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Beijing Ghosts

2026 · 16 min

A quiet, drifting night walk through a vast city, intimate and uneasy, where searching for a lost object becomes a meditation on leaving and being watched.

Directed by
Dwight Yao
Genres
Drama
Starring
Du Bai, Zhou Mo
Overview
On the night before leaving Beijing, Mo spends her last hours in the city with Bai. When the camcorder disappears, their search leads them into the blind spots of a city that never stops watching.
How it feels
Melancholic, tense, eerie and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Isolation, memory, identity, survival
Content
Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
Note
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Directed by
Dwight Yao
Genres
Drama
Starring
Du Bai, Zhou Mo
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • eeriestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Places
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour1
Realism7
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Dwight Yao
Written by
Dwight Yao
Starring
Du Bai, Zhou Mo
Cinematography
Tao Kio Qiu
Runtime
16 min
Country
China, Hong Kong
Languages
Mandarin

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