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Elegy for the Lost

Elegy for the Lost
Elegy for the Lost

Synopsis

Through the psychoanalytic and introspective voiceover of a young post-pandemic Chinese migrant in Europe, the film interweaves her private memories of intimacy with public narratives of resistance. As her reflections unfold, she and her community navigate secrecy, repression, survival, looming precarity, and displacement, all while confronting the personal cost of existing in a world that demands their silence.

Details

Year
2025
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
29 min
Format
8mm; Digital
Director
William Hong-xiao Wei
Producer
William Hong-xiao Wei, Bowen Guan
Executive Producer
Haoyuan Zhang
Editor
William Hong-xiao Wei
Screenwriter
William Hong-xiao Wei
Director of Photography
William Hong-xiao Wei
Sound
Zixin Xiao, William Hong-xiao Wei
Composer
Marianna Brown
Principal cast
Luisa Ma, Spruce Dong
Narrator
Heidi Steel, Rose Li
Costume Designers
Ryan Dai, Sophie Turner

Genre

Asian Docufiction Experimental LGBTQIA+ Scottish

Categories

Fiction Documentary Artist Project and Video / Experimental

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Aurora Arts Studio

William Hong-xiao Wei
3F1, 79 Lothian Road
Edinburgh
Scotland
EH3 9AW.

Sales Company

William Hong-xiao Wei

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