Safe Distance

2021 • Directed by

Jamie Chi

Year 2020, the closest we've been to ourselves

Safe Distance explores queer Chinese individuals’ lived experiences and narratives in the UK under the COVID-19 pandemic. It involves 31 queer-identified interviewees who come from different Chinese societies and backgrounds, including mainland China, Hong Kong, Canada, the Netherland, the UK, and Singapore, and are currently staying in the UK. It examines themes which incorporates identity, intersectionality, mental health, discrimination, migration, the notion of home and community.