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To many, immigration, especially nowadays with so many people trying to escape war, hunger and persecution, is closely linked to the idea of finding a new home, starting a new life. In the era of globalization the idea of regarding the whole world as your home may sound almost romantic, but then again the reality is somewhat different, hidden behind the veil or politics, economics and, perhaps even more significantly, tradition and (self-)expectation. Many of these themes define the lives of people like Chinese-Canadian director Xiaodan He and have made their way into her debut feature “A Touch of Spring”, especially the feeling of being a stranger (or rather becoming one) in her home country, because she has been away so long, while also still seen as a stranger in Canada.

“A Touch of Spring” is screening at Asian Pop-up Cinema

After ten years of living in Canada, Li Fang...