As a young Chinese filmmaker returns to his hometown in search for himself, a long due conversation with his mother dives the two of them into a quest for acceptance and love.
Original Title Dang wo wang xiang ni de shi hou Year of production 2022 Length 20min Country China Shooting Format Super 8mm/16mm Aspect Ratio 4:3 Dialogue Mandarin
Director's Statement From New York City to my hometown Wenzhou, bidding farewell to my lover and moving back with my parents, I don’t feel at home anywhere anymore. Will You Look At Me, in which I point the camera at my family and myself, is a personal essay on fear, silence, and love. Through the camera lens, my distant gaze seems to be given justification and courage. As I was filming my mother, I wondered what it was like to be in her womb, before I was born, when we were the closest and connected, in the water.
