

The Returning Tide: Thirty Years On
73 min · 2026 · Chinese / English / Japanese / Korean / Spanish Subtitles
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.
The film was selected for the 2026 Association for Asian Studies (AAS) Film Expo and has been acquired by the university libraries of the University of Melbourne, Heidelberg University, and Concordia University. In November 2026, it will also be presented in collaboration with the Barcelona Queer Film Festival.
《人在路途中》
73 分鐘 · 2026 · 中文 / 英文 / 日文 / 韓文 / 西班牙語 字幕
紀錄片追溯 1995 年在北京召開的「聯合國第四次世界婦女大會」在東亞留下的回聲。影片走訪日本、台灣、韓國、香港與中國大陸的二十多位女權行動者,循着三十年前的脈絡,追問跨越地域與世代的連結如何流動?在極化與縮窄的空間中,是什麼讓潮水一次又一次地回來?
影片入選 2026 年 Association for Asian Studies(AAS)Film Expo,並已獲墨爾本大學、海德堡大學與康考迪亞大學圖書館館藏。2026 年 11 月,影片也將在 Barcelona Queer Film Festival 合作活動中放映。
Upcoming screenings will take place in Denmark, Italy, and Spain, alongside a special online screening and discussion hosted by the Chinese Independent Film Archive.
Screenings | 放映
Publications and Features
發表與延伸
2026.11
Director's Note
導演手記
Why Does the Tide Keep Returning?
《人在路途中》導演手記:是什麼讓潮水一次次回來?
Xu Xiaotong & Iris Yu Yang | Chinese Independent Cinema Observer, Issue 8: Women Practitioners, Gendered Labour and Independent Production. Chinese Independent Film Archive, Newcastle University.
小童、易小艾|《華語獨立影像觀察》第8期「女性實踐者、性別勞動與獨立製作」,華語獨立影像資料館(紐卡斯爾大學)
Audience Echoes
映後留言板
Stills | 劇照

About Drifting Collective
離散女性主義酷兒共創團體,以影像與文字編織跨國與跨世代的連結——
期待可以如野草般持續萌生。
讓我們在見證與共鳴之中,彼此賦予力量。
A diasporic feminist and queer collective,
weaving connections across borders and generations through images and words.
We hope to keep taking root and growing, like wild grass.
Through witnessing and resonance, may we continue to give one another strength.





