This film program brings together eight hand-picked animated works from Taiwan, Japan, Hong Kong, and Malaysia. Diverse in aesthetic sensibility and technique, they are united by a shared commitment to the expressive power of feminine authorship. Each film speaks in its own visual language - playful, poetic, visceral, surreal - and pulses with urgency, vulnerability, and creative force. Together, they explore identity, gender, desire, and the body—not through fixed labels or inherited narratives, but through voices that speak entirely on their own terms. These works stretch the boundaries of what animation can be—not just a medium, but a space where storytelling becomes an act of self-definition.
2019 / UK / 4 min Kaleidoscope explores a future world in which advances in gene-editing and organ transplantation have redefined human evolution, leading to a reimagining of hybridity, queerness, and the obsolescence of technology. Director: Wei Zhang
2023 / South Korea, Denmark / 8 min In this feminist rendering of a Korean birth dream, the director, unable to find a female presence in the artwork of the Korean artist Lee Jung-seob, unravels an imaginative tale of women born with bodies that are half-horse, half-tiger. Director: Chaerin Im
2022 / South Korea / 8 min Traversing the underworld, a new-born baby god plots to escape his destiny, and commences a journey fraught with danger. Director: Jin Woo
2022 / Taiwan / 17 min Adapted from the Malay folk tale 'The Mouse Deer Crosses the River', this film adopts the fractured perspective of a fly’s compound eyes, taking the audience on a journey that incorporates interlinked narratives from different cultures, reflecting on the connections between local and allegorical experiences. Inspired by Taiwan’s unique traditional funeral rituals, the film uses stop-motion to animate hand-crafted paper figures. Director: Zhang Xu Zhan
2017 / US, China / 6 min Exploring the links between the filmmaker’s queer identity and his Chinese heritage, Lotus Lantern is a tribute to the iconic Chinese singer and actress Zhou Xuan. Director: Calvin Xingpei Shen
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2023 / South Korea / 25 min In a techno-futurist Seoul, Ernst Mo works for the courier service Delivery Dancer. Every day, she transports an endless stream of parcels, following algorithmically generated routes. But when she comes across an alternative version of herself, her reality slowly begins to crack. Director: Ayoung Kim