The Work

Created for the Nanhai Art Festival, “Coming Back” is a film that assembles a collective portrait of Nanhai and Foshan in the Lingnan region of south-east China through conversations with people from different generations and walks of life.

Directed by Felicitas Yang and co-directed by Armando Milano, the film is constructed from animated sequences of black-and-white 35mm photographs, interspersed with occasional color stills. Occupying a space between photography and cinema, and accompanied by a soundscape drawn from the everyday sounds and voices of the region, the work invites attention to the rhythms of place, memory, and the passage of time.