Keep Me at Bay
I’ll tell, maybe.
ABOUT
Watching the sunrise, Snow remembers a traumatic fight with her father that she had as a child. As she tries to throw her past away, her loved one in her current life accidentally recreates painful memories. Snow must decide whether to hold back or bravely break through? Snow needs to make the decision.
YEAR 2019
RUN TIME 17:10 Min
EMAIL jingyuanw@outlook.com Website:
CAST & CREW CREDITS
DIRECTED BY Jingyi Hu
SCREENPLAY BY Jingyi Hu
PRODUCED BY Tiegang Wang 王铁刚 | Imani Edwards
EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY Xiangzhong Hu 胡相中 | Ying Xiong 熊英
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Lisuo Zhu 朱立锁 | Minji Kim
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Ajla Zihan Yi | Brian H. Reynolds
EDITED BY Jingyi Hu
MUSIC BY 大包子 DaBozz
GRAPHIC DESIGN BY Katty Huertas
PRINCIPAL CAST
Jiani Du 杜嘉倪 | Yafei Dai 戴雅菲 | Andrea Chen | Kayland Jordan
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT
Film is a way for me to express myself. It is not only about telling a story, more importantly, it’s about expressing thoughts and emotions through stories. Many of my works are personal, but I’m always trying to find where we all connect on a universal level. As a Chinese female filmmaker studying in the United States, I have been thinking about the differences and commonalities of culture between the two countries. I explore these influences from both cultures in my film Keep Me At Bay . By way of much internal conflict, my protagonist discovers the process of self-recognition. As a film director I want to show the diversity of women, so that female characters are not just appearing to support male characters. Regardless of social roles, ages, or race, women are working tirelessly to define and exude their deeply felt agency.
DIRECTOR BIO
Jingyi Hu is a Chinese filmmaker who works in directing, screenwriting, and casting. Currently in her second year with the MFA in Filmmaking program at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). Jingyi’s filmmaking passion is to emphasize women’s stories. She graduated from the Communication University of China, with a major in Theater, Film, and Television Directing. She draws from her experience as director in film and stage in both China and Baltimore, Maryland, US.
FILM AND PRODUCTION STILLS
AWARDS
FULL FILM
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
Jingyi Hu is a Chinese filmmaker who works in directing, screenwriting, and casting. Currently in her second year with the MFA in Filmmaking program at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). Jingyi’s filmmaking passion is to emphasize women’s stories. She graduated from the Communication University of China, with a major in Theater, Film, and Television Directing. She draws from her experience as director in film and stage in both China and Baltimore, Maryland, US.
(Update provided in May 2019)