THE SHOOT

Production

The Orange Grove is being developed as a concentrated, location-based production centered on a rural farmhouse, its yard, and the roads surrounding it.

Team

WRITER & DIRECTOR

UUHAO WEN

Uuhao Wen is a Chinese filmmaker and visual artist whose work centers on quiet emotional fracture, identity, and intimacy. His previous short, The Last Thing, received Best LGBTQ+ Short Film at the Toronto Independent Festival of CIFT.

PRODUCER

AVRIL WEI

Avril Wei brings her experience as a producer and educator to the project.

(Associate Professor, Central Academy of Drama)

OFFICIAL DISTRIBUTION PARTNER

WOLUNWOLUN

WOLUNWOLUN is an independent distribution studio supporting the project's festival strategy. The studio has submitted dozens of works to festivals, with more than ten awards across its slate.

PRODUCING ADVISOR

HANSEN LIN

(2026 Sundance Institute Documentary Producers Lab Fellow)