So Far and From Now On
About the Film
Set in post-pandemic Los Angeles, Ellie tries to rebuild her life through a small online lamp shop after thirty months in jail. Yet encounters with both familiar faces and strangers draw her back to the fear she thought she had escaped. So far, surrounded by betrayal, threats, and silence, she has not yet taken the first step toward courage.
Director: Shan Jiang
Producers: Kaylin Marie Stanford
United States // 2025 // Drama, Thriller // Los Features
87 minutes
About the Filmmaker
Shan Jiang is an LA-based director, cinematographer and production designer. With his designing work, Neither Donkey Nor Horse, he contributed to a film that won the Student Academy Award in 2024. With an early background in 2D animation and storyboarding, Shan approaches directing with a designer’s rigor and a DP’s sensitivity to light, space, and gesture.
His work is rooted in literary humanism and naturalistic dialogue, often centering marginalized lives and sense of disconnection. He previously directed a feature documentary Little Something and now debuts his narrative feature So Far and From Now On.
Across disciplines, Shan’s images favor restraint over spectacle, small movements over plot machinery, and the moral weather inside ordinary rooms. He is interested in how betrayal, silence, and everyday courage shape private lives—how people speak softly, and what remains when they don’t.
