Floating in Ecosystems

Festival 2025

BeyondPay What You Can

Curated by
Indigo Korres

Running time
90 mins

BeyondPay What You Can

This screening brings together the work of queer East and Southeast Asian artists based in Scotland, showcasing bold explorations of identity, transformation, and community. The films in this programme experiment with dynamic visual narratives that challenge cultural and bodily boundaries, blurring the lines between reality and fiction, self and other. From fictional work to artist moving image work, these films offer a range of experiences where body and identity intersect with culture and memory. Florence To will introduce this event by presenting an expansive overview of queer East and Southeast Asian filmmaking in Scotland today.

Presented in partnership with Scottish Queer International Film Festival (SQIFF)

Tickets

3 May 2025, 1:00 PM

Past Event

Rio Cinema

Strangers

2023

Directed by
Klarissa Webster

Running time
4 mins

Two people's worlds collide in a graveyard. One is dealing with a near loss, the other still harbours pain after many years.

In the penumbra, the strange wave

2022

Directed by
Wei Zhang

Running time
11 mins

Zhang explores their personal trauma through a blend of media forms and techniques, creating an alternate reality with symbolic characters representing complex emotions.

Fluid

2016

Directed by
Wei Zhou

Running time
13 mins

The filmmaker traces their personal experiences of love and desire as a queer Chinese woman.

body is/as landscape

2020

Directed by
Joanne Lee

Running time
13 mins

Filming various sites across Scotland, the filmmaker seeks to uncover the frames of references we use to understand and relate to these landscapes. They attempt to situate themself among these places of absence and ruin by observing the world from both in front of and behind the camera.

In Conversation with

2024

Directed by
Eye Suriyanon

Running time
11 mins

Commissioned by The Children's Parliament, the drawings and sound effects of this film were created by the students from Doune Primary School, Stirling. This collaboration between the filmmaker and the students is part of an ongoing investigation and conversation about children's rights and AI.

Narratives and Counternarratives

2022

Directed by
Chaoying Rao

Running time
9 mins

The persistent fetishisation of Asian women is dissected through collaging techniques. Questioning the ideas of the ‘Asian mystique’ and how it manifests in popular culture, the film examines how the legacy of orientalism continues to manifest in spaces both physical and digital.

Wah Yen

2024

Directed by
Wei Zhang

Running time
29 mins

In 1970s Glasgow, queer and neurodivergent Chinese immigrant Chen explores their emerging kinship with Scottish shipbuilder James. Using 3D animation, archival footage, and drag, Chen’s intimate relationships and struggles are brought to life.

Curator Biography

Indigo Korres (she/her) is a trans and queer multi-media artist. She currently works as a freelance Film Curator, Creative Producer, and the Director of Scottish Queer International Film Festival (SQIFF). She also co-created and produces her own podcast Changing the Frame, focusing on trans and/or non-binary people working in the film industries.

Access Information and Content Notes

Access Measures:

– English language descriptive subtitles.
– English-BSL interpretation for the introduction.
– Rio Cinema is a wheelchair accessible venue.

Content Notes: Depiction of nudity, physical violence, body modification, fetishisation, racism, sex, sensual dancing, death, gun violence, knife violence, sword violence, decapitated head, and blood. Discussion of harassment, porn, self-harm, violence.

Access Notes: Distorted voice, flashing imagery, static imagery.