DOK Exchange XR 2024
Snow, Tiger, Reunion
(Interactive VR, Video Installation)
Through a childhood lullaby, we slip into the deepest recesses of memory, into a Chinese myth two centuries old in a captivating tale of a quest to find one's beloved kin... Are we in a theatre? A dream? Or a memory?
Mixed identity, Mother-daughter relationships, Resilience, Self-discovery, Spatial Audio, Sensory Immersion, Chinese Myths and Culture
Project Representatives
Jing Zhao is a filmmaker and new media video artist based in London. An alumna of the London Film School and a current BAFTA Connect member, she draws on her background in psychology, viewing filmmaking as a form of exposure therapy. Her work centres on creating authentic, nuanced female characters navigating complex relationships, with a focus on themes such as self-identity, multicultural conflict, contemporary mythology, and man-made stage spaces in everyday life.Her films have been internationally recognized, including at Cannes La Cinéf, Palm Springs, Slamdance, and Visions du Réel. Jing was recently commissioned by the FluxusMuseum. Snow, Tiger, Reunion is her first XR project. She seeks to bring traditional Chinese literature to Western audiences, while shedding light on the underrepresented and oversimplified East-Asian women on screen.
Lynn Song is a Korean-Japanese film and XR producer based in England. With over 10 years of experience as a festival programmer, talent development executive and producer in Japan, she has worked with the Berlinale EFM, Venice Biennale, Kaohsiung Film Festival to support Japanese independent cinema. As part of the BFI NETWORK and Tamasha Digital Producers’ programmes, Lynn continues to expand her works on stories that dives into multiple layers of immigration and continues to collaborate with artists from multi-heritage backgrounds.
Credits
Jing Zhao
Lynn Song, Helen Tsang / Muyu Media BV
General Information
Snow, Tiger, Reunion
Snow, Tiger, Reunion
UK, Netherlands, Switzerland
English
Development
25 mins
2025
FilmThurrock, Private investment from China and Switzerland.
Website
DOK Industry is realised with the support of Creative Europe MEDIA Programme of the European Union, the Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM) and the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media upon a Decision of the German Bundestag.
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