An Unfinished Film

Dir: Lou Ye, Germany / Singapore 2024, 107 mins, 15*

A director persuades an actor to resume making a film they began ten years before. Shooting is almost complete at their hotel base in Wuhan, when word starts to come through of a deadly virus.

Drawing on outtakes from his previous work, lockdown phone footage, zoom calls and CCTV, acclaimed director Lou Ye has created a film which is by turns contemplative, tense and moving. An Unfinished Film carves out a space to reflect on loose ends, the creative urge, and the individual and collective trauma that China experienced in 2020.

This screening is part of Mint in Cinemas: UK Release of An Unfinished Film by Lou Ye.

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