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临时侦探
TEMPORARY DETECTIVE

2026

As an elderly woman stalks her daughter along the streets of Los Angeles' Chinatown, a pastiche of LA noir becomes a darker reality.

supported by Deutsche Bank Frieze Los Angeles Film Award x Ghetto Film School

9 min
digital
color
sound

writer-director | Ziyao Liu
producers | Austin Chen, Beidi Wang
cinematographer | Gemma Doll-Grossman
editor | Marnie Salvani
composer | Amy Amatya

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