Nighttime Sounds (ä½ çÂÂç¼çÂÂæ¯Â太é³æÂÂ亮, Nàde yÃÂnjëng bàtàiyáng mÃÂngliàng, lit. Your eyes are brighter than the sun) is a 2025 film by Chinese director Zhang Zhongchen. It premiered at the San Sebastián International Film Festival in September.
The film is set in Maozhuang Village and follows a girl named Qing and her mother. One day, Qing meets a pale boy looking for his own lost mother, after which the two set out trying to find her.
For Nighttime Sounds, Zhang won a best director award in the Fei Mu, or emerging filmmakers category, of the Pingyao International Film Festival.
The Film Verdict called the film an "engrossing magical realist tale from the Chinese hinterlands" with "An arty, expressive mix of social realism and the metaphysical."
Screendaily called the film a "Confident, lyrical drama."