Fallen Day

Fallen Day

WANG Xiaolu • 2025

Duration: 00:09:06
Language: Madarin, English
Subtitles: Chinese, English
Country/Region: United States

A dragon dance troupe, an aikido class, an ice skating rink. Three scenarios or scenes through which the sensation of falling, or learning to fall, become metaphysical ruminations on modes of existence that draw strength from letting go.

AWARDS & FESTIVALS

Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival

United Kingdom

2026

not/nowhere

United Kingdom

2026

Metrograph, NYC

United States

2026

Prismatic Ground

United States

2025

Institute of Contemporary Arts

United Kingdom

2025

Kunstnernes Hus

Norway

2025

DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT

WANG Xiaolu

WANG Xiaolu

Director

Unfolding in three vignettes, each offering its own way of seeing movements, all done with in-camera edits on 16mm. The sound for each segment is asynchronous from the image, all in the form of conversations. The first and third segment are phone conversations between friends, and the second is recorded on location of non-verbal conversations between bodies in a martial art space. My artistic assertion in this film is to set up counterpoints between image and sound, between questions and replies, between movement and directions. The film is a note about falling throughout life. Balance is an illusion. Every step a falling.

FILM STILLS