Ronnie Cheng
Directing
Biography
Ronnie Cheng is a Hong Konger filmmaker, writer, and media artist based in British Columbia, Canada. Ronnie's interest in the arts stems from a love for people, and thus, from values of community care and radical kindness.
Known For
Tien is the first Asian trans man to publicly come out in the Vancouver, then, gay and lesbian community of 2001. In this profound and inspiring film, Tien shares his story as a trailblazing, racialised, transgender immigrant and his journey to discovering his true purpose in life — cultivating and becoming joy.
Becoming Queer Joy
Four close friends, East, South, West and North, play a game of mahjong before dinner. Tensions rise as they all discover they have unique ways of playing, skill levels with the game, and differing attitudes towards competition. How will they navigate personal differences and learn to play with one another?
chattering of sparrows
Explore an overactive, racing mind through a first-person perspective. With every thought flying by too quickly to process, is one thinking about nothing or everything?