A 73-year-old Chinese woman removes the IUD that has been in her body for over forty years

Duration: 6 minutes

Genre: Drama

Language: Mandarin Chinese (Shanxi Dialect)

Location: Taiyuan, China

Director: Crystal Yunxia Wang
Producer: Yu Song 宋羽
Director of Photography: Ming-Chi Chen 陈明祺(Taiwan, China)
Production Designer: Wenjin Xi 席文瑾
Editor: Gang Zhao 赵刚
Gaffer: Lei Yang 杨垒
Artistic Advisor: Liying Mei 梅俪潆

Cast

Huaifeng Zhang张怀风 Biantao Zhang 张变桃 Lianke Zhang 张联科

Weixing Wang 王卫星 Wenjing Zhang张文静

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Press Coverage

“The short film CHINESE RING, inspired by real events in Shanxi, tells the story of a 73-year-old rural woman removing an IUD left behind by China’s Family Planning policy. Director Crystal Yunxia Wang works with non-professional actors and Shanxi dialect to capture the collision between generational silence and awakening.”
— Sohu News, "73-Year-Old Woman’s IUD Removal Becomes a Short Film"

Awards & Official Selections

Award Winner

  • Independent Shorts Awards – Los Angeles

  • Paris Film Festival – France

Official Selections

  • Women’s Voices Now Online Film Festival

  • Atlanta Award-Qualifying Film Festival

  • Austria International Film Festival

  • Indie Short Fest

  • Focus International Film Festival

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