Mint Chinese Film Festival Short Film Event
MINT Short Film Strand: Woman, Snake and Love’s Bite Programme note: Love is not always a gentle comfort; sometimes it is suffocating, uncomfortable, and harmful. It slithers like a cold snake across the skin, triggering shivers and resistance; it acts like a poison, disguised as "for your own good," seeping into the body and leaving scars. Under the lens of contemporary cinema, we no longer avoid these distorted images, no longer run from the abyss of trauma and self-contradiction. The female body is no longer merely a vessel of beauty; in the midst of ugliness, oddities, and gloom, the body can fully expose its discomfort and provoke unease. In this specially curated short film strand, filmmakers from various backgrounds present their manifestos on "imperfection" through diverse cinematic forms. Using bizarre forms or Lynchian imagery, they mirror another kind of reality, and we, in turn, learn to face the horrors embedded within the body, embracing our true selves in the cracks and fragments (programme notes by MINT CFF’s Co-curator, Simyun Li).PT1H20M182025-10-11SHORT FILMS BEING SHOWN:
BRAIDED 6m 19s Director: Chenxi Zhang Mandarin with Chinese/English Subtitles
FISHTANK 17m 03s Director: Wendi Tang English
SHE (SNAKE) 14m 30s Director: Renee Zhan Mandarin/English with English Subtitles
IMMUNOREACTION 28m 0s Director: Xin Zhang Mandarin with Chinese/English Subtitles
This screening is part of Mint on Tour
a women-led Chinese cinema touring programme presented by the MINT Chinese Film Festival and supported by Film Hub North
bringing the best of Chinese film and women’s cinema from Asia across Northern England this Autumn.
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Mint Chinese Film Festival Short Film Event"Mint Chinese Film Festival Short Film Event"Showtimes
October 11, 6:00 pm
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