The Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest

In Development, 90 mins, Director

Raised up as a tomboy during the 1990s in China, 31-year-old Viv Li now lives in Berlin. The contrast between this progressive city and her conservative upbringing brings her much pressure on sexual and gender exploration. Following her encounters in Berlin and her journey back to Beijing, the film takes a witty yet sharp look on how these two polarised cultures affect the way we live, while providing a humorous dialogue between the two societies and Viv herself (until she changes her pronoun, of course).

Supported and presented at:
Sundance Documentary Fund, 2022
The Whickers Awards, 2022
Logan Nonfiction Fellowship, 2022
IDFA Forum, 2021
Nipkow Program, 2021
Berlinale Talents Doc Station, 2021
IDFA Project Space, 2021
IDFAcademy, 2021
FIPADOC, 2021
Kickstarter, 2021
DOKLeipzig, 2020
SoundImageCulture, 2020

Publications:
Sundance
Variety
Cineuropa