INTERNATIONAL SHORTS
SightNotSeeing
Director
Sheungman YIM
Producers
Sheungman YIM
Whitney Ka Wan YIU
Cinematographer
Desmond CHAN
Editor
Sheungman YIM
Sound
Yiu Tong Vincent FUNG
Contact
Lihua Liu
[email protected]
2026
Hong Kong SAR China, United Kingdom
10 min 44 sec
Color
In Kowloon City, Hong Kong, a cultural tour begins, tracing the outline of a walled city that no longer exists. But the group slips out of frame soon enough. In its place, a different kind of cultural tour emerges—less about heritage, more about human nature.
Directors' Biography
Sheungman Yim is a Hong Kong/British writer-director (CalArts MFA) whose work explores sight and diaspora identity. His latest short, SightNotSeeing, premiered at IFFR 2026. Earlier works screened at Clermont-Ferrand, Göteborg and HKIFF, with The Tide winning the Fresh Wave Award.
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