Writing your own story by telling someone else’s
Tue, Feb 10
|Sangsangmadang Cinema
Documentaries help us understand real people and real dilemmas, but they also depend on the courage of the filmmaker. Someone willing to pursue a story that may be uncomfortable, politically sensitive, or simply difficult to access. At our next event, you’ll meet the storyteller behind the story.
Registration closes Feb 03, 2026, 11:30 PM
Time & Location
Feb 10, 2026, 10:30 AM – 1:30 PM
Sangsangmadang Cinema, South Korea, Seoul, Mapo-gu, Seogyo-dong, Eoulmadang-ro, 65 상상마당 홍대 지하 4층
About the Event
When Rita Andreetti moved to Nanjing in 2013 as an expat spouse, she didn’t expect to find the story that would have a great impact on her career. But living abroad can sharpen your awareness: you notice what others might miss, and you see the social issues that sit just beneath the surface.
This is how Rita met Hu Jie, a Chinese filmmaker documenting the unspoken and darker sides of the Mao era. Work that is so sensitive that his films cannot be shown in China. Thus his commitment to truth comes with personal risk, and Rita felt a responsibility to bring his story to the world. The result became The Observer.
At our upcoming event, you’ll meet Rita as the director who stepped into a complicated political landscape, navigated cultural boundaries, and used her position as a woman living abroad to create a documentary with real social impact. She will…
Registration closes Feb 03, 2026, 11:30 PM