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fromBerlin Art Link
2 weeks ago

An Interview with Viv Li | Berlin Art Link

Artist and filmmaker Viv Li was born and raised in Beijing, but has lived abroad for 15 years-a fact that has inspired several of her films, in which she navigates identity politics and belonging. An alumna of the Sundance Institute and Berlinale Talents, her latest film 'Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest' is having its world premiere at the 2026 Berlinale, featured in the Panorama Dokumente section.
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fromThe New Yorker
2 weeks ago

"My Father's Shadow" Is Intensely-Yet Obliquely-Autobiographical

A lyrical, semi-autobiographical film follows two Nigerian brothers as childhood wonder collides with political change during the 1993 election.
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