Zaterdag 9 maart, 14:00
Asian Movie Night:
Becoming Abundance,
This is the Time for Grace
Green and Blue
Virgin Blue
Asian Movie Night's Spring edition Becoming Abundance, This is the Time for Grace, will be presented at Cavia. To celebrate International Womxn's Day, the program aims to create a space of belonging, a space for love and joy in womxnhood.
The concept of abundance is formed by our affinity with each other. It travels through communities in its situated geographies. As in the Sinophone world, Womxn shares the same spelling as 我们, which means We in English.
This program connects sinophone women and queer filmmakers, through a series of film screenings, discussions, and empowering activities. It navigates from the inland birthplace to the senior house of the unmarried womxn’s group on the coast, from the synchronised dance choreography to the uncommon language we met in, from the indigenous Hmong’s land to diaspora towards statelessness.
Quoting our sister, the Black Feminist Alexis Pauline Gumbs: Thank you to those of you who have pushed through portals already, even out of this life. Thank you for those of you living and evolving, the vulnerability of your newness is an example to us all. Thank you to those who hold me accountable, who expect me to be who I need to become.
This program is a journey for thanking You and becoming We.
PART 1: Immersive guided meditation led by Weavers, Susana Pedrosa (40’)
PART 2:
Memories for the Future | Luka Yang Yuanyuan 杨圆圆 | 2020 | CN | 8’ | Mandarin, EN subs
Master, you are marvelous! | Ye Funa 叶甫纳 | 2022 | CN | 4’ | Mandarin, EN subs
The Everydayness of Being | Zhu Ming 朱铭 | 2019 | CN | 1’
A Day of Gupo | Chen Jialu 陳嘉璐 | 2023 | CN | 26’ | Cantonese, CN & EN subs
Grounds of Coherence #1, but this is the language we met in | Shen Xin 沈莘 | 2023 | CN | 12’ | Mandarin, Arabic & English, EN subs
(15 min. break)
PART 3: Screening Sinophone short films (85’, EN subs)
Selfie Kiss | Zhu Ming 朱铭 | 2019 | CN | 1’
Master, Take me away～ | Ye Funa 叶甫纳 | 2024 | CN | 14’ | Mandarin, EN subs
Strongholds | Shen Xin 沈莘 | 2016 | CN, UK, NL | 71’ | Dutch & English, EN subs
Food gathering break (40’)
PART 4: Screening Sinophone feature film (100’, EN subs)
Virgin Blue | Niu Xiao Yu 牛小雨 | 2021 | CN | 71’ | Hefei dialect & Mandarin, EN subs
The programme was made possible by Gemeente Arnhem and Het Cultuurfonds.