New Moon Chapter One

2020年7月，我回到离开六年的老家哈尔滨，人生的轨道在24岁刹车，我开始在顺流而下的生活里重新审视自己如何被塑造。“新月”是母亲给我起的名字，来自于她在疼痛和混乱中仰望的美好，引领我回望我所出生的九十年代，检视美好仰望与残酷现实间永恒的缠绕。

In July 2020, I returned to my hometown, Harbin, where I had been away for six years. At the age of 24, the trajectory of my life came to a halt, and I began to re-examine how I had been carried along and shaped by the currents of life. “Xinyue” (“New Moon”) was the name my mother gave me, inspired by the beauty she looked up to amid pain and chaos. It led me to reflect on the 1990s, the decade I was born, and to examine the eternal entanglement between hopeful aspirations and harsh realities.   

导演：李新月
主演：李新月
摄影：李新月
类型：纪录长片
对白语言：汉语普通话
地区：中国

Director: Li Xinyue
Cast: Li Xinyue
Cinematographer: Li Xinyue
Genre: Documentary Feature Film
Language: Mandarin Chinese
Region: China

李新月，1996年生于哈尔滨，大学毕业后北漂两年。2020年返回哈尔滨，参与草场地工作站创作社群，开始以“新月”为名的系列写作和影像创作。 

Li Xinyue, born in Harbin in 1996, worked in Beijing for two years after graduating from university. In 2020, Li Xinyue returned to Harbin and participated in the Caochangdi Workstation creative community, starting a series of writing and video creation under the name of “New Moon”.   

这是我创作的第一部片子，生长于草场地创作同行。2021年初，我参加线上草场地影像写作工作坊，此后通过线上剧场、邮件组、读书会、工作坊等和草场地伙伴交流互助，影片的素材、指向、构成及最终成形都生发于此。借由创作我为自己27年的人生作见证，期许以“新月”为名一章、二章、三章……不断书写下去。 

This is my first film, created alongside fellow artists from the creative community of Caochangdi Workstation. In early 2021, I participated in the online Caochangdi Video Writing Workshop, and since then, I’ve communicated and collaborated with my Caochangdi peers through online theater, email groups, book clubs, workshops, and more. The material, direction, structure, and final form of this film all grew out of this process. Through this creation, I have borne witness to my 27 years of life, from which I hope to continue my work under the name “New Moon,” with chapter two, three, and more.