When Yu Xinhua’s Tumblr poem went viral, it gave her a new lease on life as a famous poet and eventually, a divorced woman, in Jian Fan’s documentary Still Tomorrow
Film Festivals
HotDocs Interview: Director Kalina Bertin explores her family’s bipolar disorder in Manic
Canadian documentarian Kalina Bertin takes an unexpected journey into her family history of bipolar disorder in her HotDocs film Manic
HotDocs Interview: Director Ali Weinstein dives into a community of Mermaids
Canadian filmmaker Ali Weinstein explores how putting on a mermaid tail can help women transform into mystical powerful beings in Mermaids. For tickets and more information, visit the HotDocs website here.
HotDocs Interview: Stacey Tenenbaum on elevating the shoe shining profession in Shiners
Canadian filmmaker Stacey Tenenbaum on how shoe shiners tell a story about class difference around the world in her HotDocs film Shiners. For HotDocs tickets and more information on the film, click here.
Review: Mad World tackles stigmas about mental illness in Hong Kong
Wong Chun’s Mad World depicts the harrowing consequences of stigmas about mental illness but fails to engage with the reality of mental illness in favour of an uplifting family narrative where love is just as good as medication. Mad World is screening at the 60th San Francisco International Film Festival.
Review: Close-Knit marks an important milestone for Japanese LGBTQ cinema
Naoko Ogigami’s Close-Knit is a charming, if disappointingly conservative, family drama about a girl who finds herself being raised by a transgender woman.