From Vietnam to Germany, Tokyo to London, migration is a journey of both preservation and loss, complicated by queerness. Across nebulous landscapes of gender identity and family ties, this programme explores the tensions of navigating multiple cultural terrains, and the cracks in between.
The screening is preceded by a prose reading by John Chan (@windmovesmountain).
Curatorial idea by Chia-Chieh Liu and Xinyi Wang, as part of Up Next: Future Film Curators Lab 2024/25.
Film programme:
T IS FOR?, Dir. Leo Haoye Lyu
8min, UK, 2024
A lesbian comes to grips with their multiple intersecting identities.
Jackfruit, Dir. Thùy Trang Nguyễn
34min, Germany, 2021
A gender-fluid Berliner fights to reconcile love and identity, as their grandmother’s Alzheimer’s threatens their family history.
Like a Bird, Dir. Melissa Frateantonio
4min, UK, Japan, 2023
A middle-aged Japanese woman makes a phone call to her mother, calling into question her sense of rootedness.
Apartment 605, Dir. Bianca Catbagan
7min, Philippines, 2023
Mika is interrupted by a stranger at the door while packing up their late father’s apartment.
Bara, Dir. Chavo
20min, Japan, 2024
Two men’s lives intersect when they meet in a cinema specialising in gay adult films.
This is an 18+ event.
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