The movie "Yanjiao" was shortlisted for the 52nd Rotterdam International Film Festival.

The film "Yanjiao" ( White River), directed by cutting-edge female director Ma Xue, has been shortlisted for the 52nd Rotterdam International Film Festival "Bright Future". Starring Tian Yuan, Song Ningfeng and Xu Weihao, the film tells the ambiguous and meaningful story between Yang Fan (Tian Yuan) and her husband Yuan Yong (Song Ningfeng), as well as restaurant waiter Xiaofang (Xu Weihao).

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The poster and trailer of the film were exposed for the first time. In the poster, the highly decorative lines outline a woman's body, seemingly leaning comfortably against some place, with overlapping feet and hands wearing pink rubber gloves. further guide the speculation about the identity of women, color and posture also indicate some kind of feminine emotion and emotional transmission. The trailer shows the completely different atmosphere of the poster, the gurgling sound of water and the singing of birds, the huge red-roofed and white-walled building exudes a fairy tale atmosphere, and on the tall and abrupt swing, the figure of women continues to appear and disappear. The composition of an "alternative"house tree man" attracts people's imagination.

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As "the most important stage for the world's cutting-edge directors", the Rotterdam Film Festival promotes the energy of young authors. "Yanjiao" has been shortlisted for the "Bright Future" unit of the 52nd Rotterdam International Film Festival. "Bright Future" refers to a selected feature-length debut, which is characterized by original theme and personal style, and represents the forefront of contemporary film production. Ma Xue's cutting-edge avant-garde image style and unique female director's narrative techniques fit the theme of "the bright future". The Rotterdam International Film Festival, as one of the five major film festivals in Europe, is also the "most important stage" of the world's cutting-edge directors. The take-off of famous directors such as Jia Zhangke, Wang Xiaoshuai and Lou Ye all started in Rotterdam. Ma Xue's debut film Yan Jiao is about to emerge on the stage of the Rotterdam International Film Festival, showing her unique image style and personal expression to the world. It is currently working on a new film, Mengxiang, which is expected to start in the first half of 2023.

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Yan Jiao, which will have its world premiere in Rotterdam, is Ma Xue's first international release. The theme discussed in the film has gone beyond gender, gender relationship and love itself, and the "rock scissors paper" relationship between the three people is endless, like falling into endless reincarnation, which is very intriguing.