director: Dong-Ren Hong
Writer: Dong-Ren Hong
Producer: Rinchen Drolkar, Zixuan Wang
Director of Photography: Jin-Yuan Liu
Editor: Dong-Ren Hong
Composer: TBD
Cast: Hidenari Fujieda, Kenny Zhaokun Ding, Lilian Zhou
Contact: Dong-Ren Hong, drpphdr@gmail.com
Program A
Friday, May 10th at 5:00 PM
About the Writer/Director
Dong-Ren Hong is a Taiwanese director/editor currently based in New York. His previous short film, "Eighth Avenue," premiered at the Chinese Film Festival Hamburg. His feature debut as an editor, "Alifu, the Prince/ss," premiered at the Tokyo International Film Festival. He is an MFA graduate from Columbia University with his thesis film, "Youth, Youth."
About the Producer
Zixuan Wang is a New York based award-winning producer. She has produced over ten shorts, including Before Leaving, Last Nora and Youth, Youth. Her films have been screened at numerous film festivals including 52nd Kyiv International Film Festival, LA International Short Film Festival, and Tenerife Film Festival.