“Love and Culture” is a short film that highlights the South African tradition of Lobola (bride price).
Nolu, and Ben are a modern couple whose love gets challenged by their cultural difference, Ben is a modern Cuban man who does not believe in the cultural beliefs of his lover, Nolu has to find ways to win Ben’s love over by making him see the importance of keeping cultural traditions.

Set in the early 1900s, a once prominent black jockey struggles to find his way after racism and segregation forces him out of the horse racing industry.

An essay film about Chineseness
The legend of “the dragon pillar under the Yan’an fly-over” is a practical project of Beiyu’s doctoral project on Chineseness. Based on the legendary story from Shanghai, the artist skillfully architected a tale of twin cranes and the dragon pillar. The story carries out a discussion on the interaction between national memory and individual’s life under in an autobiographical context resembling “A Tale of Two Cities” between Shanghai and London. Based on this, a multi-level narrative space composed of a 10-minute prose image was created. Through English narration and different styles of music, the prose image highlights the urban characteristics of transnational and cross-cultural context.