《雨不终日》 / The Storm

First Execution Director on 《雨不终日》 / The Storm — a 40+ crew production on an RMB 300,000 budget shot in Zhanjiang, Guangdong, where he led the ferry-based shooting and the government liaison for crowd and traffic control. The film was selected into the Red Sea International Film Festival's Shorts Competition as one of 13 shorts worldwide, played the Academy-qualifying Rhode Island International Film Festival, and streams on MUBI.

AD-department lead on a short selected for Red Sea and the Academy-qualifying Rhode Island IFF, distributed by LIGHTS ON and streaming on MUBI.

Period

c. 2021–2022

Scope

Short film

Scale

RMB 300,000 budget; 40+ crew

ContextSelected at Red Sea International Film Festival and the Academy-qualifying Flicker’s Rhode Island International Film Festival, and at 杭州青年影像计划. World sales by LIGHTS ON — the same Italian sales company that handles Delay. Streaming on MUBI. NOTE: IMDb credits him as second assistant director on this title while his own CVs say 第一执行导演 / First Execution Director — both are preserved and neither is suppressed. A named NYU Tisch faculty member corroborates this role class in writing. The instructor of record for Edward's Intermediate Narrative Film Production course states: "Outside of the cla

RecognitionOfficial Selection — Red Sea International Film Festival Shorts COMPETITION, 2022 (one of 13 shorts worldwide, 2nd edition). Official Selection — Flicker's Rhode Island International Film Festival, 2023 (Academy-qualifying). Official Selection — Visioni Corte International Short Film Festival 2023; Winter Film Awards New York 2024; 杭州青年影像计划. Streaming on MUBI. Press interviews with 搜狐新闻 and 网易新闻.