Empty Canvas
12/31/2022(US) | Drama | 11m
A social media celebrity gets kidnapped and is forced to make a viral video in a desert, where he tries to rebuild his estranged relationship with his father through Chinese calligraphy.
Writer, Director, DP, and Editor: Jiayang Liu
Cast: Lourd Asprec | YiXin Zhang | Connor Trujillo | Payton Gibson | Koren Anderson | Cetan Wise
1st Assistant Director: Caden Bright
2st Assistant Director: Payton Gibson
VFX Artist: Alex Guo
Still Photographer: Riping Li
Boom Operator: Payton Gibson
Production Assistant: Koren Anderson | Cetan Wise
Shot on Location in Casper, Wyoming
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28067638
Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/film/empty-canvas/
Contacts, Rights, Distribution: Jiayang Liu / jiayangliufilm@gmail.com
“This film is an allegorical depiction of the struggles of being a creative artist. In the film, the protagonist is forced to create art and can’t due to his creative block. But it is when he looks within at his own life that he is able to create something that resonates with people. This is a universal story of love and fear.”
– Jiayang Liu Director Statement
FESTIVALS
- Chinese American Film Festival – Official Selection 2023
- First-Time Filmmaker Sessions – Official Selection 2022
