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The Returning Tide: Thirty Years On

73 min · Chinese, English & Japanese subtitles (2026)

About The Returning Tide:
Thirty Years On 

The film revisits more than twenty feminist activists from Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and mainland China to trace the lasting impact of the 1995 United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing across East Asia. It follows the connections forged during the conference, examines gender mainstreaming frameworks, and explores the rise of grassroots, queer movement and digital rights alongside the backlash these activists now face. Through these intertwined stories, the film continually asks what sustains such struggles and how feminist movements persist, transform, and evolve across generations and regions.

Helplessness is real—
but we can turn ‘there’s nothing we can do’ into ‘we’ll find a way.’”

Fengyuan

Screenings

Date
Location
31/07/2026
Sydney
25/07/2026
Nagoya
18/07/2026
Auckland
28/06/2026
Cologne
27/06/2026
Nagoya
13/06/2026
Barcelona
05/06/2026
London
03/06/2026
Heidelberg
10/04/2026
Frankfurt
05/04/2026
The Hague
03/04/2026
Amsterdam
28/03/2026
Berlin
21/03/2026
Chiang Mai
15/03/2026
Taipei
12/03/2026
Vancouver
08/03/2026
Tokyo

About Drifting Collective

Drifting Collective is a transnational, intergenerational feminist–queer collective that works across image and text to build solidarities rooted in witnessing and mutual empowerment.

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