The Speech

May 2003, Beijing, China. Under the pressure of WHO, the Chinese government announced that the SARS (Severe acute respiratory syndrome) outbreak is real. The city is closed. Most students have been sent home. During a lockdown inside a private boarding , three eight-year-old girls have to find a way to make sense of the world. At the entrance, ANQI discovers a dark secret about the adult world; In the quarantine dorm, YEZI learns a lesson about
 life and death; On the stage, ZHENZHEN 
 finds the courage to step out of her 
comfort zone, to find her own voice in front of the whole ...

Section

  • Best Student Director

Director

Haohao Yan

Duration

25'

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Year

2020