Gan

Original Title: 甘

Runtime: 75 - 80'

Expected Release: January 2027

Production Stage: Post-Production

1st Feature: Yes

Looking for: Festivals, Sales Agents / Distributors, Gap-financing, Strategic Guidance

Synopsis:

In the mountains of China, a wildlife ranger Mingdong Gan,once a left-behind child, must learn what it means to be a father when he rescues a baby takin, a rare goat-antelope, that mirrors his own search for home. As the calf is raised up and released back into the wild but returns to caregivers, Gan questions whether he can learn to love and be present as a father.

Director’s Profile:

Ruonan Jiang is a director / producer working across fiction and documentary between China and U.S. Her work is drawn to the tensions between people and their environments, often exploring how emotional and ecological worlds intersect.

Producer’s Profile:

Huihui Lou is the founder of French production company Oui Production. She is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and holds a Master’s degree in directing, producing, and screenwriting from Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Her work centers on intimate, cross-cultural narratives that examine identity, migration, and memory across both fiction and documentary forms. She is an IDFAcademy alumna and a selected participant in the Berlinale EFM Toolbox Program 2026. Through Oui Production, she champions emerging filmmakers and fosters creative collaboration between Asia and Europe.