After All
Chongyan Liu's 25' autofiction was produced by Le Fresnoy, the French national studio of contemporary art, during her time there as a postgraduate. Octopoid boarded the film and Gerard Tierney served as co-producer. The film - a response to a real-life tragedy - is at one moment starkly painful, at the next cool and restrained. The film featured in Le Fresnoy's 'Panorama' showcase and began its Festival journey, starting with a World Premiere at Seoul Pride in their 'Asia Pride' section. The film's entry in the British Council's Film Directory:​
http://film-directory.britishcouncil.org/after-all
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FESTIVALS - AND AWARDS!
Seoul International Pride Film Festival (World Premiere).
Beijing International Short Film Festival. Winner, 'Best Film', Chinese section.
MINT Chinese Film Festival, UK (European Premiere). Winner, 'Best Short Film', 'C-Film in Focus' section.
​Hanoi International Queer Film Week.
International Queer & Migrant Film Festival Amsterdam.
​Côté Court festival, Pantin (French festival premiere).
​KASHISH Pride festival (Mumbai). Winner, Aditya Nanda award.
FIWOM, Film Festival for Women's Rights, Seoul.
Two Riversides Film and Art Festival, Kazimierz Dolny / Janowiec, Poland.​​
​Mulan International Film Festival, Toronto.
In September, the film will play in New Delhi.
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​​Here are links to the SIPFF, BISFF and MINT programme entries for the film:
https://www.bisff.co/selection/after-all
https://www.unicornscreening.com/short-after-all
​ONLINE FESTIVALS
The film has also played online at two US festivals:
ImageOut (Rochester, NY)
QFest St Louis.
OTHER SCREENINGS
Spring 2025, CUC Cinema, Beijing, in a thematic screening, 'Between Reality and Illusion: The Interaction of Consciousness and Reality'.
July 2025, ActOne Cinema, London, in a filmmakers' showcase event.
July 2025, London, as the central part of 'Hindsight', a Random Headache event:
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17th July 2025, LAB111, Amsterdam, in a programme run by the International Queer & Migrant Film Festival Amsterdam.
August 2025, The art'otel, London, in an event run by Artisan Tribes China: