A Documentary Film · 2026
Under the Seasons is a year-long portrait of a mother and her three years 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 the world through the seasons.
Filmed across the shifting light and the subtle changes marked by the East Asian solar terms — the 24 seasons that shape the year — the documentary follows plants, weather, daily rituals, and small gestures from spring to winter.
Without narration or music, the film moves through intimate conversations, small discoveries, and the shared language between mother and child.
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.
A world carried by hands, voices, weather, and time.
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
