Synopsis
On the riverside of the small island in the university town, a girl and a boy walked and talked between a viaduct and a convenience bridge in two afternoons. The two were old friends who hadn’t seen each other for years. They chatted about their lives and experiences, as well as the situation facing graduation. During the walk, the DV carried by the girl aroused the interest of the boy. On the first day of parting, the girl gave the DV that she had filmed for months to the boy as a gift, however, a rift appeared in their friendship on the following day.
Yang Chuqi
Filmmaker. He has been involved in producing and directing several short films since 2020. Documentary films "The Rangers" and "We Wandered through the Cracks of the Walls and Were Consumed by the Tiolet" directed by him had been selected in number of film festivals. Writing film criticism on the side, and won the 2nd prize in the 6th Deep Focus Film Critics Competition. Acted as art director of "Strangers Film Festival" in Guangzhou.
Director's statement
STREET SPIRIT tells the story of two people’s stroll and conversation over two days. The characters remain nameless, as they don’t need to refer to each other by name, and the film allows them to maintain anonymity. On the first day, they keep a polite distance; on the second day, the distance tightens, revealing their histories and personalities as the conversation plunges into the darker topics untouched on the previous day—a darkness that can only be hinted at and imagined. It is true that a film is a succession of moving images captured by the camera, but I am inclined to think that it is the invisible, the off-screen, that somehow makes the visible a reality.
