Completed - MANDARIN - Drama - 105 minutes
A series of poetic meditations on Chinese diaspora, presenting a broad perspective on Chinese cultural identity in contemporary South East Asia.
Year of production : 2013 Director(s) : Aditya ASSARAT, Tan CHUI MUI, Sun KOH, Tsai MING-LIANG, Royston TAN, Midi Z
Six filmmakers of Chinese origin living within the Chinese diaspora in South-East Asia each made a short film to represent their feelings towards their homeland. Among them, Aditya Assarat's Now Now Now relates a Chinese-Thai schoolgirl's meeting with her cousin from mainland China, Royston Tan's Popiah explores Chinese culinary traditions, while Tsai Ming-Liang's Walking on Water casts a contemplative reflection on the building in which he grew up. As a collection, Letters from the South offers a series of poetic meditations on Chinese diaspora that combine to present a broad perspective on Chinese cultural identities in Asia today.
Country(ies) : CHINA, MALAYSIA, SINGAPORE, THAILAND
Busan - BIFF/APM 2013Edinburgh 2014