Will You Look At Me
Shuli Huang
China | 2022 | 20 min
Synopsys:
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.
Credits:
Screenwriting & Directing: Shuli Huang
Cinematography: Shuli Huang
Editing: Shuli Huang, Yang Yang
Sound design: Nicolas Verhaeghe, Jingxi Guo
Producer: Shuli Huang
Production: Exposed Pictures
Festivals:
- Semaine de la Critique Cannes 2022, France – World Premiere,
- Melbourne International Film Festival 2022, Australia
- Concorto Film Festival 2022, Italy
- Hong Kong International Film Festival 2022
- IDFA 2022, Netherlands
- DOK Leipzig 2022, Germany
- DOC NYC – New York’s Documentary Festival 2022, USA
- Beijing International Short Film Festival 2022, China
- Sundance Film Festival 2023, USA
- Vilnius International Short Film Festival 2023, Lithuania
- Festival du Court Métrage de Clermont-Ferrand 2023, France
- Thessaloniki Documentary Festival 2023, Greece
- Glasgow Short Film Festival 2023, UK
- Millenium Film Festival 2023, Belgium
- ZagrebDox International Documentary Film Festival 2023, Croatia
- Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival 2023, Canada
- Docaviv – The Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival 2023, Israel
- Millennium Docs Against Gravity Film Festival 2023, Poland
- Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg 2023, Germany
- Palm Springs International ShortFest 2023, USA
- FEST – New Directors/New Films Festival 2023, Portugal
Awards:
- Semaine de la Critique Cannes 2022, France – World Premiere, Queer Palm Award
- Melbourne International Film Festival 2022, Australia – Best Documentary Short Film Award
- DOK Leipzig 2022, Germany – Golden Dove Award (Best Short Film)
- Sundance Film Festival 2023, USA – Short Film Jury Award: Nonfiction
- Festival du Court Métrage de Clermont-Ferrand 2023, France – Special Mention, Student Jury
- Millenium Film Festival 2023, Belgium – Best Short Film Award, Vision Jeune Competition
- Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg 2023, Germany – Special Mention
- Palm Springs International ShortFest 2023, USA – Best Documentary Short Award
- FEST – New Directors/New Films Festival 2023, Portugal – Audience Award