Kong fang jian li de nv ren
Some Rain Must Fall

Yu Aier
Kong fang jian li de nv ren | Some Rain Must Fall by Qiu Yang
CHN, USA, FRA, SGP 2024, Encounters
© Wild Grass Films

Yu Aier
Kong fang jian li de nv ren | Some Rain Must Fall by Qiu Yang
CHN, USA, FRA, SGP 2024, Encounters
© Wild Grass Films

Yu Aier
Kong fang jian li de nv ren | Some Rain Must Fall by Qiu Yang
CHN, USA, FRA, SGP 2024, Encounters
© Wild Grass Films
Director Qiu Yang follows a series of short films with his debut feature, an intimate drama about a woman forced to confront the wreckage of her life and her longing for change.
With
- Yu Aier (Cai)
- Di Shike (Lin)
- Wei Yibo (Ding)
- Xu Tianyi (The Boy)
- Gu Tingxiu (Housekeeper)
- Qin Dan (The Man)
- Xu Yun (Teacher Feng)
- Cao Yuqiang (Cai’s Mother-in-Law)
Crew
Director | Qiu Yang |
Screenplay | Qiu Yang |
Cinematography | Constanze Schmitt |
Editing | Carlo Francisco Manatad, Julien Lacheray |
Sound | Mei Zhu, Romain Ozanne, Emmanuel Croset |
Production Design | Shan Yinghao |
Costumes | Zhang Yadi |
Casting | Kang Kang |
Producers | Jeremy Chua, Mike Goodridge, Alex C. Lo, Mélissa Malinbaum, Lin Fan, Darcy Xi Wang |
Executive Producers | Alex C. Lo, Yang Xiaodong, Huang Yue, Star Li, Rachel Song, Kuai Haoxiang, Ying Yan |
Co-Producers | Duo Lin, Shen Siliang, Bai Shan, Frank Sun, Shan Yinghao, Lauren Yue Pan, Sol Ye, Wang Yang |
World Sales
Produced by
Wild Grass Films
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Why Not Productions
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Cinema Inutile
La Fonte
Aurua Yangshuo
XS Media

Constanze Schmitt, Qiu Yang
The director and the DOP at the Q&A.
Kong fang jian li de nv ren · Encounters · Feb 19, 2024

Qiu Yang
Smile please! At the Photo Call.
Kong fang jian li de nv ren · Encounters · Feb 19, 2024

Group Picture, Qiu Yang
The director (4th from the right) with his filmteam and the Artistic Director (right-hand side).
Kong fang jian li de nv ren · Encounters · Feb 19, 2024

Qiu Yang
The winner of the Special Jury Award in the Encounters section with his price.
Kong fang jian li de nv ren · Encounters Special Jury Award · Feb 24, 2024
Qiu Yang

He was born and grew up in Changzhou, China before studying film directing at the Victorian College of the Arts at the University of Melbourne in Australia. His latest short film, She Runs, won the Leitz Cine Discovery Prize at the 2019 Semaine de la Critique in Cannes while A Gentle Night was awarded the Short Film Palme d’Or at Cannes in 2017 and Under the Sun screened in the 2015 Cinéfondation competition, also at Cannes. His VR project O was selected for the Venice International Film Festival. He participated in the Cannes Festival Cinéfondation Residence and is a Berlinale Talents alumnus.
Filmography
2015 Ri Guang Zhi Xia (Under the Sun); short film 2017 Xiao Cheng Er Yue (A Gentle Night); short film 2018 O 2019 Nan Fang Shao Nv (She Runs); short film 2024 Kong fang jian li de nv ren (Some Rain Must Fall)
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2024