A queer Asian-Canadian
video artist in Berlin
selected videos
In Transit
Germany 2013 | English | 6:33
A poetic meditation on friendship and ageing, using spoken word and found footage.
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Schwanzfilm
Germany 2011 | German | 5:38
A gay man speaks about his body image and growing older in the age of the internet.
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The Comfort Window
Germany 2010 | French | 6:34
An intimate portrait of a young man speaking candidly about his desire for
Asian men.
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Asian Boyfriend
Germany 2006 | English | 1:00
If you’re in the market for a new
lover, why not get your very own
Asian Boyfriend™!
Miss Popularity
Germany 2006 | English & German | 6:20
A gay man uses archival footage to describe how he juggles the demands of multiple relationships.
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Shan Xia Di: Under the Mountain
Canada/Germany 2004
English & Shanghainese | 39:51
A Chinese-Canadian grandson mixes travelogue, family history, and personal reflections as he visits the ancestral village for the first time.
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My German Boyfriend
Canada/Germany 2004
English & German | 18:29
A gay Chinese-Canadian encounters ethnic stereotypes as he seeks his ideal boyfriend in Berlin. A comedy about mistaken cultural identities, a diary of immigrant isolation, and a love letter to a boyfriend who might have been.
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1000 Cumshots
Canada/Germany 2003 | English | 1:00
A fast-paced meditation on race and
gay pornography.
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My Heart the Travel Agent
Canada/Germany 2002 | English | 1:30
A dream about subways and foreign boyfriends, part of My Heart Series III.
Chopstick Bloody Chopstick
co-directed with Shawn Durr
Canada 2001 | English | 14:19
A string of dead boyfriends and a pair of blood-stained chopsticks. Is the culprit our neurotic narrator or his mysterious new Asian boyfriend?
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Field Guide to Western Wildflowers
Canada 2000 | English | 5:33
The first Asian kiss: fantasizing about it, talking about it, doing it. A lush, multilayered video featuring sixty-three men in one long kiss.
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Davie Street Blues
Canada 1999 | Cantonese | 12:32
After his boyfriend leaves, a young man is lost in nostalgia and depression, until a mute streetkid tries to distract him from his melancholy. A moody and romantic homage to the film noir of Hong Kong director Wong Kar-Wai.
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Search Engine
Canada 1999 | English | 4:09
A gay Asian uses technology to remember boyfriends past, in the search for boyfriends future.
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Angel
Canada 1999 | English | 4:47
A poetic exploration of one man’s fall from grace, as he becomes disillusioned with gay ideals of desire.
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The Queen’s Cantonese
Canada 1998
English & Cantonese | 10:48 + 9:46 + 12:10
In three easy lessons, you’ll learn many Cantonese phrases that are useful in a gay bar, a cruising park, and a bathhouse. These three self-contained episodes can be viewed as a single video or as a recurring serial in a program of shorts.
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Surfer Dick
Canada 1996 | English | 3:20
A dance video with drag queens, surfer music, and Scrabble geeks. A parody of gender roles both queer and straight, in a fast-paced multilayered mix.
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Lotus Sisters
Canada 1996 | English | 4:59
Two young gay Asians banter about the
West Coast queer Asian experience.
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One Night in Heaven
Canada 1995 | English | 5:56
Images and words clash as a young Asian man, new in town, encounters the dark side of the big city.
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Peter Fucking Wayne Fucking Peter
Canada 1994 | English | 4:31
A queer love letter using poetry and sexual imagery to describe the romantic tensions caused by differences in age, race, and HIV status.
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