You Watched Me Cry and You Left

Calling all crybabies! This weepy programme travels across neon karaoke rooms and flooded cityscapes to trace different textures of grief and catharsis. Moving between film and live performance, shared tears create a playful, intimate space where sadness, humour, and vulnerability coexist.

This event will open with a live sound performance by Yutian Hu (YUNA阿尘) and conclude with a stand-up comedy set by Zhou Ning.

Curated by Xinyu XuXX (as part of Shuǐ Shào 水哨)

One Thousand Reasons to Cry Set in the neon intimacy of a karaoke room, the film follows a man whose attempts at an ordinary singing session unravel into fractured loops. dir. Jiawei Zheng | China\, Denmark | 2025 | 9 min

Into the Emerald Sea Suzu returns home to a quiet seaside town in Japan, where their grandmother has reincarnated into a sea turtle. dir. Asuka Lin | Japan | 2024 | 20 min

Sinking Latitude A fictional dialogue between a human, a puppy, and a dinosaur fossil uncovers buried histories within a flooded landscape. dir. Jiawei Zheng | China\, Denmark | 2024 | 20 min

Unremarkable Zhou This musical comedy captures the artist’s bittersweet and absurd year in China under COVID lockdown. dir. Zhou Ning | China | 2022 | 14 min