FICTION SHORT | 8’ | SPAIN | 2024
DIRECTOR Y SCREENWRITER: Yangxi Chen
PRODUCER: Instituto del Cine Madrid SI
CAST: Tian-tian Shen, Lara Loher, Beto Mendoza
PREMIERE: Valencia
SYNOPSIS
Protective parents, Javi and Rosa, feel compelled to tell their 10-year-old daughter that she is adopted when she starts asking questions. They debate whether they should tell her, and question their legitimacy as parents.
AWARDS AND SELECTIONS
- Festival de Cortometrajes Rodinia – 2024
- XIV Festival de Cortometrajes Visualízame. Audiovisual & Mujer – 2025
BIO DIRECTOR
Yangxi Chen (Bilbao, Spain, 1995). I studied theater and graduated in Languages. However, my passion has always been cinema, which led me to take a master’s degree in Audiovisual Translation at City University London. I completed a two-year diploma in Cinematography at Bande à Part, participating in numerous short films. I completed several online courses in Cinematography with David Curto and a screenwriting course at the Screenwriting Factory with Pedro Loeb. I have worked as an actress in film, theater, and advertising for numerous well-known brands, which has given me a broad vision when it comes to directing actors. I studied a Master’s in Film Directing at the Instituto del Cine de Madrid, creating three short films: Tesoro (2022), Sweet Rong (2023), and now I present The Imposter (2024).