Lloyd Wong, Unfinished


Lloyd Wong, Unfinished is a 2025 Canadian short documentary film directed by Lesley Loksi Chan. It tells the story of Chinese-Canadian artist Lloyd Wong, who began a video work about his living with HIV which remained unfinished at the time of his death. Thirty years later, filmmaker Lesley Loksi Chan discovered and edited the material.
It was selected in the Berlinale Shorts section at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival, where it had its World premiere on 15 February and won the Golden Bear for Best Short Film. It also won Teddy Award for the Best Short Film.

Summary

This experimental documentary by Lesley Loksi Chan explores Lloyd Wong’s unfinished project on his life with AIDS in 1990s Toronto. Long thought lost, Wong’s footage was rediscovered after 30 years. Chan integrates it with her research notes, reflecting on queer community archives and the nature of incompletion.

Cast

  • Lloyd Wong
  • Suy Woo Wong

Production

The development and making of the film in the words of the director Lesley Loksi Chan:

Release

Lloyd Wong, Unfinished had its world premiere on 15 February 2025, as part of the 75th Berlin International Film Festival, in the Berlinale Shorts 2.
On 3 and 11 October 2025, the film was screened in Modes 2 short film programme of 2025 Vancouver International Film Festival along with other 5 short films. On 25 November 2025, it was screened in the National Short or Medium-Length Film Competition at the Montreal International Documentary Festival.

Reception

The film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2025.

Accolades

AwardDateCategoryRecipientResult
Berlin International Film Festival23 February 2025Golden Bear for Best Short FilmLloyd Wong, UnfinishedWon
Berlin International Film Festival23 February 2025Berlinale Shorts CUPRA Filmmaker AwardLloyd Wong, UnfinishedNomitated
Berlin International Film Festival23 February 2025Teddy Award for Best Short FilmsLloyd Wong, UnfinishedWon
Montreal International Documentary Festival30 November 2025Best National Short or Medium-Length FilmLloyd Wong, UnfinishedWon