Looking For? (UK Premiere)

Tung-Yen Chou
2017
Taiwan
60 min

20 Nov – 26 Nov

Rio Cinema

Rio Cinema

This documentary explores questions of digital and virtual intimacy in contemporary gay communities. ‘Looking for?’ is one of the most commonly asked questions on gay dating apps, but it’s not one that’s easy to answer, at least for the director, Yen. Seeking to discover the different answers to this question, Yen interviews around sixty gay men from cities including Taipei, Beijing, New York and London. Some are looking for love, some are looking for lust – and for others, their search is far more complicated. As stories and personal histories are exchanged, Yen reflects on his own relationships, and invites the audience to consider what they themselves have been looking for.

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Preceded by

Kiss of the Rabbit God
Dir. Andrew Thomas Huang | US | 2018 | 15 min

A Chinese-American restaurant worker falls in love with an 18th century Qing dynasty god, who visits him at night and leads him on a journey of sexual awakening and self-discovery.

Beer! Beer!
Dir Popo Fan | Germany | 2019 | 17 min

Tao, a Chinese guy, meets Sebastian, a local German, in this anti-romantic comedy, set in the early morning following a wild party in Berlin.

Adorable
Dir Cheng-Hsu Chung | Taiwan, UK | 2018 | 6 min

This animation presents a journey of sexuality, evoking the fantasies of freedom offered by gender fluidity, and developments in contemporary queer culture.

With support from the Ministry of Culture (Taiwan), Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute and Taiwan Docs.