Synopsis
A serious conjecture about the birth secret of “Beijing Mushrooms.”
Dong Jie
Born in Wuhan in October 1996, Dong grew up in Shanghai. He is a graduate of Beijing Film Academy where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Directing. BREAK, a 50-minutes thesis film he writes and directs, was selected for Pingyao International Film Festival, Beijing International Short Film Festival and other film festivals. He also works as an editor for SUMMER BLUR (dir. HAN Shuai) and ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT? (dir. WEN Shipei) Dong is the author of the short story collection THE GAP OF MIGRATION, which was published during his college days.
Director's statement
A man editing a mushroom model in a hotel room discovers his computer acting autonomously, mirroring a real mushroom device growing in the city. Unsure if it’s a dream or reality, he awakens to find the computer ordered a takeout with a USB of “fertilizer.” Plugging it in accelerates the mushroom’s growth in his editor and the city. This story merges virtual and reality, exploring who might be the creator behind these life forms.
