When his mother and two siblings first immigrated from Hong Kong to Los Angeles in the early 1980s, six-year-old Alvin was forced to stay behind with his working and consequently absent father. Spending the following three years often alone in an empty apartment, he longed for his family’s reunification. However, upon Alvin and his father’s arrival to America, that dream was utterly and permanently shattered. Reunifitcation is AIvin Tsang’s poetic and self-reflective exploration of many unresolved years that moves moodily across different channels and modes, bending into labor histories and Hong Kong’s colonial trajectories. Alvin turns the camera on his own family, cautiously prodding for answers, but fully acknowledging that the only closure he can get will be from deciding for himself how to move on.

There will be a post-screening discussion with Prof Sabrina Yu (Newcastle University) & Prof Victor Fan (King’s College London)

Re:Mind is a festival bringing some of the most exciting new voices in Asian cinema for the first time to London, with the aim of showcasing film's power to heal. Through its film programme and workshops, Re:Mind promotes mindfulness, community-building, and alternative forms of resistance. Its first edition runs from May 7 to 17 at the Garden Cinema and King's College London.

Waving Kites: Hong Kong Diaspora Cinema UK Tour, taking place in Newcastle, Manchester, Edinburgh, Sheffield, Southampton, and London from April to May 2026, explores Hongkonger diasporic experiences across diverse moments and places. The tour forms part of a wider project on Hong Kong independent cinema led by the Chinese Independent Film Archive (CIFA) at Newcastle University, and is supported by the British Film Institute’s Screen Heritage Fund. This screening is in partnership with Re:Mind.