Film archive, 2025

A Girl Unknown

无名女孩

Director ZOU Jing

2Festival entries

★Avg. rating

After suddenly losing her father, Lin Juan, a bright girl living in a rural Chinese village, is left alone with her mother. Rumors about her mother’s remarriage begin to circulate, and Juan is soon sent to the city to live with Meishuang and her husband. Unable to find her place between the kindhearted Meishuang and her aloof husband, Juan learns that the couple lost their young daughter several years ago. Zou Jing, who began her career, making television documentaries and commercials, makes her debut in Cannes Critics’ Week with her first feature film about Lin Juan’s journey - she becomes Wang Juan in middle school, then Wu Lian, before finally finding the name and place that are rightfully hers. For audiences who remember the generous embrace of the sea in Our Little Sister (2015), this film will be a welcome present.

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Film details

Director: ZOU Jing
Country/Region: China, France
Year: 2025
Length: 128min
Original language: Chinese
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Director

ZOU Jing

Chinese screenwriter and director. After starting her career in TV documentaries and commercials, she won multiple awards for her directorial debut, the short Lili Alone (2021). A Girl Unknown (2026) marks her feature debut.

From Tokyo International Film Festival 2026, No. 39

Credits

Director: ZOU Jing
Executive producer: Tyler PAN
Producer: Yang WANG, Didar DOMEHRI
Cast: Gengxi LI, Jiani SHEN, Feng ZU, Ruofan CAO
Cinematography: Zhongqiang LIANG
Production design: Jun XING
Editing: Tina BAZ
Music: Valentin HADJADJ
Sound: Stéphane THIÉBAUT, Emeline ALDEGUER
Production company: Pure Light Films, Memoria Films, MANEKI FILMS
World sales: Pyramide International

Festival appearances2

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A Girl UnknownTokyo International Film Festival 2026, No. 39Women's Empowerment

A Girl UnknownBusan International Film Festival 2026, No. 31A Window on Asian Cinema

Festival history2

东京国际电影节, 2026Women's Empowerment, Official selection 釜山国际电影节, 2026A Window on Asian Cinema, Official selection

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