The Distance We Drift

Watched this again recently and it still feels very personal to me. I made The Distance We Drift after moving from Hong Kong to the UK. That period of my life was quite uncertain. I wasn’t working in film anymore, doing different jobs and trying to adjust, and there was a quiet sense of distance that I couldn’t really explain at the time. This film came out of that feeling. It’s about two people who meet again after many years, but instead of big dramatic moments, I was more interested in what is left unsaid. The small pauses, the awkward silences, and the feeling that even if you are sitting in front of someone, you might already be far apart. We shot the film in London with a very small team, mostly using real locations. It was a simple production, but that intimacy was important to me. I don’t see it as a traditional love story. It’s more about time, memory, and how people change without realising it. If you’ve ever felt slightly out of place, or caught between two versions of your life, maybe this film will speak to you in some way.