Will You Look at Me

Winner of Cannes’ Short Film Queer Palm, this tender, ethereal essay follows a young Chinese filmmaker returning home in search of love and acceptance.

Shot with evocative detail on super-8 film, this intimate, autobiographical docu-fiction hybrid follows filmmaker Shuli Huang, who also narrates, as he returns to his hometown in search of himself. Will You Look at Me is a reckoning with his past as a queer youth in China and explores his complex relationship with his mother.