
Now You See Me 如梦初醒 (2024)
Now You See Me 如梦初醒 explores diasporic visibility through styling, symbolic objects, performance and cinematic framing. Developed from nine journal entries by the artist, accumulated over three years, it stages gendered experiences and transformation as a shifting condition of concealment, exposure, and self-recognition. Original score by Jefferson Chen (Goodspace) with guzheng performance by Zed Xu, original photography series by Karen Ishiguro, and cinematography by Jackson Doudney.

Blending in 鹤立鸡群

Heavenly Match 百年好合

The Dreamer 一晌贪欢

Fate 今古空名

Destiny 君臣一梦

Now You See Me 如梦初醒
Credits & Awards

Credits
Writer, Director, Producer, Makeup and Prop design
Zed Xu 榛子瞬
Lighting and photography
Karen Ishiguro
Cinematographer and Editor
Jackson Doudney
Original Score
Jefferson Chen (Goodspace)
Hair Designer
Sky Srisukpolluck
Ta
Lian Bik-yu 連璧如
他 Him
Cedric Pascal
她 Her
Dominique Roebuck 李敏嘉
Them
Finn Hunter
Awards
Official Select and "Best Music Video" award
Toronto Arthouse Film Festival
Official Select and "The Creative Eye" Award
Los Angeles Asian Film Festival
Semi-finalist
Australia Independent Film Festival
Premiered by
Girlsinfilm.net
Official Select
MicroActs International and Experimental Short Film Festival London
