Mundane Summer
Yupeng He / United States, China / 2025 / World Premiere / 13 min.
synopsis
A sixteen-year-old boy begins his studies at secondary school during the summer. However, as he is in China, everything is preceded by compulsory military training. Between drills and shouting ideological slogans, in this darkly lyrical documentary, summer gradually fades away, along with the young man’s conviction about the meaning of his current actions.“During the past summer I was thinking about departure and farewell, and my feelings of solitude.” — Yupeng He
biography
Yupeng He (born 1995) is a Chinese documentary filmmaker who studied filmmaking in the US. His intimate short films have been successful at international festivals. His film A Bright Sunny Day (2023) was screened at Cannes, and A Summer’s End Poem (2024) was nominated for competition at the Berlin Film Festival.film details
| director: | Yupeng He |
| producer: | Mona Chu |
| photography: | Mona Chu |
| editing: | Lu Li, Mona Chu |
| sound design: | Tim St. Clair |
contact
Yupeng Heyh3421@columbia.edu
Screening time
Saturday 01. 11. 2025, 13:30
Kino Dukla – Reform
Film at festival
| premiere type: | World Premiere |
| festival edition: | 2025 |
| section: | Short Joy |
| language: | Chinese |
| subtitles: | English |
| colour: | Colour |
Info
| director: | Yupeng He |
| original title: | 在炎热与抑郁的夏天 |
| country: | United States, China |
| year: | 2025 |
| running time: | 13 min. |
