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baihe_mediaAs indicated in the trailer, the short film When We Met (去年烟火, pinyin: qunian yanhuo; my preferred and more literal translation being Fireworks of Yesteryear) is scheduled to air on 19 January.
Earlier today, the production team stated on Weibo that it would premiere via a livestream (presumably on the basis that the real-time nature of livestreams makes them slightly less susceptible to censorship) on RedNote (aka Xiaohongshu), and that the film would be uploaded to Bilibili after the premiere. Subsequently, however, when I popped into a test livestream that the director of the film was running on Weibo, she mentioned that RedNote wasn't allowing the full film through, even on a livestream (I assume they'd tested livestreaming it on RedNote), so they'd decided to switch to streaming it on the QQ platform instead. This seems to be the QQ channel they plan on using. It's currently locked to members/subscribers only (and getting a QQ account seems pretty much impossible these days without a Chinese mobile number), so I'm hoping they open it up to unlogged-in guests at some point.
[ETA: As of two hours before the screening, it's still locked to members/subscribers only, so it looks like only people with QQ accounts will be able to access it.]
The production team also said in the same post that, after the screening of the film, there will be a livestreamed discussion between Ni Jia (who plays Peng Yun, one of the leads), Xen (the director) and Qi Xiao Huang Shu (author of the baihe novel Kissing a Gardenia (都什么年代了啊, pinyin: ou shenme niandai le a), on which the film is based).
[ETA: It's been confirmed that this panel discussion will be livestreamed via the production team's Weibo account]
If anyone is able to access the channel once they start streaming the film, could you please screen-record as much of it as you're able to/comfortable with, especially the parts most susceptible to being edited out to comply with platform content rules (e.g. there's at least one kissing scene in the film — the production team posted a video of He Lei, who plays Ji Qingqing, the other lead, reacting to it). I'm planning to do the same myself, but have no idea whether I'll actually even be able to view the film.
Earlier today, the production team stated on Weibo that it would premiere via a livestream (presumably on the basis that the real-time nature of livestreams makes them slightly less susceptible to censorship) on RedNote (aka Xiaohongshu), and that the film would be uploaded to Bilibili after the premiere. Subsequently, however, when I popped into a test livestream that the director of the film was running on Weibo, she mentioned that RedNote wasn't allowing the full film through, even on a livestream (I assume they'd tested livestreaming it on RedNote), so they'd decided to switch to streaming it on the QQ platform instead. This seems to be the QQ channel they plan on using. It's currently locked to members/subscribers only (and getting a QQ account seems pretty much impossible these days without a Chinese mobile number), so I'm hoping they open it up to unlogged-in guests at some point.
[ETA: As of two hours before the screening, it's still locked to members/subscribers only, so it looks like only people with QQ accounts will be able to access it.]
The production team also said in the same post that, after the screening of the film, there will be a livestreamed discussion between Ni Jia (who plays Peng Yun, one of the leads), Xen (the director) and Qi Xiao Huang Shu (author of the baihe novel Kissing a Gardenia (都什么年代了啊, pinyin: ou shenme niandai le a), on which the film is based).
[ETA: It's been confirmed that this panel discussion will be livestreamed via the production team's Weibo account]
If anyone is able to access the channel once they start streaming the film, could you please screen-record as much of it as you're able to/comfortable with, especially the parts most susceptible to being edited out to comply with platform content rules (e.g. there's at least one kissing scene in the film — the production team posted a video of He Lei, who plays Ji Qingqing, the other lead, reacting to it). I'm planning to do the same myself, but have no idea whether I'll actually even be able to view the film.
