Building nostalgia

On Dec 19, the first film, Lou, premiered during the Hainan Island International Film Festival in Sanya from Dec 18 to 25. The second film, Chang, was selected as one of nine finalists for the H! Action Project Market at the same festival. The film will premiere in March. The shooting of Xiang will be completed in 2023.

"It felt like a longtime wish had finally been fulfilled. I was relieved and thrilled," says Ju, adding that audience feedback for Lou was beyond his expectations.

"The 90-minute film is not commercial. I was very happy to see how engaged audiences were. During the hour-long Q&A session after the premiere, they asked me lots of questions."

The shooting for the film started in 2019. From then and until 2021, Ju traveled around the country with his small team of eight people and interviewed over 50 architects, scholars and experts, who showed him different buildings, both historical and modern.