DRIFTING | 漂流
short film





director/writer: Hanxiong Bo

World Premiere
67th San Sebastian International Film Festival

77th Locarno Film Festival

Best International Short
17th Reykjavík International Film Festival

Best Narrative Short
48th Athens International Film and Video Festival

ARTE Short Film Prize
39½ FilmschoolFest Munich

Golden KOJIKA Award
9th Nara International Film Festival

Best Cinematography
NFMLA Awards 2023


Yan is an illegal second child born during the One-Child policy. To avoid government punishment, Yan's parents hid their oldest daughter in the countryside and raised Yan as a girl. Now a young adult, Yan struggles with his gender identity and being treated as an outcast in a conservative society. His sole escape is drifting his father's old taxi through abandoned parking lots.