Private Waves

Premiered at the 79th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in May 2026, in the section La Cinef, Will It Rain Again Today is Wong Chau-Hong’s exploration of the status of immigrants living in Japan. Inspired by his own experiences, the short captures a delicate undercurrent of emotional intimacy, intertwined with moments of awkward and understated humour. Interviewed by Selena Wang, Lou Cai Why did you decide to move to Japan to study filmmaking?

Premiered at the 79th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in May 2026, in the section La Cinef, Will It Rain Again Today is Wong Chau-Hong’s exploration of the status of immigrants living in Japan. Inspired by his own experiences, the short captures a delicate undercurrent of emotional intimacy, intertwined with moments of awkward and understated humour. Interviewed by Selena Wang, Lou Cai Why did you decide to move to Japan to study filmmaking?

This interview was conducted in March 2026 by Selena Wang and William Sheppard. Two young Hong Kongers seeking asylum in Britain find solace in each other as they confront loss, fear, and an uncertain future. With multiple Best Feature awards and sold-out festival screenings, No Time for Goodbye is a powerful debut drama about the fragile hope that blossoms between those who have lost everything … it shines a light on the human cost of exile and the courage it takes to begin again.

Premiering at the 79th edition of Cannes Film Festival in May 2026, in the section La Semaine de la Critique, A Girl Unknown is the heartwrenching, social realist debut feature by upcoming Chinese director Zou Jing. It is moreover the only Chinese feature film to be screened at this year’s festival.

Premiering at the 79th edition of Cannes Film Festival in May 2026, in the section La Semaine de la Critique, A Girl Unknown is the heartwrenching, social realist debut feature by upcoming Chinese director Zou Jing. It is moreover the only Chinese feature film to be screened at this year’s festival.

After its lead casts being announced at Hong Kong’s FILMART and Cannes film market earlier, Leicester based production My Indian Boyfriend: The Golden Mile is rounding out its cast with supporting roles for locally sourced talent. Vijay Chauhan’s debut feature film, a UK remake of the Hong Kong romance My Indian Boyfriend, has found its supporting casts in homegrown talent.

Premiered at the BFI London Film Festival in 2025, High Wire is the striking debut feature from Hong Kong-born, UK-based director Calif Chong. Blending humour, emotion, and social realism, the film follows a young British-Chinese woman whose life working in her family’s takeaway is transformed when a travelling circus arrives in her rural town, opening the possibility of freedom, identity, and self-discovery.

A Girl Unknown returns to Cannes for its global premiere after its script won the Critics’ Week Next Step Prize in 2024. A Chinese-French co-production, it is Zou’s newest work after her short Lili Alone《朵丽》screened at Critics’ Week 2021. A Girl Unknown depicts a young Chinese woman from the age of six through to her thirties, living in three different families.

A Girl Unknown returns to Cannes for its global premiere after its script won the Critics’ Week Next Step Prize in 2024. A Chinese-French co-production, it is Zou’s newest work after her short Lili Alone《朵丽》screened at Critics’ Week 2021. A Girl Unknown depicts a young Chinese woman from the age of six through to her thirties, living in three different families.

The recent release of Bi Gan’s third feature provides the opportunity to revisit his previous works and career so far. This retrospective is not intended to be an in-depth review of any singular work and is instead focussed on exploring common themes that have come to define Bi’s signature style. This retrospective will engage with a range of works, encompassing early shorts and Bi’s recent features, culminating with a short look at his most recent release Resurrection.