So Close, So Far. 2025. Directed by Zhu Yudi Field Recording. 2024. Written and directed by Quinne Larsen

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So Close So Far. 2025. China. Directed by Zhu Yudi. Courtesy the filmmaker

So Close, So Far. 2025. China. Directed by Zhu Yudi. World premiere. In Mandarin; English subtitles. 98 min.

Produced by Ying Liang (Taking Father Home) and Richard Liang (The Road), Zhu Yudi’s almost painfully riveting debut feature chronicles the life of a gambler—the filmmaker’s own father—as he casts his family into spiraling debt with each new “can’t fail” investment in Chinese building construction. Zhu’s documentary project holds the promise of forgiveness and reconciliation, but as his father’s estrangement from his wife and sons grows increasingly acrimonious and desperate, one is left wondering about the countless other families who have become casualties of China’s real estate bubble.

preceded by

Field Recording. 2024. USA. Written and directed by Quinne Larsen. New York premiere. In English, Chinuk Wawa. 2 min.

“A meandering joke about three dreams” involving seashells, uncertainty, and the Chinuk language, this collaboration between two LA-based cartoonists, musicians, and animation filmmakers just made its debut at Sundance.

This film accompanies Doc Fortnight 2025: MoMA’s Festival of International Nonfiction Film and Media.

Past events

Tue, Mar 4, 6:30 p.m.

MoMA, Floor T2/T1, Theater 1

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 1
Fri, Feb 28, 4:00 p.m.

Followed by a conversation with Zhu Yudi

MoMA, Floor T2/T1, Theater 2

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2

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