Cross-Cuts

Five short films that pair a writer with a video director, weaving M+ Collections objects together under a shared theme.

Film still depicts a person, back to the camera, in a darkened room, facing a jumbled stack of illuminated LCD and CRT monitors displaying various test patterns. A centrally placed screen shows a Tamagotchi.

Cross-Cuts: Uncovering New Narratives from the M+

3 Jul 2026 / Elaine Wong

Explore the stories within the M+ Collections through ‘Cross‑Cuts’, our latest video series that showcases fresh perspectives and provides an interdisciplinary platform for emerging talent to reinterpret art, design, architecture, and moving image.

Can I Touch You Through the Screen?

31 Jul 2026 / Kinglun Yeung

From satellite broadcasts to Tamagotchi, this ‘Cross-Cuts’ video essay connects five M+ Collections works exploring intimacy and technology.

Film still depicting a young boy in a colourful jumper and a backpack, peering through binoculars at the viewers from a rocky outcrop surrounded by scrubby bush and dry grass under an overcast sky.

In Search of Other Worlds: The Cosmos and Beyond

31 Jul 2026 / Nicola Fan

From Tiger Balm Gardens to robot dogs, this ‘Cross-Cuts’ video essay connects four M+ Collections works imagining our relationship with the cosmos.

Animated film still in a collage style depicting children playing amid two colourful high-rise buildings against a black background: one on a swing, one running, one playing hopscotch, and one drawing a red house and garden in chalk on the ground.

Phantom of the Eternal City

31 Jul 2026 / Isaac Shek, Sammy Wong

Starting from the ruins of Kowloon Walled City, this ‘Cross-Cuts’ video essay traces the life cycle of a city through works in the M+ Collections.

Film still depicts a close-up of a man’s face, partially obscured by a broken mirror shard held before him. The shard reflects a woman’s eyes and nose, aligned with where his own features would be.

Dimensions of Identity: Fragments, Borders, and Transformation

31 Jul 2026 / Wong Fei Pang

What determines who you are? This M+ ‘Cross-Cuts’ video essay by Wong Fei Pang explores identity and displacement through works by Danh Vo and Tseng Kwong Chi.

Film still depicting a woman in black, head bowed and hands pressed together in prayer before an ornate golden spirit house with incense sticks, set against a cream wall with trees and buildings beyond.

In the Space of Trauma

31 Jul 2026 / Steve Chen

From Cold War ruins to contested monuments, this ‘Cross-Cuts’ video essay connects four M+ Collections works exploring memory, ghosts, and the politics of space.

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