Princess (2021)
Princess portraits Jason Vu as he revisits memories of desire from his childhood. Vu finds himself at the crux of past, present, and future, discovering that sanctuary is not a place, but the action of remembering.
Based on the therapeutic technique 'tapping', a form of EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing) that induces bilateral stimulation to cultivate a neural response for reprocessing trauma.
Choreography and Writing by Jason Vu
Cinematography by B Gosse
Original Score by Amanda Yamate
Screened in Asian Arts Initiative (Philadelphia) 2023 Spring Exhibition 'The Body You Want'
Selections & Screenings: Nowness Asia, Leeds International Film Festival 2021, New Orleans Film Festival 2021, NewFest LGBT Film Festival 2021, Los Angeles Diversity Film Festival 2021, Festival of Recorded Movement 2021, Imprópria - Film and Gender Equality Festival 2022, Evening of Embodied Films LA 2022