Horizons / Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest / Germany, Netherlands 2026
Chinese artist and filmmaker Viv Li’s infectiously energetic, endearingly quirky, but also profoundly personal and exceptionally incisive self-portrait was one of the most pleasant surprises at this year’s Berlinale. Working with a DIY style, the director captures herself caught between Berlin’s pulsating alternative culture scene and the more conservative environment of contemporary China. Along the way, she reveals subtle culture clashes in a world that is globalized and polarized all at once. Shot in a playful yet sincere tone, her film explores the never-ending search for personal identity, home, and sense of belonging.
Vojtěch Kočárník
86 min / Color, DCP
Director Viv Li
/ Screenplay Viv Li
/ Dir. of Photography Viv Li, Janis Mazuch
/ Sound Marcel Walvisch, Yangyang Zhou, Filipp Forberg
/ Editor Christoph Bargfrede
/ Producer Daniela Dieterich, Erik Winker, Martin Roelly, Ümit Uludag
/ Production Corso Films
/ Coproduction 100% Films, ZDF Das kleine Fernsehspiel
/ Sales Mediawan Rights
Viv Li. Filmography: I Don‘t Feel At Home Anywhere Anymore (2020, short doc.), Across the Waters (2024, short), A Soil A Culture A River A People (You jian chui yan, 2025, short), Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest (2026, doc.).
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