请简单介绍一下你自己，你是怎么成为电影制作人的?

Could you please briefly introduce yourself? Like how did you end up being a filmmaker?

我叫Dongzhe Cai。我在中国上海出生。因为上海是个国际化大都市嘛，所以我从很小的时候开始就对国外文化很感兴趣。然后我在日本京都上了大学。那时我希望成为中日文化交流的桥梁，让两国人民更加互相理解。

我到了美国之后，我意识到是日本电影让我对日本感兴趣并且开始理解日本，电影可以成为沟通不同文化的桥梁，而且只有电影能让来自不容文化背景的人互相理解，所以我决定成为一名导演。我希望我的作品也能够有这种魔力。

My name is Dongzhe Cai. I was born in Shanghai, China. Because Shanghai is an international metropolis, I was very interested in overseas culture from a very early age. Then I started to study my university studies in Kyoto, Japan. At that time, I hoped to be a bridge for cultural exchanges between China and Japan, so that more people could understand each other.

When I came to the United States, I realized that it was the Japanese movies that made me interested in Japan and began to understand Japan. Movies can be a bridge between different cultures, and only movies can enable people from different cultural backgrounds to understand each other, so I decided to become a filmmaker. I want my creation to have such a magical power too.

你还记得你决定拍这部电影的那一刻吗?灵感是什么?

Do you still remember the moment that you decided to make this film? What was the inspiration?

我总是想做有很强情绪的故事。主人公就在这样的故事里长大并且做了重要的决定。同时，由于疫情，针对亚裔的犯罪大大增加了。我也想用我的电影去举例种族歧视是多么危险和卑鄙以及亚裔群体的苦恼和挣扎。我想传递一个信息，告诉亚裔群体他们必须站起来、为自己发生。逃避或者“事不关己，高高挂起”不能解决问题。因此，我把这些想法都放到了我的电影《I Can't Run Away》里。

I always would like to make a story with strong emotion. The protagonist grows up in the story and makes crucial decisions. In addition, because of the pandemic, crimes against Asian people have increased significantly. I also want to use my movie to illustrate how dangerous and despicable the racism is and the distress and struggle of Asian people. I try to send my message to Asian people, telling them that they must stand up and raise their voice for them. Running away or taking care of own business can’t solve problems. Therefore, I combine these thoughts to make my movie “I Can’t Run Away”