Starring Joan Chen (Saving Face, Twin Peaks, Didi) in a career-defining performance, this powerful romantic drama follows a woman discovering her queer identity later in life.

Feng Xia (Chen) has spent decades cultivating a seemingly perfect traditional life with her husband and children within Montreal’s Chinese ex-pat community. But when she crosses paths with Camille (Charlotte Aubin), a free-spirited, younger Québécoise woman, a passionate affair awakens her long-suppressed sexuality. Faced with a devastating choice, Feng Xia must decide whether to embrace the terrifying freedom of her true identity or abandon it to preserve the home and family she spent a lifetime building.

Anchored by an award-winning turn from Chen, Montreal, My Beautiful is a deeply moving, beautifully lensed sophomore feature that explores late-in-life self-actualisation with rare tenderness. Director Xiaodan He treats her lead with profound nuance, exploring the intersection of immigrant realities and BIPOC queer family dynamics.

Awards and Festivals:  
2026 Toronto Film Critics Association Awards – Winner of Outstanding Lead Performance in a Canadian Film
2026 Frameline: San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival
2026 BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival

Presented with the Consulate General of Canada in Sydney.