Self Portraits

What is revealed when you film yourself? In this series of personal documentaries, queer filmmakers turn the camera onto themselves, probing their bodies as sites of fantasy and discovery, or examining the disjunctions in their personal lives. By searching through home movies and staging re-enactments, the filmmakers construct their own narratives about their lives, embracing ambivalence to reckon with painful family histories and shifting identities.

Curatorial idea by Emily Jisoo Bowles.

My Therapist Said\, I am Full of Sadness | Dir. Monica Vanesa Tedja | Indonesia | 2024 | 22min

Flying Fish | Dir. Ming Mengmeng | UK | 2024 | 10min

Before Then | Dir. Mengzhu Xue | China\, Germany | 2024 | 30min

The Boys who Sit Down to Pee | Dir. Bonaventure Tain | Malaysia | 2023 | 22min

A Journey of the Leaves | Dir. Yash Zhang | UK | 2024 | 11min