Yu Tianqi Kiki

An intimate portrait of a peasant-turned oil painter transitioning from making copies of iconic Western paintings to creating his own authentic works of art.

After the death of Grandmother Amelia, a Dundee family are left struggling with grief. Through the mundanity of life and the profoundly ordinary, Mia, Charlie and Lisa confront their pain, and explore how through each other they can begin to move forward.

Produced and directed by Kiki Tianqi Yu Documentary, 30 min, commissioned by Discovery

In my seemingly peaceful daily routine in London, my unconscious mind is always daydreaming about travelling around in China, a land where I was born and grew up, but has changed so dramatically that hard to recognize anymore… This short film is part of my autoethnographic filming project in which I explore possible ways to represent the complexity of the construction of my cultural identity in the cross-cultural understanding.