CONTACT LENS
河马皮肤
Ruiqi Lu • China • 2024 • 78 min. • 4K • Experimental Fiction
SYNOPSIS
“Contact Lens” imagines the emancipation of women from the confines of narrow spaces and the tedium of routine lives. Echoing the women’s yearning to break free, the film itself strives to transcend its boundaries.
The movie metamorphoses the image into a fluid, feminine essence, revealing her multifaceted nature in a timeless space.
TRAILER
AWARDS
Best Director | Rebels With A Cause Competition
PÖFF Tallinn Black Nights Festival. Estonia (2024)
Best Film | Low Budget, Great Films Competition
Fantaspoa International Fantastic Film Festival of Porto Alegre. Brazil (2025)
FESTIVALS & ALTERNATIVE SCREENINGS
IBIZACINEFEST Ibiza Independent Film Festival. Spain (2025)
Prismatic Ground Film Festival. United States (2025)
AL ESTE International Film Festival. Peru (2025)
Fantasia International Film Festival. Canada (2025)
MIFF Melbourne Film Festival. Australia (2025)
Chicago Underground Film Festival. United States (2025)
BISFF Beijing International Short Film Festival. China (2025)
IFFI Goa International Film Festival. India (2025)
PRESS
INDEPENDENT MAGAZINE • by Dana Knight
"The jury gave the prize for 'its meticulous research on the meta-visual and for its aesthetic precision.' I couldn’t agree more."The Disapproving Swede • by Christer Emanuelsson
"Contact Lens is a work that reminds us that, sometimes, true freedom begins with a simple different look."Revista Caligari • by Natalia Llorens (In Spanish Only)
CREW
DIRECTOR & SCRIPTWRITER
Ruiqi Lu
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Nian Shen
PRODUCER
Ruiqi Lu
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Junqian Xie
PRODUCTION DESIGNER
Dein Hung
POST-PRODUCTION
Yang Hu
MUSIC
Si Liu
SOUND DESIGN
Shuqian Wei
Sheren Huang
EDITING
Ruiqi Lu
CAST
Yunxi Zhong
Yanli Dai
Fan Chen
Shiqi Wu
COLORIST
Junhing Qian
Yang Hu
FIRST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Qingyu Yang
SCRIPT SUPERVISOR
Yiyao Tong
STORYBOARD
Chen Gu
CASTING DIRECTOR
Sheng Hu
DIT
Qiao Shen
PRODUCTION MANAGER
Tianchen Qiang
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR
Pengjun Lu
FIRST ASSISTANT PHOTOGRAPHER
Ge Ye
SECOND ASSISTANT PHOTOGRAPHER
Lining Liu
GAFFER
Junwei Sun
ART DIRECTOR
Yuqing Lin
ASSISTANTS ART DIRECTOR
Qiaoyu Yang
Ke Wang
Zhe Wang
MAKE-UP
PangPang
RECORDING ENGINEER
Hu Jiang
BOOM OPERATOR
Jichao Shang
SUBTITLES TRANSLATOR
Paul Wade
Legal Advice
Martha Fritz
INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION
María Vera (KINO REBELDE)