Jackson Yee Stars in Bi Gan’s Dreamless Sci-Fi Epic ‘Resurrection’ | Trailer

Set in a haunting future where dreaming is outlawed, Jackson Yee stars in the science fiction film Resurrection as the enigmatic “Fantasmer” – the only creature still able to dream, and Shu Qi as the woman who dares to enter his mind.

Also starring in the movie are Mark Chao, Li Gengxi, Huang Jue, Chen Yongzhong, Zhang Zhijian, Chloe Maayan, Yan Nan and Guo Mucheng.

Directed by Bi Gan (Long Day’s Journey Into Night), Resurrection made its world premiere at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Prix Spécial Special Jury Prize. The film later screened at the Busan International Film Festival, Denver Film Festival, Philadelphia Film Festival, and was recently nominated for Best International Feature at the 35th Gotham Film Awards. Janus Films will release the film in theaters starting in NY and LA on December 12, 2025.

Set in a future where humanity has surrendered its ability to dream in exchange for immortality, an outcast (Jackson Yee) finds illusion, nightmarish visions, and beauty in an intoxicating world of his own making. A work of staggering imagination from visionary Chinese director Bi Gan, Resurrection conjures vast and ever-shifting worlds on the brink of collapse in an era-spanning journey through our deepest and most human desires.

“I structured this monster’s soul into six chapters, mirroring the film’s own architecture,” Bi told Variety in an interview. The six elements — the five senses (sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch) and the mind — provide the framework for the film’s chapters.

Variety review called the film a ‘phantasmagoric head-trip’, writing, “With all its extraordinarily intricate ambition, “Resurrection” is hardly what you could call a manifesto, and it will undoubtedly challenge viewers who have been trained to expect simpler structures. But for those who miss the way the movies used to act on us, it is a reminder of the uniquely paradoxical pleasures of immersion and surrender: a dazzlingly cineliterate lesson in the lost art of letting go.”

Watch the official trailer for Resurrection above.