On Saturday, we had a double-bill of outstanding events with six equally outstanding filmmakers.
In the afternoon, we hosted a panel moderated by Lilly Zhuang, who was joined by Victor Fan, Viet Vu, John Peter Cadiz Chua and Kit Hung.
@zhuanglilly @tristanpupazzi @vietvu.phm @johnpeterchua @kithunghk
They discussed their identities as members of the Asian diaspora, and the limits of the word diaspora, how it intersects with ideas such as in-betweenness, double-occupancy, extraterritoriality…
They also touched upon the necessity to (mis)translate their work to make it fit into a transnational festival market, as well as the fractured relationship between their practice and their homeland.
In the evening, we screened six incredible short films: all of them were healing, meditative, and emotional. After the screening, directors Lilly, Victor, Viet, John Peter, and Zhou Zhenyu
@yu_zhen_zhou joined us for a long and detailed Q&A moderated by Antonio Guo and Francesco Quario.
@kg_aac @franquario
The audience asked many insightful questions on landscape, the use of space and time, identity, and film stock vs digitality.
We are proud to have hosted two events of this caliber, and to have helped elevate and bring together such a varied, fresh collection of short films and filmmakers.
See you today for our closing events!
Photos by
@claraayn 
