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Xiang fei de nv hai

Girls on Wire
Competition 2025
© L'Avventura Films
Cousins Tian Tian and Fang Di were raised like sisters until family struggles pushed them apart. Fang Di moves away to work as a stuntwoman in China’s largest film studios to clear her family’s debts. Tian Tian remains behind, left to deal with her father’s addiction, and falls prey to the local mafia. Forced to escape to the big city, Tian Tian seeks out her cousin. Thrown together against their will and pursued by the mob, they will need to combine their strength and resilience to escape a dramatic fate that threatens to consume them both.
by Vivian Qu (Director, Screenplay)
with Liu Haocun, Wen Qi, Zhang Youhao, Zhou You, Peng Jing, Yang Haoyu, Liu Yitie, Geng Le People’s Republic of China 2025 Mandarin 115' Colour World premiere

With

  • Liu Haocun (Tian Tian)
  • Wen Qi (Fang Di)
  • Zhang Youhao (Ming)
  • Zhou You (Tian Tian’s Dad)
  • Peng Jing (Fang Di’s Mother)
  • Yang Haoyu (Bin)
  • Liu Yitie (Tie)
  • Geng Le (Mr. Hu)

Crew

Director Vivian Qu
Screenplay Vivian Qu
Cinematography Zhang Chaoyi
Editing Yang Hongyu
Music Wen Zi
Sound Design Yang Jiang, Nan Zhao
Production Design Li Xiaoliang
Producers Sean Chen, Qin Hong, Xu Jiahan
Executive Producer Ying Hua
Co-Producer Mike Downey

Produced by

L'Avventura Films

J.Q. Spring Pictures

World Sales

Films Boutique

Photos

Press Conference

Red Carpet

Vivian Qu

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The screenwriter, director and producer made her directorial debut with Trap Street which premiered at the 2013 Venice Critics’ Week. Her second feature Angels Wear White screened in competition at the 2017 Venice Film Festival and won numerous international awards. In 2014, she produced Black Coal, Thin Ice, which won the Golden Bear and a Silver Bear at the Berlinale. In 2019, she served on the festival’s GWFF Best First Feature Jury.

Filmography

2013 Shui Yin Jie (Trap Street) 2017 Jia Nian Hua (Angels Wear White) 2025 Xiang fei de nv hai (Girls on Wire)

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2025