2023 Iris Prize

Will You Look At Me

As a young Chinese filmmaker returns to his hometown in search for himself, a long due conversation with his mother dives the two of them into a quest for acceptance and love.

DIRECTOR:

Shuli Huang

PRODUCER:

Shuli Huang

WRITER:

Shuli Huang

RELEASE YEAR:

2022

China, 20 Minutes

Wrth i wneuthurwr ffilm Tsieineaidd ifanc ddychwelyd i’w dref enedigol i chwilio amdano’i hun, mae sgwrs hirddisgwyliedig gyda’i fam yn plymio’r ddau ohonyn nhw i chwilio am gydnabyddeb a chariad.

Shuli Huang is a writer-director and cinematographer born in Wenzhou, China.

After graduating from Beijing Film Academy in 2019, he moved to New York City as an MFA candidate for NYU graduate film program.  Farewell, My Hometown, his feature debut as a cinematographer won the New Currents Award during the 26th Busan International Film Festival in 2021. His second short film, Will You Look At Me, was selected for the 61st edition of La Semaine de la Critique Cannes 2022.

Mae Shuli Huang yn awdur-gyfarwyddwr a sinematograffydd o Wenzhou, Tsieina.
Ar ôl graddio o Academi Ffilm Beijing yn 2019, symudodd i Ddinas Efrog Newydd fel ymgeisydd MFA ar gyfer rhaglen ffilm i raddedigion NYU. Enillodd Farewell, My Hometown, ei ffilm nodwedd gyntaf fel sinematograffydd Wobr New Currents yn ystod 26ain Gŵyl Ffilm Ryngwladol Busan yn 2021. Dewiswyd ei ail ffilm fer, Will You Look At Me, ar gyfer rhifyn 61ain o La Semaine de la Critique Cannes 2022.