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Finding Yingying

After a young Chinese student goes missing on an American university campus, her family travels to the U.S. for the first time, hoping to unravel the mystery of her disappearance.

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Jiayan 'Jenny' Shi

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8 wins & 3 nominations

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"University of Illinois
is very beautiful, - Finding Yingying

"University of Illinois is very beautiful,

"I fell in love with it
at first glance. - Finding Yingying

"I fell in love with it at first glance.

"However, I'm feeling
a little anxious. - Finding Yingying

"However, I'm feeling a little anxious.

"It's the first time - Finding Yingying

"It's the first time

"It's the first time
I've lived independently. - Finding Yingying

"It's the first time I've lived independently...

"I feel a little bit lonely, - Finding Yingying

"I feel a little bit lonely,

"Pursuing a PhD requires
a lot of hard work. - Finding Yingying

"Pursuing a PhD requires a lot of hard work.

"The rule is simple: - Finding Yingying

"The rule is simple:

"I eat my words. - Finding Yingying

"I eat my words.

"I missed a class yesterday. - Finding Yingying

"I missed a class yesterday.

"If I cannot do what
I have planned every day, - Finding Yingying

"If I cannot do what I have planned every day,

So please be calm and learn
what you need to learn. - Finding Yingying

So please be calm and learn what you need to learn.

"To study, - Finding Yingying

"This is the first day
of our trip to Nebraska. - Finding Yingying

"This is the first day of our trip to Nebraska.

"My colleague Guofang and I
departed at 3:00 p.m. - Finding Yingying

"My colleague Guofang and I departed at 3:00 p.m.

"The wide scenery,
crop field at the highway - Finding Yingying

"The wide scenery, crop field at the highway

"The color of nature, blue sky,
green grass, white houses, - Finding Yingying

"The color of nature, blue sky, green grass, white hous...

"By the way, the road
was also special. - Finding Yingying

"By the way, the road was also special.

"Few cars,
and few people, - Finding Yingying

"Few cars, and few people,

"The difference is that
I may compromise. - Finding Yingying

"The difference is that I may compromise.

I may want to be famous." - Finding Yingying

I may want to be famous."

"Speaking English,
morning reading, 20 minutes. - Finding Yingying

"Speaking English, morning reading, 20 minutes.

"Jogging, 30 minutes,
6:00 to 6:30. - Finding Yingying

"Jogging, 30 minutes, 6:00 to 6:30.

"Breakfast, 20 minutes. - Finding Yingying

"Breakfast, 20 minutes.

This is part of the diary
kept by Yingying Zhang - Finding Yingying

This is part of the diary kept by Yingying Zhang

Her last communication
that summer - Finding Yingying

Her last communication that summer

[reporter]
Police in downstate
Urbana-Champaign - Finding Yingying

[reporter] Police in downstate Urbana-Champaign

[reporter #2]
26-year-old Yingying Zhang
has been visiting - Finding Yingying

[reporter #2] 26-year-old Yingying Zhang has been visiting

[reporter #5]
Zhang's father,
aunt, and boyfriend - Finding Yingying

[reporter #5] Zhang's father, aunt, and boyfriend

And says he does not
plan to leave - Finding Yingying

And says he does not plan to leave

[woman] What's been
completely impressive - Finding Yingying

[woman] What's been completely impressive

We fully expect her
return to campus. - Finding Yingying

We fully expect her return to campus.

[Jenny]
Yingying's mother - Finding Yingying

[Jenny] Yingying's mother

Instead,
her sister accompanied - Finding Yingying

Instead, her sister accompanied

Yingying and I went to
the same university in China. - Finding Yingying

Yingying and I went to the same university in China.

When she went missing, - Finding Yingying

When she went missing,

After Yingying's family arrived,
I joined the volunteers - Finding Yingying

After Yingying's family arrived, I joined the volunteer...

I also started documenting
the places Yingying had been to, - Finding Yingying

I also started documenting the places Yingying had been to,

During Yingying's
short stay in the U.S., - Finding Yingying

During Yingying's short stay in the U.S.,

They brought us to the cornfield
where Yingying used to work. - Finding Yingying

They brought us to the cornfield where Yingying used to work...

"The wind is like an excited
crazy lady disturbing my brain. - Finding Yingying

"The wind is like an excited crazy lady disturbing my b...

"Standing on
the five-meter-tall tower, - Finding Yingying

"Standing on the five-meter-tall tower,

"Field work costs
a lot of energy - Finding Yingying

"Field work costs a lot of energy

"However, as someone
learning ecology, - Finding Yingying

"However, as someone learning ecology,

"Learn from Guofang
as much as possible. - Finding Yingying

"Learn from Guofang as much as possible.

"No matter
how tired you are, - Finding Yingying

"No matter how tired you are,

[man]
We went to her apartment, - Finding Yingying

[man] We went to her apartment,

We knew that she was supposed
to go to an apartment complex - Finding Yingying

We knew that she was supposed to go to an apartment complex

So we were able to locate
the security video - Finding Yingying

So we were able to locate the security video

She got off that bus, - Finding Yingying

She got off that bus,

We have over
2,000 cameras on campus. - Finding Yingying

We have over 2,000 cameras on campus.

And it was a telecommunicator
working the midnight shift - Finding Yingying

And it was a telecommunicator working the midnight shift

At that point, - Finding Yingying

[reporter]
The search for a missing scholar - Finding Yingying

[reporter] The search for a missing scholar

[reporter #2]
The FBI is leading
the investigation, - Finding Yingying

[reporter #2] The FBI is leading the investigation,

[reporter #3]
The FBI is also offering - Finding Yingying

[reporter #3] The FBI is also offering

[reporter #4]
Police officers we talked with
say they are staying late - Finding Yingying

[reporter #4] Police officers we talked with say they are st...

[Jenny]
It was shocking to see Yingying
get into that car by herself. - Finding Yingying

[Jenny] It was shocking to see Yingying get into that car by...

But I immediately recalled
a similar experience I had - Finding Yingying

But I immediately recalled a similar experience I had

Just like Yingying,
I was lonely and homesick. - Finding Yingying

Just like Yingying, I was lonely and homesick.

I had a hard time adapting
to the language and culture. - Finding Yingying

I had a hard time adapting to the language and culture.

Late one night, after covering
a police community meeting - Finding Yingying

Late one night, after covering a police community meeting

A guy who I had seen
at a meeting - Finding Yingying

A guy who I had seen at a meeting

Afraid of waiting in the dark - Finding Yingying

Afraid of waiting in the dark

[woman]
She has just been here
for six weeks. - Finding Yingying

[woman] She has just been here for six weeks.

I guess she may
have the impression - Finding Yingying

I guess she may have the impression

Maybe she thinks they are
just trying to be friendly, - Finding Yingying

Maybe she thinks they are just trying to be friendly,

She didn't notice maybe - Finding Yingying

She didn't notice maybe

And at that time, - Finding Yingying

And at that time,

That's why I think
she just entering the car - Finding Yingying

That's why I think she just entering the car

[man]
They found her getting
into a car, - Finding Yingying

[man] They found her getting into a car,

I'm just very, very worried
about her safety. - Finding Yingying

I'm just very, very worried about her safety.

- We are now more
of wanting to help, - Finding Yingying

- We are now more of wanting to help,

[reporter] There're 360,000
Chinese students in the U.S., - Finding Yingying

[reporter] There're 360,000 Chinese students in the U.S...

[reporter #2]
As much as $14 billion - Finding Yingying

[reporter #2] As much as $14 billion

If I walk out on the street,
will this also happen to me? - Finding Yingying

If I walk out on the street, will this also happen to me?

- My parents just tell me
to don't go out at late - Finding Yingying

- My parents just tell me to don't go out at late

[Kimberlee]
On behalf of University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, - Finding Yingying

[Kimberlee] On behalf of University of Illinois at Urbana-Ch...

She's just waiting for us
every minute and every second. - Finding Yingying

She's just waiting for us every minute and every second...

I have no energy or time - Finding Yingying

I have no energy or time

And I wrote many songs for her, - Finding Yingying

And I wrote many songs for her,

[Jenny, reading]
"My dear Xiaolin came
to visit me in Shenzhen. - Finding Yingying

[Jenny, reading] "My dear Xiaolin came to visit me in S...

"I feel weird sometimes - Finding Yingying

"I feel weird sometimes

"The way you spoil me
and the way you look at me, - Finding Yingying

"The way you spoil me and the way you look at me,

"You're fine with me
being whatever I want. - Finding Yingying

"You're fine with me being whatever I want.

"And I know you would tolerate
my flaws, and even allow them. - Finding Yingying

"And I know you would tolerate my flaws, and even allow...

"I have the strength
to grow with you - Finding Yingying

"I have the strength to grow with you

"In dreams, we hold
hand in hand - Finding Yingying

"In dreams, we hold hand in hand

[reporter]
Brendt Christensen, a former
physics graduate student, - Finding Yingying

[reporter] Brendt Christensen, a former physics graduate stu...

She was last seen getting into
Christensen's car at a bus stop, - Finding Yingying

She was last seen getting into Christensen's car at a b...

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After a young Chinese student goes missing on an American university campus, her family travels to the U.S. for the first time, hoping to unravel the mystery of her disappearance.

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Director: Jiayan 'Jenny' Shi

Writer: N/A

Production: N/A

Genre: documentary

Year: 2020

MetaScore: 69/100

ImdbRating: 7.2

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 11 Dec 2020

Awards: 8 wins & 3 nominations

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