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International Premiere, Wide Angle: Documentary Competition, 2025

Baima Boy

바이마 소년

Director YE Bingjun

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Family/ChildComing of AgeHuman Rights/Labor/Social

Adi vividly remembers the moment his mom left home. He was four. She cut off a lock of her hair, tied a red thread around it, and walked out with a luggage bag. For 11 years, she didn’t return. Now fifteen, Adi resents his mother as much as he misses her. He roams the streets with a biker gang and pours his energy into streaming in drag on social media. Baima Boy began from the contemporary Chinese phenomenon of nearly 60 million children left behind in rural towns by parents seeking work in cities. In truth, Adi’s situation is too complex to be considered typical. Above all, he is such a dramatic character, as if several fictional lives have been layered into one, that watching him stirs up a flood of emotions. Following Adi from ages 15 to 18 through the seasons, the film finally shines in its last moments when he declares that he is no longer who he once was. Baima Boy is a sharp sketch of contemporary China and a brilliant coming-of-age drama.

Programme note by KANG Sowon

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Screenings3

Fri, 09/19

16:3018:37

KOFIC Theater

151Guest Q&AKE, Korean subtitles + English subtitles or English dialogue

Mon, 09/22

16:3018:37

CGV Centum City 4

356Guest Q&AKE, Korean subtitles + English subtitles or English dialogue

Tue, 09/23

15:3017:12

CGV Centum City 1

421KE, Korean subtitles + English subtitles or English dialogue

Film details

Director: YE Bingjun
Country/Region: United States, China, France
Year: 2025
Length: 102min
Section: Wide Angle: Documentary Competition
Edition: Busan International Film Festival 2025, No. 30
Original language: English
Premiere: International Premiere
Format: DCP, Color
Selection: Competitive section
Elsewhere: Festival page Letterboxd IMDb TMDB Douban

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YE Bingjun

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Director: YE Bingjun
Producer: Summer Xinlei YANG
Cast: Adi
Editing: Luqi ZHAO, Yiqing YU, Matthias WEBER
Music: Sharon FARBER
Production company: Summery Productions

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West Lake International Documentary Festival, 2026Glory of Documentary: Unknown Guests, Official selection Busan International Film Festival, 2025Wide Angle: Documentary Competition, Competitive section

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