Край света. Запад
Virgin Blue — The main program
2021
China
drama
100 min.

After her college graduation, Yezi comes back home to spend her last summer vacation with her grandmother, who has been living alone ever since grandfather passed away. The house is flooded with grandmother's memories that gradually begin to take on actual forms in life. Sometimes they appear as a cat, a plant or a total stranger, while at other times, they manifest themselves as grandfather or even Yezi's childhood self. At the same time, grandmother slowly slips into the abyss of amnesia and time begins to lose meaning. Haunted by those tireless memories, Yezi finds herself wandering among fragments of her family history, where she recollects a deserted childhood and befriends her own past. One night, everyone gathers by the Flower Fish Pond for a grand farewell. When it seems to be another one of grandmother's dreams, all the loved ones decide to stay.
12+
CAST
Ye Zi as Yezi
Zheng Shengzhi as Grandmother
CREW
Director
Niu Xiaoyu
Scriptwriter
Niu Xiaoyu
Director of Photography Deng Xu
Editor
Hu Shuzhen
Supervisor of Art Direction
Lan Zhiqiang
Art Designer
Yuan Yue
Costume Designers
Chen Anqi, Li Jiacheng
Director of Sound
Zhang Yang
Composer
Rubey Hu
Producers Wang Zijian, Zhu Wenhui
Niu Xiaoyu
Niu Xiaoyu was born in Hefei, Anhui province, and graduated from Beijing Film Academy with a Bachelor's degree in Animation and Master's in Experimental Film. Xiaoyu has independently produced two short films, which have been shortlisted in the 10th China Independent Film Festival, the 26th Festival Côté Court and the 12th FIRST International Film Festival respectively.