Lighthouse Art X Mint CFF Film screening with exhibition

Get ready to immerse yourself in a spectacular summer experience at the Lighthouse Arts three-day mini Art festival! We have gathered talented artists and makers from around the world to join us for an unforgettable daytime event. Picture yourself walking through our vibrant art market, witnessing artist performances, experiencing hybrid sets and art pieces—all of this, completely FREE for our incredible visitors!

As the sun sets, we have curated a series of evening events in collaboration with the esteemed curatorial team of the MINT Chinese Film Festival (MINT CFF). Brace yourself for an extraordinary cinematic journey, featuring three different film screenings. Among the highlights is the highly anticipated World Premiere the short film "Both Make Sense", accompanied by a captivating behind-the-scenes exhibition that will transport you into the heart of the filmmaking process.

Drama | 103mins | 2022 ｜Janpanese With English Subtitles

Synopsis

Shiori’s husband decides not to attend a workshop they were supposed to join together. Shiori asks Junnosuke, a fill-in introduced by Shiori’s colleague, to join the workshop as her acting husband. Satisfied with Junnosuke, Shiori secretly rents an apartment and begins a pseudo-marital life with him.

Awards

• Double Life had its world premiere at SKIP CITY INTERNATIONAL D-Cinema FESTIVAL 2022 and won the Best Picture for the Japanese Film Competition.

• The film was recently selected for the First Feature Competition of the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF).

Director

Enen YO

• Lucky Fish LGBTQ&Narrative | 9mins | 2022 ｜ English Subtitles

Two Asian-American teenagers meet in the bathroom of a Chinese restaurant while having dinner with their families.

• Dust In The Wind Narrative | 15mins | 2022 ｜Chinese With English subtitles

A writer came to a temple. After some losses, she dropped her obsessions and returned to nature.

• A Bright Summer Diary Experimental | 27mins | 2020 ｜English subtitles

 A woman is reminiscing the story behind a photograph: it was a hot summer day in the 1980s. Her family traveled to Lushan to escape the heat. As her memory unfolds, we gradually come to see the forgotten history and that very photograph being damaged by a water stain.

• A House Without Memory Experimental | 18mins | 2021

The house is empty, but its address still exists. Time takes it away and I am left with only shapeless shreds. While time escapes, only the images remain in memory. The film takes the option of playing with their multiple modalities of appearance and perception.

• BOTH MAKE SENSE (WORLD PREMIERE) Experimental | 23mins | 2021 ｜French With English subtitles

Cyprien was an actor who suffered from a lack of self. He tries to find and show his identity by turning into a film director, then he suffers from a lack of originality. He commits an imaginary suicide by projecting himself onto his fictional character.

• How I Grew Up Animation 7 minutes | 2021 | Chinese With English Subtitles

We have many emotions that have not been observed. In this film, "I" has a feeling of fear of being doubted by others because of a cup of coffee that has not been thrown away. The whole film revolves around the observation of this emotion. By depicting four trivial things that are growing up, and tracing the reasons for its formation, "I" finally sees the appearance of this emotion.

• Second Birth Drama l 29 minutes | 2022 | Chinese With English Subtitles

After scratching by a wild cat, full-time housewife LIU discovers her recent pregnancy with her second child, when the two-child policy just released.

• A Firecracker Story Drama l 20 minutes | 2022 | Chinese With English Subtitles

An 8-year-old boy searching for fireworks on Chinese New Year's Eve, after the firework ban was introduced in this southern Chinese town.

• Hair Documentary, Experimental 10 minutes | 2019 | Viennese/Norwegian With English Subtitles

Between Lillehammer, Norway and Beijing, China, two girls are talking about their own experiences with body hair. Even though these two girls have never met in real life, and a distance of 7000 km separates them, they made one movie together about the differences and similarities in the subject. Why is it so, whether you are from the easier West, society wants to control your hair one way or another?

• NOSTALGIA Drama l 9 minutes | 2022 | Chinese With English Subtitles

In the mountains of the north, there lives a mother, her children, and grandchildren live in the south, they have taken root in their homeland for most of their lives, near the New Year, the son goes home to take the elderly mother to live in the south, in the face of the sudden son, the mother is a little overwhelmed, she is particularly reluctant to move away from the homeland. In the face of parting, the mother began to think and sigh about life, in the face of parting, how should the mother choose?

• BOTH MAKE SENSE (WORLD PREMIERE) Experimental | 23mins | 2021 ｜English subtitles

Cyprien was an actor who suffered from a lack of self. He tries to find and show his identity by turning into a film director, then he suffers from a lack of originality. He commits an imaginary suicide by projecting himself onto his fictional character.

We are delighted to present a parallel Behind-The-Scenes Exhibition through the lens of women curators in the contemporary art and film field. This exhibition is based on film texts of BOTH MAKE SENSE (2023), the shots’ rapport of the script supervisor, and the review of the cinematographer, with the intention to break down and explore the boundaries of film art and open space for curatorial discourse.

Lighthouse Art · Seeking Creative Flow, Lighting Art's Billows

Starting in London, Lighthouse Art hopes to cross geographical boundaries to seek out and bring together a diverse range of artistic/creative practitioners in a deep sea of art.

The Mint Chinese Film Festival, focussing on cross-cultural communication and women's representation, is the UK's first women-organised Chinese film festival.

Check out the festival information and previous programme details at unicornscreening.com

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Newspeak House, 133 Bethnal Green Road, London, United Kingdom

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