Huahua, an eccentric and exuberant woman from Xiongan New Area, livestreams herself dancing, singing, a,d chatting with fans for a living. Cell phone screens, beauty filters, and digital soundscapes reveal a world that Huahua creates with her own image. We discover Huahua crouching in a bare room, washing clothes and dishes in a basin. Every …
Daphne Xu An artist and filmmaker, her films unfurl from places in flux; they are concerned with the interior lives of women and diasporic subjects caught in moments of rapid development. Her films have premiered at festivals and institutions including Toronto International Film Festival, Museum of Modern Art, Visions du Réel, and Cinéma du réel …
Bordeaux’s International Independent Film Festival – FIFIB, France, October 12th – 17th 2022, programmes Daphne Xu’s film “Huahua’s Dazzling World and its Myriad Temptations“, International competition Cinéma du réel 2022, as part of a carte blanche given to Elvire Duvelle-Charles, journalist, filmmaker and feminist activist.
For its return to theatres, Cinéma du Réel is thrilled to present an international selection of 20 films in competition and to be once again able to host public Q&As with the people who made them.Regulars of the festival will be joined by a number of newcomers who stood out over the viewing of the 1,600 films taken into …