The House on the Moon
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Film description
When Hou Yi, a legendary sun archer who set out to save the fading sun, vanishes during his quest, the fairy Chang Er embarks on a journey to find her beloved. Dying of longing, she is prepared to reach the far side of the moon to rescue him. Accompanying her is an earthly astronaut whose unexpected presence injects a touch of the absurd into the narrative. Inspired by Chinese mythology, The House on the Moon is a cosmic fairy tale of sci-fi proportions that draws on the classic aesthetics of stories about grand passion, fate, and matters beyond human comprehension.
Nelson Yeo demonstrates a penchant for genre eclecticism, a post-apocalyptic atmosphere, and nostalgia for 1990s Hong Kong cinema. Melancholy sits alongside nonsense, grandiosity with comedic touches, and romanticism with the raw grain of VHS imagery. It is a cinema both archaic and futuristic – as though an ancient Chinese legend had been rediscovered in a distant galaxy. The latest feature from Nelson Yeo – director of the unpredictable adult fairy tale Dreaming & Dying (featured in the 17th Five Flavours Asian Film Festival programme) – premiered in the main competition at the Locarno Film Festival.
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Łukasz Mańkowski
Nelson Yeo
A visual artist and film director, Yeo graduated from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. His short films have screened at festivals around the world. His feature debut, Dreaming & Dying (featured in the 17th Five Flavours Asian Film Festival programme), premiered at the Locarno Film Festival, where he won the prestigious Concorso Cineasti del presente award. His latest project, The House on the Moon, also premiered at Locarno, where it was selected for the international competition.
2012 Qiū yǐng / Wormhole (kr.m.)
2015 Mountain of Knives (kr.m.)
2019 Mǎ lì lián mèng lù / Mary, Mary, So Contrary (kr.m.)
2020 Zhè lǐ bù shì nà lǐ / Here Is Not There (kr.m.)
2021 Zuì sǐ mèng shēng / Dreaming (kr.m.)
2022 Plastic Sonata (kr.m.)
2023 Ja odchodzę, a ty śnisz / Hǎo jiǔ bú jiàn / Dreaming & Dying
2025 Liú lián, liú lián / Durian, Durian (kr.m.)
2025 Xià wēi yí jiàn / Through Your Eyes (kr.m.)
2026 Dom na krańcu księżyca / Míng yuè gòng cǐ shí / The House on the Moon
