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Lost in Teoswa
不会说话的水怪Directed by Han Guozhen, the film follows a couple of tattoo artists on a final road trip before selling their camper van.
About the Work
Zhang Qian and Yu Si have been together for five years, earning their living as travelling tattoo artists in a converted camper van. After three years on the road, their plans for the future diverge. Yu Si wants to sell the van to help set up a tattoo studio, and the couple take it to its buyer on Nan’ao Island in a final journey to mark the end of their former life.
In 2025, the film was selected as a Work-in-Progress project for the film market at the 19th FIRST International Film Festival. FIRST’s 2025 record lists a running time of 100 minutes and the genres romance, road movie and fantasy.
According to a July 2025 interview report, the film grew from a FIRST Training Camp prompt and was later selected by 观潮影展实验室. Research in Chaoshan helped shape its setting in Shantou and on Nan’ao Island. The China Film Administration listed the project as approved for filming in its late-April 2025 filing notices, under filing number 886 of 2025.