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Resurrection + ScreenTalk with director Bi Gan (via Zoom) (15)

ScreenTalk

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A woman standing by a moon sculpture

After Long Day's Journey Into Night, director Bi Gan takes a plunge into a world where humans have forsaken dreams in exchange for immortality, except for one lonesome creature.

We are delighted to welcome director Bi Gan for a ScreenTalk. 

In a version of the future where the world no longer dreams, a dreaming monster (Jackson Yee) embarks on a shape-shifting odyssey through illusion, beauty, and terror that takes him across a century of cinema and to the end of time, until a curious woman uncovers his inner worlds.

Traversing across six chapters, Bi Gan's dreamscape is a masterful tribute to film history and its ability to shape us as human beings. From film noir to a delirious vampire love story shot in one of Bi’s signature long takes, the director works with lighting director Wong Chi Ming – who frequently creates the neon filled worlds of Wong Kar Wai – and director of photography Dong Jingsong, who shot Bi Gan's Long Day’s Journey Into Night.

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Film information
  • Release year   2026
  • Country of origin   China, France, USA
  • Director   Bi Gan
  • Runtime   2hr 40mins

Cinema 2

Location
Barbican Cinema 1 is located within the main Barbican building on Level -2. Head to Level G and walk towards the Lakeside Terrace where you’ll find stairs and lifts to take you down to the venue floor.   

Address
Barbican Centre
Silk Street, London
EC2Y 8DS

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