Collectively Created by Fay Nass, Meghna Haldar & Sammy Chien

A frank theatre company production
In partnership with CHIMERIK 似不像

1:02:07 | 2020 | Canada | English, Spanish, Arabic & Cantonese
With Closed Captioning

Vancouver Premiere: December 16 – 20 2020, online

Streamed as part of the Cultch’s RE/PLAY series March 8 - 13 2022, online

Official Selection of the Madrid International Film Festival, the New York City International Film Festival and the Nice International Film Festival

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Be-Longing is a theatrical performance on film, incorporating ancient and contemporary lyrics, devised performance, movement and interdisciplinary media about the nature of queer desire, exile, mourning and migration in diaspora. A collaboration between three Canadian artists from Taiwan, Iran and India, Be-Longing is an elegiac ode to home and longing during a time of contagion.

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Featuring
Alexandra Lainfiesta, khattieQ, Jackson Wai Chung Tse & Baraka Rahmani

Artistic Team
Theatrical Direction – Fay Nass
Film Direction – Meghna Haldar
New Media Direction – Sammy Chien

Music Direction and Original Compositions – Taymaz Saba
Sound Design – Helena Krobath
Set & Maquette Design – Jennifer Stewart
Costume Design – Carmen Alatorre
Director of Photography – Kaayla Whatchell
Production Manager – Nicole Lamb
Stage Management – Susan Miyagishima
Assistant Stage Management – Katie Voravong
Co-Producers – Fay Nass, Anais West, Patricia Trinh

Media Arts / Post-Production Team - Chimerik 似不像
Media Arts & Design Director- Sammy Chien
Film Editor, Colourist & Film Facilitator - Han Pham
Post-Production Supervisor, Film Facilitator & Project Assistant - Andrea Velez
Graphic Designer & Visual Artist - Ivan So
Media Arts Assistants, Support & Contributors - Kellen Jackson, Caroline MacCaull, Tiffany Tam, Kanon Hewitt, Jackson Chien 簡志雄
Official Trailer Video Editor - Caroline MacCaull
Subtitles - Andrea Velez, Han Pham

Inspired by “Diaspora,” a community devised projected developed with Queer Arts Festival & Rainbow Refugee