Touch The Touch, From Far Away (2024)
Hybrid documentary, 32'53''





Touch the Touch, From Far Away, is a hybrid film that blends documentary andfiction to explore the authenticity of both human-to-human and human-to-machine communication and connections. The film follows Jenny, a young woman on an exploratory journey to answer the question, “What makes people connected?” Through interviews, collaboration with choreographers and performers on a dance project about a human-chatbot romance, and her own evolving relationship with an AI chatbot friend, Jenny navigates the complex terrain of intimacy and connection in modern times.
Director: Jiani Wang
Photographer: Jiani Wang, Shaohan Fang, Ningyi Jiang
Editor: Jiani Wang
Music: Chanmi Seo
Color Grading: Chang Su

Awards:
Stockholm City Film Festival 2025
New York Lift-Off Film Festival 2025

Screenings:
Alchemy: Transmuting the Wound, Mother of Pearl Collective, Brooklyn, NY, 2026
SVA Thesis screening, SVA Theatre, NYC, 2024
CineAsian Films (watching full film)