A Firecracker Story
An 8-year-old boy searching for fireworks on a Chinese New Year’s Eve, after the firework ban is introduced in this southern Chinese town.
YIYANG SHI as Diandian RONG DAI as Xing LIHUA XU as Perm
© 2021 London Film School
Festival selection (selected): Shanghai International Film Festival (2021), Youth Image Hangzhou (2021), Fribourg Film Festival (2022), Akbank Short Film Festival (2022)
Awards: Jury Grand Prize 86358 at Jia Village Short Film Week (2021); FICC Jury Verdict at International Film Festival Etiuda&Anima (2021)
writer/director: ZHIZI HAO
original story: ZHANHEI WANG
production designer: YILING DING
assistant director: XINYI “RIN” HONG
sound designer: DOMINIC FITZGERALD
poster designer: CARLOS ROMO–MELGAR
producer: NAIXIN LIANG
cinematographer: GUYUAN MA
sound recordist: DEZHOU LI
editor: XIAO DING
camera operator: TONG LIU
poster illustrator: JIAMIN HU