Stranded (2026) 《搁浅》

Premiere - FIRST International Film Festival (Xining, China)

首映 - FIRST青年电影展 “她的一帧” 单元

Starring Sam Xu, Kolton Shaw, Ken Butt, Tina Randell

Written, Directed, and Edited by Raina Liwen Yang

Produced by Joyce Xing, Raina Yang, and Jean Chapiro

Narrative Short | CANADA/USA/china | 2026 | English, Mandarin

As Yiling, a Chinese marine biologist living overseas, travels to Newfoundland, Canada, to study a repeatedly stranded humpback whale, the coastline awakens memories of the coastal hometown she has not returned to for years.

Supported by Sloan Foundation and PictureNL

一位旅居海外的华人海洋生物学家来到纽芬兰偏远的渔村，试图营救一头搁浅的鲸鱼，却在与当地村民的相处中，逐渐被牵引回自己在中国南方渔村的童年记忆。面对鲸鱼的生死、陌生土地的孤独与村民的善意，她不得不直面埋藏已久的创伤与未解的内疚，在跨越文化与地域的回声中，重新理解人与自然、离散与归属的意义。