2023 Best British

Fortune Favours the Fantabulous

Queer fortune teller, conjurer and runaway Fei Liu lives and performs out of a tent in the middle of the marshes. Over the course of three days, figures and phantoms of present and past penetrate Fei's tent and plague their subconscious, threatening to unravel their way of life and throwing their own future - and grip on reality - into turmoil.

DIRECTOR:

Emmanuel Li

PRODUCER:

Ana Ungureanu

WRITER:

Emmanuel Li

RELEASE YEAR:

2023

United Kingdom, 25 Minutes

Mae’r adroddwr ffortiwn, consuriwr, a ffoadur queer, Fei Liu, yn byw ac yn perfformio allan o babell yng nghanol y corsydd. Dros gyfnod o dri diwrnod, mae ffigurau a phantomau o’r presennol a’r gorffennol yn treiddio i babell Fei, gan blagio eu hisymwybod, gan fygwth ymddatod eu ffordd o fyw a thaflu eu dyfodol eu hunain – a’u gafael ar realiti – yn gythrwfl.


Emmanuel is a young, queer storyteller whose imaginative tales often follow drifters and dreamers on the fringes of society, with a keen eye for nature, magical realism and physicality. Named the BFI’s “Best New Talent” in 2021, he brings a multi-disciplinary approach to every film he embarks on, always welcoming audiences into vibrant, expressive, heartfelt worlds.


Mae Emmanuel yn storïwr ifanc, queer y mae ei straeon dychmygus yn aml yn dilyn crwydriaid a breuddwydwyr ar gyrion cymdeithas, gyda llygad craff am natur, realaeth hudol a chorfforoldeb. Wedi’i enwi’n “Dalent Newydd Orau” y BFI yn 2021, mae’n dod ag ymagwedd amlddisgyblaethol at bob ffilm y mae’n cychwyn arni, gan groesawu cynulleidfaoedd bob amser i fydoedd bywiog, mynegiannol a theimladwy.