The Returning Tide: Thirty Years On

Thursday, March 12, 1:50 pm - 3:05 pm
Directed by Xiaotong Xu and Iris Yu Yang | Produced by Yuan Feng and Xiaotong Xu
2025. Hong Kong, SAR & Canada. 60 min.
Country/Region Featured: East Asia (including Japan, Korea, Mainland China, Hong Kong, and
Taiwan) | Languages: Chinese, Cantonese, Japanese, Korean, and English

In-person Q&A with Executive Producer Yuan Feng and Co-Directors Xiaotong Xu and Iris Yu
Yang

The film revisits more than twenty feminist activists from Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and mainland China to trace the lasting impact of the 1995 United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing across East Asia. It follows the connections forged during the conference, examines gender mainstreaming frameworks, and explores the rise of grassroots, queer movements and digital rights alongside the backlash these activists now face. Through these intertwined stories, the film continually asks what sustains such struggles and how feminist movements persist, transform, and evolve across generations and regions.

East & Inner Asia, East Asia (including Japan, Korea, Mainland China, Hong Kong, and
Taiwan)