Country: USA
Year: 2024
Duration: 14'
Emily returns home to attend her cousin's wedding. In this jovial setting, she struggles to confront the source of her past trauma.
Biography
film director
Jinsui Song
(China) grew up in Shenzhen, a metropolis in Southeastern China, and now is based in Los Angeles. She recently graduated from the MFA Directing program at UCLA and holds a BFA in Screenwriting from Beijing Film Academy. Her work has been featured on AMC+ and screened at the Cairo International Film Festival, FIRST International Film Festival, Nashville Film Festival, etc.
FILMOGRAFIA
The Test (cm, 2017), Tequila Sunset (cm, 2022), Something Blue (cm, 2024).
Declaration
film director
“It all began four years ago when my mother sent me a picture—a wedding photo of my cousin. Since that day, I never stopped thinking: what would've happened if I were there? What would I have said? Would he have been able to recognize me? I don't know.
Even though Something Blue
is about my personal sexual trauma, I didn't want to simply make an
"issue" film. With the support of the Panavision New Filmmaker
Program, I endeavored to make a film as complex as the women around me. This
film is a portrait of these women, particularly Cantonese Chinese women. I hope
this film lets us all know: we are not alone.”
Cast
& Credits
DIRECTOR, SCREENPLAY, EDITING: Jinsui Song. CINEMATOGRAPHY: Jacqueline Chan. PRODUCTION DESIGN: Justine Law. COSTUMES: Ruoxuan Li. MUSIC: Moni Jasmine Guo. SOUND: Sam Fan. CAST: Valerie Yu, Alice Ko, Katie Chan, Shirley To, Cici Lau, Gloria Ho, Corinne Chooey, Annie Chow. PRODUCTION: ShenWei, Jinsui Song per Panavision New Filmmaker Program
CONTACT: Jinsui Song jinsui96214@gmail.com
