One Day I'll Open My Fist

One Day I'll Open My Fist

Directed By Dylan Rizzo

USA | Narrative | 20 min

World Premiere

Lulu, a young Chinese American woman, resorts to petty theft as a quiet act of resistance against the wave of newcomers transforming her neighborhood. As she comes of age amidst the shifting fabric of her home, she is confronted with questions of identity and what it truly means to belong.

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    Film Details

    1. Photosensitivity, Substance abuse

    2. English, Chinese (Cantonese)

    3. English

    4. World Premiere

    5. 2024

    6. 20 minutes

    7. Coming-of-Age, Drama

    8. Narrative

    9. USA

      10. Dylan Rizzo


      Dylan Rizzo (b.1996) is a filmmaker and photographer from New York City. He received his MFA in Cinema Arts at Brooklyn College's Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema in 2025.

      11. Abyn Reabe

        Jason Gotlieb

        Sheherzad Preisler

        Josh Palmer

        Sam Jang-Milsten

        Nicole Fernandez

      12. Dylan Rizzo

      13. Josephine Chiang

        Edward Chin

        Stella Jiler

      14. Cinematographer: Leo Zhang

        Editor: Damian Standen

        Production Designer: April Wen

        Locations: Caton Lu

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