Lost in Anxiety
How do you escape the ennui?
ABOUT
A disabled, older woman meditates to relieve anxiety but has a nightmare instead. In her dream, a doctor shows her a videotape that she looks for nothing in an empty room. After waking up, she feels overwhelmed. Her son tries to calm her down, but she keeps ruffling her room even after her son leaves, convinced that she has lost something. As she stands from her wheelchair to search the cupboard, she suffers a fall.
YEAR 2023
RUN TIME 9:22 Min
CAST & CREW CREDITS
WRITER-DIRECTOR Jiapeng Xiang
PRODUCER Hao Sun
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Jiangshan Li
ASSISTANT CAMERA Chen Li
SOUND MIXER Hao Sun
EDITOR Jiapeng Xiang
SOUND DESIGNERS Jiapeng Xiang | Wenyun Liu
COMPOSER Wenyun Liu
PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS Yafei Liu
PRINCIPAL CAST
Melodie Shah | Matthew Dayley | Patrick David
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT
Lost in Anxiety was born during a time of great anxiety in my own life when I was considering quitting the film industry. I simply couldn’t find the passion for making movies, so I wrote a story about someone seeking something she couldn’t even identify.
My mother is also an inspiration for my film. She broke her leg one day while exercising with me. When I asked her how she broke her leg, she said she hadn’t realized she was too old to do heavy exercises.
It broke my heart to hear this, and I decided to tell a story that blended her struggle with mine.
DIRECTOR BIO
Jiapeng Xiang (he/him) is a lens-based artist in Baltimore, MD. Xiang holds a BFA from Hong Kong Baptist University and is completing an MFA at the Maryland Institute College of Art. His films are inspired mainly by his life experiences and video games, which he spends too much time playing.
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FILM AND PRODUCTION STILLS
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FULL FILM
Currently under 2-year embargo (2025)
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
Jiapeng Xiang (he/him) is a lens-based artist in Baltimore, MD. Xiang holds a BFA from Hong Kong Baptist University and is completing an MFA at the Maryland Institute College of Art. His films are inspired mainly by his life experiences and video games, which he spends too much time playing.
(Update provided in May 2023)