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Coming of Age
出花园（2019年张雨桐短片）Coming of Age is a short film by Zhang Yutong (张雨桐), completed in 2019 with a running time of 25 minutes 30 seconds and dialogue in Chaoshan dialect.
About the Work
The film's screenings span from November 2019 to November 2022. In 2019 it was selected for the HALO competition section of BISFF (Beijing International Short Film Festival) and screened on the third day of the Chinese Youth Film Week (华语青年电影周), with the director attending the post-screening talk. In 2020 it was selected for the competition section of the 7th China–Korea Youth Dream Micro Film Festival (中韩青年梦享微电影展), and screened in June at the Rear Window Screening 044 · Short Film Carnival (后窗放映044·短片嘉年华) and in December at the Fuzhou Good Life Festival (福州好感生活节).
On 20 February 2021 the film was shown at the Shantou Film Industry Association's ‘New Voices of Chaoshan Cinema’ Young Directors' Screening (汕头市电影行业协会“潮汕电影新势力”青年导演作品展映), attended by executive director Zhang Peike (张培克). In November 2022 it was included in the Seeing Jimei (看见集美) programme.
On 15 November 2019 the film received the Dajia Zhumu Zuopin Jiang (大家瞩目作品奖) at the 8th Student Director Award (学生导演奖) of the Beijing Film Academy's Directing Department; the award was presented by Zheng Lin (郑林), CEO of Xiaotangren Media (小糖人传媒) and Dajia Pictures (大家影业), and by director Xia Gang (夏钢).