Heart Murmurs

  • December 1, 2023 / 20:00
  • December 7, 2023 / 19:00

Director: Dorothy Cheung
Participants: Dorothy Cheung, Dean Hong Kong, 2023, 9'7’’, DCP, color
Chinese with Turkish subtitles

Heart Murmurs is a poetic dialogue between the filmmaker and Dean, a young man living in Hong Kong. In reflecting on his experience living with a congenital disability and HIV during the first years of the COVID pandemic, Dean expresses his sense of self in the face of regular medical challenges.

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