Elizabeth Lo

Hong Kong-born filmmaker Elizabeth Lo has built her practice around the act of observation, or what she describes as taking “an oblique angle” to examine phenomena on the margins of society that most people might overlook. Her second feature documentary, Mistress Dispeller—which follows a professional hired to dissolve extramarital affairs in China—was shortlisted for the Academy Awards for Best Documentary Feature, won two awards at the 2024 Venice Film Festival and received a Directors Guild of America nomination. Now streaming on the Criterion Channel, Mistress Dispeller also buoyed interest in Lo’s debut, Stray, which explores the lives of street dogs in Turkey. After more than a decade in documentary, Lo is turning towards fiction for the first time.