Sizzle Sizzle (Trailer)

2022 Winning Film
Written By Justin Merino

It was a personalized declaration, the first time I had gathered the courage to show the public my horrible skin full of wounds and scars.
Pink lips and smooth skin, a popular imagining of a young girl.
Without a doubt, I was a girl.
I was always praised for my cute doll face and pale skin. At the same time, they crawled densely all over my arms and legs under my deliberately chosen long sleeves and trousers. I never knew where they came from. It was only when the water ran over my skin in the shower and I felt the sudden pain that I realized: oh, so the skin here has broken again.
They are my permanent wounds, physical and psychological.
They live on with me, they are a part of me.

Yining Zhou


Yining Zhou is a director, and also works as a creative director and production designer. Yining is currently studying at MA Fashion Film and Digital Production at University of the Arts London. She graduated from Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University with an undergraduate degree in Film and Television Production. As a result, she has extensive experience in producing traditional films, fashion films, TV programmes and advertising campaigns.

Yining is currently interested in skin and body positivity, capturing the beauty of the body from a uniquely female director's perspective. She often explores the various shapes and possibilities of skin and combines them with sound to express inner sensations. This has been the subject of her research throughout her postgraduate career, and the series currently includes “Sizzle Sizzle” and “Limitless”.

Justin Merino

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