Author Archives: sailuluo 赛璐珞
Goethe Institut 24.09.2026 Porto Alegre
This is a draft of a speech I gave at the Goethe-Institut in Porto Alegre, Brazil, where I was invited after serving on the FIPRESCI jury at the Festival de Brasília do Cinema Brasileiro. Due to the festival’s financial difficulties (reportedly, it nearly did not take place because of delays in receiving state funding), theContinue reading “Goethe Institut 24.09.2026 Porto Alegre”
The camera creates a distance. You’re part of the world, but slightly protected from it at the same time: Tan Siyou on “Amoeba”
Tan Siyou discusses the function of the camera within the narrative, teenage desire, Singaporean society, exhibition and reception of the film in Singapore, China, Taiwan and worldwide at film festivals.
“Humanity’s capacity to endure loneliness is actually growing stronger and stronger”: Xu Zao on “The Light Pillar”
During the Berlin International Film Festival, I met Xu in an interview room on the top floor of the Berlinale Palast to talk about the making of Light Pillar, the film’s various Easter eggs, and the distinctive qualities of cinema from Northeast China.
人类对于孤独的承受能力，其实正在变得越来越强：专访《寒夜灯柱》导演徐澡
柏林电影节期间，我与徐澡约在柏林电影宫顶层的采访室，聊了《寒夜灯柱》的制作过程、片中的各种彩蛋，以及东北电影独有的气质。
76th Berlinale: In the rosebush
As the programme of the 76th Berlinale was announced, there were more questions than answers about how the festival would unfold.
《你的眼睛比太阳明亮》专访：张忠臣导演，陈坤阳制片人
我第一次听说张仲辰，是通过我在电影杂志《大众电影》的编辑。他曾多次向我提起这个名字，称他是近年来最具才华的新晋导演之一。在北京电影学院一带，张仲辰已经几乎成了一种“传奇”。我们在2025年十一月交谈时，这位导演刚刚结束他的欧洲之行，并对下一部长片有很多计划。
Polen Ly on Becoming Human: “I’m always drawn to this longing for something that has disappeared”
Becoming Human (ជាតិជាមនុស្សា), the feature-length debut of Cambodian filmmaker Polen Ly, tries to imagine the experience of a ghost spirit unwilling to part with this world and undergo reincarnation once again. Polen Ly discusses his experience as a self-taught filmmaker, the making of Becoming Human, and being part of Cambodia’s independent filmmaking community.
“Chronovisor” (2026, dir. Jack Auen and Kevin Walker): The allure of written text
In Chronovisor, writer-directors Jack Auen and Kevin Walker achieve something often considered impossible: they create a captivating audiovisual narrative based largely on written sources.
“Tycoon” (2026, dir. Charlotte Zhang): Between the Near Future and the Near Past
Although set in the near future, Charlotte Zhang’s Tycoon is less interested in imagining what lies ahead than in excavating the unresolved histories that continue to shape the present. The film is caught in a time warp, exemplifying how, with the evolution of audiovisual media, the past and the future increasingly coexist in the present.
