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Chirp Chirp

啾啾

China, Cambodia|2026|Drama|7 min

Director: Wenting Song

Screenwriter: Wenting Song, Ziwei Yao

Executive Producer: Xiaoyuan Li

Producer: Xiaoyuan Li

Cinematographer: Haoyang Wang

Editor: Ziwei Yao

Art Directors: Ziwei Yao, Retana

Sound: Bobo Liu

Starring: Roza,Lyer

 

导演: 宋雯婷

编剧: 宋雯婷,姚子威

监制: 李潇远

制片: 李潇远

摄影指导: 汪昊洋

剪辑: 姚子威

美术指导: 姚子威,Retana

声音: 刘琪

主演: Roza,Lyer

Synopsis
 

During a sweltering summer, two Asian girls stroll through the city they call home, eat and wash their hair together. The oppressive heat awakens extreme desires, and they are on the verge of giving in to them.

Festival&Award

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Oberhausen International Short Film Festival 2026

Director's Note
 

"Chirp" is a sound in nature. It is the primitive energy at the bottom of life. However, the development of human civilization often limits the existence of such an energy by emphasizing human being. Like a bird painted on a wall or a cardboard box, people do not hesitate to reinterpret nature and demonstrate your own value.

 

The two girls in the film have thoughts of "killing" and "love" respectively. These are the two means by which nature adjusts the distribution of resources. However, in Asian civilizations, they are invariably hidden in the quiet world because they are too straightforward. At the same time, just like the bird painted on the paper flies away, the most fundamental need of human existence is actually freedom. Although it is not in favor of the order established by the minority class, it is still the most fundamental need of human existence.

 

Through this film, I hope to express the undercurrent under civilization, which is the confrontation between animality and spirituality coming from the depths of nature.

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Song Wenting

Song Wenting is an emerging Chinese female director who challenges conventional storytelling methods. Her distinctive approach treats the human form as a mystical presence within nature, often employing abstract physical performances and corporeal language rather than traditional narrative techniques. Her work explores the body as a vessel for storytelling, eschewing material props in favor of pure movement and gesture.

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