A film by Yishen Wang · Narrative Feature · New York City

Double
Exposure

We search. We find. We disappear.

In New York City, six souls drift through each other's orbits: a model fleeing heartbreak meets a writer without status. A photographer chasing permanence. And elsewhere, a wandering traveler awakens a dutiful worker into a dreamscape where time feels irrelevant.

StatusIn Post-Production
FormatNarrative Feature · Est. 110 min
GenreDrama · Surreal · Melancholic
LocationNew York City
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The Film

The lonely
corners of
the city

A dramatic, surrealist narrative drifting through a New York City imagined by dreamers and loners alike — a city visited only by those with nowhere to go.

The film opens on a cold night with Anna, heartbroken, riding alone in a taxi, her face partially erased by wind and motion. In a neighboring taxi, Zach raises his camera and photographs her before their paths diverge — the most beautiful image he has never seen.

Zach, newly arrived, navigates the city's photography scene and encounters Lauren, an incisive thinker who believes no meaningful image can be made without truly knowing one's subject. Meanwhile, Anna drifts through the city at night and meets K, a writer without status. Their connection is immediate but restrained — each conversation more intimate than anything physical ever could be.

Anna leaves New York, accidentally dropping a belonging. It is picked up by Cameron, a free-spirited wanderer, who later bumps into Celine — a dutiful worker living her parents' life. Cameron leads her into a dreamscape of forgotten New York, drifting through time. They come across a clock on the beach. Where they find K.

Shot in the vision of Yishen Wang and executed by sixteen cinematographers, each lensing a distinct visual perspective — reflecting the emotional fragmentation of the characters themselves.

"I wake up feeling like a different person every day. Why shouldn't a film feel the same way?"
— Yishen Wang, Director
Film still: K stands before the Grand Central Terminal information booth as a woman's reflection layers over his in the brass grille
Still — Grand Central Terminal

Mood Board

The cinematic
language

Visual references shaping the look and feel of Double Exposure — films of drift, transience, and cities that hold their people at arm's length.

Spring FeverLou Ye2009
Summer PalaceLou Ye2006
The Double Life of VéroniqueKrzysztof Kieślowski1991
The Cloud in Her RoomZheng Lu Xinyuan2020
Wheel of AshesPeter Emmanuel Goldman1968
The Man Who SleepsBernard Queysanne1974
The Mother and the WhoreJean Eustache1973
Happy TogetherWong Kar-Wai1997
Regular LoversPhilippe Garrel2005
The Days BetweenMaria Speth2001

Cast

Six lives,
superimposed

I · Arabella Landry
Arabella Landry as Anna

Anna

A model fleeing heartbreak, her face half-erased by wind and motion.

II · Leo Dong
Leo Dong as K

K

A writer without status, carrying the faces of strangers like a private archive of belonging.

III · Zach Wetterqvist
Zach Wetterqvist as Zach

Zach

A photographer chasing permanence — convinced that what is photographed long enough can last forever.

IV · Sophia Fone
Sophia Fone as Lauren

Lauren

An incisive, skeptical thinker: no meaningful image can be made without truly knowing one's subject.

V · Cameron André
Cameron André as Cameron

Cameron

A free-spirited wanderer with little belongings, in search of something he cannot name.

VI · Lara Knezevic
Lara Knezevic as Celine

Celine

A dutiful worker who fulfilled her parents' expectations of a lucrative, hollow career.

Team

Yishen Wang, Director and Writer

Director / Writer

Yishen Wang

Born in Guangzhou, raised in Houston, based in New York. Inspired by Antonioni, Tarkovsky, Lou Ye, and Wong Kar-Wai. His work spans collaborations with Patti Smith and Grammy-winning songwriter Jesse Harris. Wrote and directed the short film Did You Know There Was a Clock on the Beach? — the precursor to this feature.

Kevin Le, Producer

Producer

Kevin Le

Producer and entrepreneur based in NYC. Produced acclaimed works with Martial Club, including Dance of the Drunken Gods and Shaolin Avengers. Former Managing Director at Galoi Capital. BA Mathematics, USC.

Donghyun Kim, Co-Producer and 1st AD

Co-Producer / 1st AD

Donghyun Kim

Born in Seoul, based in NYC. Manages data and ML product strategy at a major financial institution. Passionate about photography, music, and literature. BS MIS, UT Austin.

Ethan Nguyen, Co-Producer

Co-Producer

Ethan Nguyen

From Texas. Associate financier managing transactions between $30M–$100M, bringing financial rigor and a passion for film to independent production. BA Finance, University of North Texas.

Status

Stage
Post-production — picture lock in progress. Remaining: color grading, sound design & mix, final cut, original score
Shoot
Complete — principal photography wrapped
Runtime
Est. 110 minutes
Genre
Drama · Surreal · Melancholic
Prior work
Did You Know There Was a Clock on the Beach? — the debut short, shot on 16mm, that established the world, tone, and emotional language of the feature
Festival strategy
Primary: Locarno (Concorso Cineasti del Presente), IFFR (Tiger Award), SXSW, Tribeca. Secondary: Sundance, SFFILM, BAMcinemaFest, Busan, New Directors/New Films
Seeking
Finishing funds, post-production partners, sales & festival conversations

Contact

Get in touch

For press, festival, funding, or distribution inquiries, reach the production team directly. Director: yishen@doubleexposure.xyz

production@doubleexposure.xyz