Before I Become: The Ship of Theseus

@knotfilms_ Nonfiction Chinese Family Lens Film Screening with Q&A + Creative Capturing Workshop

This program presents five short films exploring women’s self-awareness and growth through self-portraits and family imagery. These Filmmakers capture personal and family journeys, showing how the lens transforms collective memory into individual expression and how photography becomes a tool for reconstructing selfhood.

🎞️ The Scars We Ignored — Li Xingxing

A daughter questions whether her own existence has taken the love meant for an unseen sister.

🎞️ The Hidden Transcripts in My Life — Wang Zhujun

Obedient on the surface, rebellious underneath—until a family “mutiny” rewrites the script.

🎞️ Start Over — Hui Yuan

A film that begins with breath—and the quiet courage to become again.

🎞️ No More Shows Tomorrow — Rao Chen

Returning to a forgotten childhood home to meet the stranger she once was.

🎞️ Drive My Camera — Liu Zhengyu

Pointing the camera at his mother, he confronts the life he’s trying to choose.

With panel discussion from documentary filmmakers and a creative capturing workshop led by yours truly, audience got to explore their own fantasies, memories, and expectations for “home“.