‘People who do not eat well are not to be trusted with artwork’: Viv Li on ‘Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest’
KARLOVY VARY 2026: The China-born, Berlin-based director dishes up East and West without ever tasting resolution.
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‘The body can speak to so many things: power, identity, courage’: Xiaodan He on ‘Montreal, My Beautiful’
FRAMELINE50: The Chinese-Canadian filmmaker tells us about infusing her immigrant experience with the topic of queer life, rooting romance in friendship, and letting freedom run its course, even if it means hesitating a little bit at first.
In Our Own World By Night: ‘Ephemera’ (2026) by Shan Jiang
TRIBECA25 / FRAMELINE50: In this directorial debut, two young women find themselves in a fleeting romantic encounter over one night in Shanghai, where memories are both made and uprooted as the duo enters a space of their own.
‘The act of making this film and the sheer existence of the two characters queer the cityscape’: Shan Jiang on ‘Ephemera’
TRIBECA25 / FRAMELINE50: The first-time feature filmmaker talks about being inspired by stories familiar to us, finding the specificity in a queer tale, and making an imprint on an urban landscape.
The Demonic Weight of Community: ‘Correct Me If I’m Wrong’ (2025) by Hao Zhou
ROTTERDAM 2025: The Nanchuan-born filmmaker signs a highly personal short documentary on their family’s attempts to rid them of their non-heteronormative desire, driven by the belief in demonic possession.
Navigating Girlhood in the Chaos: ‘1 Girl Infinite’ (2025) by Lilly Hu
ROTTERDAM 2025: In a bustling southern Chinese city, two codependent teen girls navigate the dueling loneliness and desire of these all-engulfing fateful years as one falls for the other.