All Quiet at Sunrise

101 minutes | 2025 | Fiction | Mandarin, Hangzhounese | English and Chinese Subtitles
North American Premiere

Graduate student MA Ke is deep in a thesis on Lucy—the “grandmother of mankind”—whom he believes holds clues to the origins of language. As he struggles to articulate his ideas, his mother Haiyan draws him into a decaying house filled with memories and secrets. Meanwhile, his advisor, Professor LI Tong, finds an unexpected connection between Ke’s writing and the unresolved disappearance of her daughter.

ZHU Xin, born in June, 1996, graduated from China Academy of Art in 2018. His debut feature Vanishing Days (2018), was selected to Berlinale Forum, Busan International Film Festival New Currents, and screened at more than 30 international film festivals, including Hong Kong, Taipei, Marrakech, Sofia and Vienna. His documentary feature A Song River (2025) premiered at the 8th Pingyao International Film Festival and won two awards. All Quiet at Sunrise is his second fiction feature.