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by Shuli Huang 

20min | China | 2022

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 Shuli Huang
Producer Shuli Huang
Production Exposed Pictures
Writer Shuli Huang
Cinematographer Shuli Huang
Editor Shuli Huang, Yang Yang
Sound Nicolas Verhaeghe, Jingxi Guo
Cast Yunxue Yu, Kangmin Huang, Shuli Huang
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Festival selections
Semaine de la Critique Cannes 2022, France - World Premiere, Queer Palm Award
Melbourne International Film Festival 2022, Australia - Best Documentary Short Film Award
Concorto Film Festival 2022, Italy - Young Jury Special Mention
Hong Kong International Film Festival 2022
​Castrovillari Film Festival 2022, Italy​ - Best Editing Award
​Tirana Film Festival 2022, Albania
Nashville Film Festival 2022, USA
Vancouver International Film Festival 2022, Canada
IDFA - International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2022, The Netherlands
Hamptons International Film Festival 2022, USA
Desenzano Film Festival 2022, Italy - Best Short Film Award
Kaohsiung Film Festival 2022, Taiwan​
​Festival Internacional de Curtas de Belo Horizonte 2022, Brazil
DOK Leipzig 2022, Germany - Golden Dove Award (Best Short Film)
CinéMartinique Festival 2022
Adelaide Film Festival 2022, Australia
Seminci - Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid 2022, Spain
San Diego Asian Film Festival 2022, USA - Best International Short Film Award
DOC NYC - New York's Documentary Festival 2022, USA - Special Mention
NewGen Chinese Film Festival 2022, Germany
Melbourne Queer Film Festival 2022, Australia
MixBrasil Festival de Cultura da Diversidade 2022, Brazil
Cortos en Grande 2022, Chile
Izmir International Short Film Festival 2022, Turkey
Kassel Documentary Film & Video Festival 2022, Germany
Golden Horse Awards 2002-  Best Documentary Short Film
The Montreal International Documentary Festival 2022, Canada
Beijing Queer Film Festival 2022, China
Beijing International Short Film Festival 2022, China
Festival du film LGBT de Paris Chéries Chéris 2022, France - Jury Award
Queer Wave, the Cyprus LGBTQIA+ Film Festival 2022
Beirut Shorts International Film Festival 2022, Lebanon
Bogoshorts - Bogotá Short Film Festival 2022, Colombia - Best International Documentary Short Film Award
FamilyLens Film Festival​ 2022, China
Pingyao International Film Festival 2022, China
​HiShorts! Film Festival 2022, China - Best Documentary Short Film Award
Sundance Film Festival 2023, USA - Short Film Jury Award: Nonfiction
Vilnius International Short Film Festival 2023, Lithuania
Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2023, USA
ReFrame Film Festival 2023, Canada
Festival Allers-Retours 2023, France
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PinX - LGBTQIA+ Film Festival 2023, Belgium
Dublin International Film Festival 2023, Ireland - Best International Short Film​ Award
Macao International Queer Film Festival 2023
Écrans Mixtes - Festival cinema Queer de Lyon 2023, France
Thessaloniki Documentary Festival 2023, Greece
Ismailia International Film Festival 2023, Egypt - Special Jury Mention​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
​Glasgow Short Film Festival 2023, UK
Outfest Fusion QTBIPOC Film Festival 2023, USA
Movies that Matter Festival 2023, Netherlands
Millenium Film Festival 2023, Belgium - Best Short Film Award, Vision Jeune Competition
ACT Human Rights Film Festival 2023, USA
One World Romania International Human Rights & Documentary Film Festival 2023, Romania
ZagrebDox International Documentary Film Festival 2023, Croatia
​International Film Festival of Uruguay 2023
Riga International Short Film Festival 2ANNAS 2023, Latvia
Istanbul Film Festival 2023, Turkey
Il Varco Film Festival 2023, Italy
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival 2023, Canada
Florida Film Festival 2023, USA
Sehsüchte International Student Film Festival 2023, Germany - Outstanding Artistic Achievement in a Documentary Film: Montage Award
Queer East Film Festival 2023, UK
​Singapore Chinese Film Festival 2023
Akbank International Short Film Festival 2023, Turkey
​​CHAI. Chinese Filmfestival Leipzig 2023, Germany
​Festival Internacional de Cine de Lanzarote 2023, Spain
Docaviv – The Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival 2023, Israel
Millennium Docs Against Gravity Film Festival 2023, Poland
Diaspora Film Festival 2023, South Korea
Sicilia Queer Filmfest 2023, Italy - Special Mention, SNCCI Jury
IFSAK Short Film Festival 2023, Turkey​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
​Inside Out Toronto 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival 2023, Canada
Videoex – International Experimental Film & Video Festival 2023, Switzerland - First Prize
​​Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg 2023, Germany - Special Mention
​Huesca International Film Festival 2023, Spain
The Norwegian Short Film Festival 2023​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Golden Ger International Film Festival 2023, Mongolia - Best International Documentary Film Award
​Palm Springs International ShortFest 2023, USA - Best Documentary Short Award
​LIFE AFTER OIL International Film Festival 2023, Italy
KASHISH - Mumbai International Queer Film Festival 2023, India
Fairy Tales Queer Film Festival 2023, Canada
XPOSED Queer Film Festival 2023, Germany
Rooftop Films 2023, USA​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
​DC DOX Festival 2023, USA
​FEST - New Directors/New Films Festival 2023, Portugal - Audience Award
CINEMA JOVE - Valencia International Film Festival 2023, Spain
​Aigio International Short Film Festival "Theodoros Angelopoulos" 2023, Greece - Best Documentary Award, "Theo Angelopoulos" Award, Audience Award
​​​​​Bardolino Film Festival 2023, Italy - Jury Special Mention
​Kinefilia 2023, Indonesia
​Ravno Selo Film Festival 2023, Serbia  - Best Documentary Award
AMOR - Festival Internacional de Cine LGBT+, 2023 Chile
​Andaras Film Festival 2023, Italy - Special Andaras Award
​New York Asian Film Festival 2023, USA - Best Live Action Short​ Award
Durban International Film Festival 2023, South Africa - Best Short Film​ Award
Svaneti International Film Festival 2023, Georgia - Best Director Award
​​​​Toko Film Fest 2023, Italy
Rome Prisma Film Awards - Best of Fest Award, Best Short Doc Award, Best Cinematography Award
​MDOC - Melgaço International Documentary Film Festival 2023, Portugal - Don Quijote Award for Best International Short or Medium Length Film
GAZE International LGBTQ+ Film Festival 2023, Ireland - Jury Special Mention
​La Guarimba Film Festival 2023, Italy
​​Scottish International Short Film Festival 2023, UK - Best Experimental Film Award
​HollyShorts Film Festival 2023, USA
International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala 2023, India
​Vashon Island Film Festival 2023, USA
Beyond Borders International Documentary Film Festival 2023, Greece - Gold Phoenix for the Best Short Documentary Film
Interaction: Short Docs Festival 2023, Serbia - Youth Jury Award
FeKK - Ljubljana Short Film Festival 2023, Slovenia
Festival Silhouette 2023, France
FICBUEU - Festival Internacional de Cinema de Bueu 2023, Spain
​CUT TO: GENT 2023, Belgium - Petit Grand Prix, Best International Short Film
Queer City Cinema 2023, Canada
Kreivės / Vilnius Queer Festival 2023, Lithuania - Best Short Film Award
Factory Film Festival 2023, Italy
​Minikino Film Week 2023, Indonesia
​Crested Butte Film Festival 2023, USA
​ARKIPEL International Documentary and Experimental Film Festival 2023, Indonesia - Peransi Award
​​The Smalls Film Festival 2023, UK - Best Documentary Award
FestiFreak - La Plata International Independent Film Festival 2023, Argentina
​Luststreifen Film Festival 2023, Switzerland - Audience Award
Festival Everybody's Perfect 2023, Switzerland
Drunken Film Fest Oakland 2023, USA
Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival 2023, Wales (UK)
Plons! International Short Documentary Film Festival Leeuwarden 2023, Netherlands
Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival 2023, USA
Heart of Gold International Short Film Festival 2023, Australia
​Linz International Short Film Festival 2023, Austria - Best Documentary Film Award
​Loft Film Festival 2023, USA
Seattle Queer Film Festival 2023, USA
BRNO16 - International Film Festival 2023, Czech Republic
Zsigmond Vilmos Film Festival 2023, Hungary - Jury Special Mention, Critics' Choice Award Special Mention
​Jakarta Film Week 2023, Indonesia
​24fps International Short Film Festival 2023, USA - Grand Jury Prize, Non-Fiction Award
​DOXS RUHR 2023, Germany
One World International Documentary Film Festival​ 2023, Slovakia
Balsas Film Festival 2023, Mexico
Fenêtres sur court 2023, France
Denver Film Festival 2023, USA
​Aesthetica Film Festival 2023, UK
​​Caminhos Film Festival 2023, Portugal
Kurzfilmfestival Köln​ 2023, Germany
​Still Voices Film Festival 2023, Ireland - Best Non-Fiction Short Film Award
​Du Grain À Démoudre Film Festival 2023, France
up-and-coming International Film Festival Hannover 2023, Germany
Madrid Short Film Week 2023, Spain
Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival 2023, Indonesia
​Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena 2023, Spain - Best Director Award
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Flying Film Festival 2023
Alula Film Festival 2023, USA
​​For Rainbow - Festival of Cinema and Culture of Sexual and Gender Diversity 2023, Brazil
Merlinka Festival 2023, Serbia​ - Best Short  Film Award
Queerfilmfestival Weimar 2023, Germany
International Usak Short Film Festival 2023, Turkey
Bastau International Film Festival 2023, Kazakhstan - Best Documentary Film Award,  Best Film (NetPac Jury), Special Mention (Student Jury)
Fargo Film Festival 2024, USA
​Les Regards de l'ICART 2024, France - Best Screenplay Award
Pramana Asian Film Festival 2024, Italy
​International Filmfest Bremen 2024, Germany - Best Narrative Innovation Award
​ZINEGOAK - Bilbao International LGBT Film Festival 2024, Spain - Youth Award for Best Short Film
​Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de Elche 2024, Spain
EUREKA Festival Universitario de Cine 2024, Colombia

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.
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