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curated by
Yun-hua Chen
double bill #25
At times, we can get caught in a world of almost. We arrive home yet feel as if we are not fully there. We keep a secret from those who know us best. Filmmakers Viv Li and Mengzhu Xue explore the limits of belonging.
In I Don’t Feel at Home Anywhere Anymore, Li revisits Beijing after living abroad. During a short stay with her family, she realises how much she has changed—and how much her home has, too. The film reveals how migration can leave you caught between places, feeling perpetually neither here nor there.
In O Ma, Xue attempts a confession: she encodes her truth in an English letter, transcribing it phonetically in Chinese, and lets her grandmother read it out loud. The result is an emotional film made thanks to a hypnotic voice-over. Together, these films show how identity is woven from what we say, what we hide, and the spaces in between.
- Availability worldwide
- Language Chinese, English
- Subtitles English
yanco’s double-bill series explores private and public Belgian archives, from museums to national film schools. Guest curators pair a Belgian short film with a companion audiovisual work to create a thematic or formal dialogue. Each resulting micro programme includes curatorial notes alongside a supporting essay, article, or interview.