Fire Flies

Fire Flies

2026 · 18 min

The filmmaker is led on a flashlight-illuminated stroll through the mountains—with the green, digital images of a night vision camera capturing flora, fauna, and distant stars.

Directed by Zheng Lu Xinyuan

In theaters Sep 12, 2026

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