Under the Seasons (documentary film still)
Under the Seasons is a year-long portrait of a mother and her three year old daughter living inside the quiet rhythm of nature in Texas. This film is ultimately about time, how a mother witnesses a child grow, and how a child learns about the world through the seasons.
Filmed across the shifting light and the subtle changes marked by the East Asian solar terms—the 24 micro-seasons that shape the year—the documentary follows plants, weather, daily rituals, and small gestures from spring to winter.
What begins as ordinary days becomes a record of time itself: how a year forms a child, how seasons hold memory, and how tenderness and attention can turn the smallest moments into something larger.
A simple life, lived closely in a world carried by time, weather, voices, and hands.
Credits
A film by Zhao Jing
Directed, filmed, and edited by Zhao Jing
Filmed 2023–2024, Texas
Currently in post-production
To be completed in 2026
