MY PROJECTS
My Mum Rita
(Dir. Qiqi Hou, 20mins, UK, 2022)
For eight years, 68-year-old Louise has been looking after her 92- year-old mum Rita, who is living with dementia. As both women grapple with Rita’s rapidly deteriorating condition, Louise must decide the best path forward for both herself and her mother.
Role:director, camera operator, producer and editor
Selections: Women Over 50 Film Festival 2023, Astra Film Festival 2023
Awards: Grierson Awards 2023 Best Student Documentary Shortlist, Women Over 50 Film Festival 2023 Best Student Film Awards 3rd Place​
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Objects
(Dir. Anna Mathilde Stegmann/ Qiqi Hou, 6mins, UK, 2022)
A documentary exploring four individuals' concepts of homeland through personal objects. These objects are ways of remembering their past whilst they live in London.
Role:director
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The Two of Us
(Dir. Qiqi Hou, 3mins, China, 2021)
A poetic film capturing the life of an elderly couple living with disabilities.
Role:director, camera operator, producer and editor
Selection: Raindance Film Festival Open Shorts Night
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Episode One of "Mr Mossie+"
(Dir. Qiqi Hou, 13mins, 2019)
Mr Mossies+ is an 8-episode reality show, which captures celebrity Yunxi Luo returning to his hometown Chengdu after 22 years.
Episode one is the introduction of the whole series where Luo come back to his childhood home.
Role: researcher, script writer, director, edit producer
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Episode Five of "Mr Mossie+"
(Dir. Hanyi Zhao/Qiqi Hou, 15mins, 2019)
In parallel with episode one, episode two follows Luo exploring various bookstores as Chengdu has become "the City of Bookstores" with 3522 bookstores co-exsit in one city.
Role: researcher, director
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Episode Six of "Mr Mossie+"
(Dir. Jun Guo/Qiqi Hou, 12mins, 2019)
As “the first city of Hanfu”, episode six follows Luo experiences Hanfu culture in Chengdu.
Role: researcher, director
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Episode Two of "Story at Zero"
(Dir. Qiqi Hou, 20mins, broadcast on Hunan Television and stream on Mango TV, China, 2019)
Story at Zero is an 8-episode character driven documentary series about overnight workers in China.
Episode two captures Wang Sibo, known as the “the first of China’s light painting photographers”.
Role: researcher, director, edit producer
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Episode Three of “Seasons in the Sun”
(Dir. Qiqi Hou, 20mins, broadcast on Hunan Television and stream on Mango TV, China, 2019)
Seasons in the Sun is a 6-episode documentary series, which documents senior students’ last week of university life before graduation.
Episode three follows the last team game of five graduates form the Shanghai University of Finance and Economic lacrosse club.
Role: researcher, director, edit producer
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Quanzhou: The City of Belief
(Dir. Qiqi Hou, 20mins, China, 2019)
A documentary about the interaction between places of worship and faith in the ancient port city of Quanzhou in southeastern Fujian province of China.
Role: director, editor
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Water Sports Videos of “Explore Hainan”
(Dir. Qiqi Hou, 5mins, YouTube, China, 2019)
Explore Hainan is a series of 9 promotional videos following three influencers discovering local cuisine, luxury hotels and diverse water sports activities in Hainan.
Role: script writer, director, edit producer
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Benny SEA
(Dir. Junlin Guo &Qiqi Hou , 3mins, Hong Kong, 2017)
A portrait film of a veteran journalist who switched to making PR films under increasing financial pressure in Hong Kong.
Role: director, camera operator, editor