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Feature
Past Event
Palimpsest: The Story of a Name
Through a canny postcolonial lens, a filmmaker whose Western name is at odds with her Chinese heritage peels back conflicting layers of family history.
Dir.
Mary Stephen
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2025
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109 mins
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France, Taiwan, Hong Kong
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English, French, Mandarin, Cantonese
Feature
Past Event
Shades of Silk
Long out of circulation, this evocatively elliptical tale of Sapphic yearning in 1930s Shanghai – newly restored – has been hailed as a major rediscovery.
Dir.
Mary Stephen
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1978
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62 mins
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France, Canada
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French, Mandarin
Short
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A Very Easy Death
Named after Simone de Beauvoir’s 1964 memoir, this dreamlike, experimental montage muses on bereavement.
Dir.
Mary Stephen
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1975
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8 mins
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Canada
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English
Palimpsest: The Story of a Name
Past Event
Feature
Dir.
Mary Stephen
/
2025
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109 mins
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France, Taiwan, Hong Kong
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English, French, Mandarin, Cantonese
Shades of Silk — Ombres de Soie
Past Event
Feature
Dir.
Mary Stephen
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1978
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62 mins
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France, Canada
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French, Mandarin
A Very Easy Death
Past Event
Short
Dir.
Mary Stephen
/
1975
/
8 mins
/
Canada
/
English