I Saw You in the Flood

Narrative

Kai, a genderqueer Chinese-American, and their mother, Li, deal with the effects of a heavy storm on their basement apartment in Queens. Zhou, Kai’s grandfather, is dying in Northeast China. During this sleepless night, a familiar spirit visits Kai and mistakes them for Li.

CREDITS

Writer/Director: Kevin Xian Ming Yu

Starring: Rick Weiyi Kong, Hua Tan, ShengDe Han

Producers: Camila Grimaldi & Shayan Ajmal Farooq
1st AD: Camila Grimaldi
Associate Producer: Alfonso Morgan-Terrero

Production Designer: Jaclyn Goldstein

Editor: Sean Weiner
Color: Zack Chalmers
Sound Design: Matthew Lai
Post-Production Sound provided by: Gigantic Studios, NYC
Re-Recording Mixer: Peter Russell
Assistant Sound Editor: Camille Laffond, Emma Basset
Audio Post Producer: Jeff Spivack
Audio Post Coordinator: Mehal Gujral

Cinematographer: Daniel Chang
Gaffer: Daniel Muller
1st AC: Ginny Taglia
2nd AC: Sofia Voss

Production Sound: Jessy Yang

HMU:

Elisa Abend-Goldfarb

Production Companies:

Chofan 678
Runner Films
Ser Nocturna

RECOGNITION

Official Selection SXSW 2026

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