Anito
The Ati-atihan festival incorporates animism, folk Catholicism and ancestral beliefs, coming together and transforming into contemporary madness.
9'
Philippines
IFFR 2020
Daughter discusses and examines an immigrant mother's anxieties and care for her transgender daughter, from the perspective of a person trapped in between different cultures and prejudices. The film opens a nuanced and sincere dialogue between mother and daughter and their search for serenity within themselves and each other.
IFFR 2020
- 5'
- USA
- 2017
- Director
- Amanda Lee
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 2017
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2020
- Length
- 5'
- Medium
- DCP
- Languages
- English, Cantonese
- Producer
- Amanda Lee
- Sales
- Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre
- Cinematography
- Amanda Lee
- Editor
- Amanda Lee
Also in this combined programme
Apparatus
Apparatus is an exploration of colonial influence on the development of masculinity within the indigenous culture in Aotearoa by Samoan artist Tanu Gago.
19'
New Zealand
IFFR 2020
Duilian
Inspired by the untold story of Chinese poet and revolutionary Qiu Jin, Wu Tsang re-enacts and decodes the counter-narrative through deliberate mistranslation.
26'
Hong Kong
IFFR 2020
From Its Mouth Came a River of High-End Residential Appliances
A journey through Hong Kong's dragon gates as research into contemporary fengshui practices while contemplating the mythology and selfhood.
13'
Hong Kong
IFFR 2020
- Director
- Amanda Lee
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 2017
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2020
- Length
- 5'
- Medium
- DCP
- Languages
- English, Cantonese
- Producer
- Amanda Lee
- Sales
- Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre
- Cinematography
- Amanda Lee
- Editor
- Amanda Lee
Programme IFFR 2020
Sacred Beings
Sacred Beings is an attempt to recontextualise contemporary queer culture by re-examining the notion of gender fluidity and spiritualities outside the Western perspective.
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Watsamon Tri-yasakda documented the hidden identities of youth under the strict uniformity dictated by the normative standards of Thai society.
Thailand
IFFR 2020
Anito
The Ati-atihan festival incorporates animism, folk Catholicism and ancestral beliefs, coming together and transforming into contemporary madness.
9'
Philippines
IFFR 2020
Apparatus
Apparatus is an exploration of colonial influence on the development of masculinity within the indigenous culture in Aotearoa by Samoan artist Tanu Gago.
19'
New Zealand
IFFR 2020