Zi
$15 General Admission
$10 Student/Child/Senior
$7 Member
About
(Kogonada, United States & Hong Kong, 2026, 99 min, in English and Cantonese with English subtitles)
In Hong Kong, a young woman haunted by visions of her future self meets a stranger who changes the course of her night—and possibly her life. Kogonada plays with — and returns to — form in this sensitive cinematic poem. Held within a stylish jaunt through the streets of Hong Kong, zi is a film with soul and a wavelike confidence that commits to recursivity as a mode and central theme. Kogonada regulars Michelle Mao, Haley Lu Richardson, and Jin Ha carefully portray transitory misfits, grappling with a clever fusion of existential anxiety, romantic misgiving, and personal memory. Somewhere between sci-fi and supernatural, a deep, easy warmth takes root. Kogonada crafts a decidedly contained film, exploring a pervasive sense of unmooring, yet cultivating an unrelenting sense of peace. Through the igniting/smoldering embers of relationships lost/forming, zi is an invitation to surrender to Kogonada’s truly indie world of temporal fragmentation.
“An instant classic.”
— Richard Brody, The New Yorker
“Bold, beautiful, and beguiling. Michelle Mao crafts what ought to be a breakout performance for the ages.”
— Chase Hutchinson, TheWrap
Synopsis courtesy of The Sundance Film Festival
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