Wedding Time / 喜喜
A distorted wedding explores family, desire and relationships of exchange.
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Chinese-language official award post. This is not a verified full-film player. See the source page for information about the work.
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Classes, interviews and production notes from the filmmakers and their teams.
Creator interview · Article · Chinese
Pan Xiaojun on Wedding Time: Making Creative Decisions when Generation Goes Wrong (new tab)
Nandu N Video reporter Cheng Shuwen interviews Pan Xiaojun · Nandu N Video · AI Outpost · 2026.09.24
Read the article (new tab)Nandu N VideoPan explains how conversations about marriage anxiety became an AI animation when live filming proved impractical. He describes remote collaboration, revising expression prompts and selectively adapting the script around unexpected character proportions while retaining the original theme.
- Find a premise in familiar experiences.
- Revise prompts against actual expression results.
- Choose which unexpected results serve the story.
Verification and access notes
The original Nandu article, originality label, date, byline and Wedding Time section were read and checked against Nandu’s Sohu edition. Statements by other interviewees later in the article are not presented as Pan’s methods.
A Chinese-language written interview with plot and image discussion. If the Nandu page is unavailable, try its Sohu edition below.
Checked: 2026.10.23
Film record
| Recognition | Common Divisor Award, FIRST Fantastic 2026 · UNTITLED |
|---|---|
| Festival / platform | FIRST Fantastic Film Festival 2026 · UNTITLED |
| Director | Pan Xiaojun |
| Runtime | Runtime not confirmed |
Awards and recognition
AI production notes
The festival’s UNTITLED award post discusses AI and generative filmmaking. The director describes an AI animation in his interview; no exact generated proportion is established.