Het Optreden + Guián - Lunar New Year Filmhuis Denhaag

Claire Zhou, Nicole CHI AMÉN

Het Optreden + Guián - Lunar New Year

The Performance is about a choir singer who struggles to conceal her transgender daughter from her church community while preparing for a solo performance at the Chinese New Year celebration. Guián follows a filmmaker who travels to her grandmother’s hometown in China, reflecting on their unspoken connection and the language barriers that kept them apart.

Het Optreden

As the festive Chinese New Year celebration at the church approaches, choir singer Lin finds it increasingly difficult to hide her transgender daughter from the community in this short drama.

Lin (41) is preparing for her solo performance at the Chinese New Year celebration at her church. She wants to impress the community, but her mentor feels that her performance isn’t quite “hitting the mark.” He advises Lin to open up more, but that proves difficult. When rumors circulate about her son, who has not been attending church for some time, Lin faces a tough choice. Should she continue to hide or reveal her true self?

Guián

Throughout her life, filmmaker Nicole Chi Amén was unable to communicate with her grandmother Guián in words. Her grandmother never learned Spanish, and she never learned Chinese. After Guián’s passing, Nicole picks up her camera and travels to Guián’s hometown in China to visit those who knew her. Her footage becomes a love letter to the grandmother she knew and an imagined conversation with the grandmother she never knew.

Guián is an intimate exploration of heritage, told with beautiful and tender affection. It focuses on the linguistic differences that divide, but above all, the family bonds that connect. Chi Amén’s debut as a documentary filmmaker spans generations and continents, taking the audience on her personal journey to answer the questions she was never able to ask.

Lunar New Year

Starting from January 31st, join us at Filmhuis Den Haag for a special Lunar New Year program in collaboration with CinemAsia Film Festival and the Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute. Immerse yourself in a rich selection of films that showcase the vibrant cultures, traditions, and stories from across Asia.

Click here to see the Lunar New Year program.

Regisseur Claire Zhou, Nicole CHI AMÉN
Cast Xiao Jager, Aaron Wan, Donna Tang
Land Nederland, Costa Rica
Taal Nederlands, Spaans, Chinees Dialect, Mandarijn
Ondertiteling Engels
Speelduur 95 min
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