敬祖 ·PAYING RESPECTS

‘敬祖 ·PAYING RESPECTS’ is a short film using the Chinese ritual of burning joss paper to reflect on questions of death & diaspora. Yiqing explores her grief by offering her ancestors everything they couldn’t afford. Everything she burns gets sent to the afterlife. The film plays with themes of memory, distance and dreams.

Film Maker
Wu, Jessica
Year
2025
Country
Canada
Length
5
Language
Chinese, English
Category
Asian, Canada, Diaspora, Immigration, Memory, Mortality
Genre
docufiction, experimental, short

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