In the early 1990s, Lloyd Wong began to make a work based on his experiences living with AIDS in Toronto, but he died from AIDS-related illnesses before completing it. For three decades, his work-in-progress was considered "long-lost" until it resurfaced at The ArQuives. In this experimental documentary, Lesley Loksi Chan combines Lloyd Wong's footage with fragments of her research notes to reflect on what it means to inherit images from queer communities and to attempt to understand someone through multiple takes. Rough and unprocessed, this film explores the meaning of incompletion.

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Lloyd Wong, Unfinished

Finding the footage of an artist lost to AIDS.

A hallucinatory journey through the eyes of a patient experiencing a profound deterioration of their senses and perception as they confront their uncertainty, anxiety, and the fragility of memory and identity.

The Last Thing I Think I Saw

This hybrid documentary examines the involuntary role of animals in human conflict. Filmed from January to September 2023 in Israel and the West Bank, it focuses on the Israeli Police Cavalry Unit, revealing how the horses’ training and use mirror political patterns of control and submission. The film offers a glimpse into daily life in the months leading up to the crimes against humanity in Gaza.

The Cavalry

Intending to document public protests against the Israeli government in September 2023, Alina Orlov discovers a facility for the training of Israeli police horses, and out of this creates a subtly layered, provocative meditation on obedience and subjugation.

In a not-too-distant future ravaged by climate crisis, a team of scientists analyzes archival footage of farmers from the past in an attempt to understand their connection to the land.

Common Pear

In a climate-ravaged future, scientists study footage of farmers to grasp their bond with the land.

Three white collar commuters recall an experience of getting trapped on a train in San Francisco's transbay tunnel, each drifting into fantasies of sex, death, and other intimacies with strangers.

Sinking Feeling

Three white collar commuters recall an experience of getting trapped on a train in San Francisco's transbay tunnel, each drifting into fantasies of sex, death, and other intimacies with strangers.

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