
Anna
A model fleeing heartbreak, her face half-erased by wind and motion.
A film by Yishen Wang · Narrative Feature · New York City
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.
The Film
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?"
Mood Board
Visual references shaping the look and feel of Double Exposure — films of drift, transience, and cities that hold their people at arm's length.
Cast

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

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

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

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

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

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

Director / Writer
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.

Producer
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.

Co-Producer / 1st AD
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.

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