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In the community office of a residential building in Beijing, a senior citizen choir comes together every Thursday singing Mongolian songs without any accompaniment. Thoese eventful days spent in Inner Mongolia have left enduring memories to them…
A speculative fiction about the invented city of Chin Kong; which is the imagination of Hong Kong in its dystopic future through the lens of political pessimism.
A rebellious Chinese artist faces challenges from the police, art dealers, and his peers as a documentary film maker records his process.
"remnants" is an experimental and experiential film that illuminates a traumatic journey. It weaves together evocative imagery and striking sound design to showcase the realization of finding strength in oneself. Through a feverish dream-like nightmare, painful moments of a past surgery are staged.
Monica, a young woman raised in Hong Kong, is immersed in the advertising industry. The demands of her job prevent her from taking the time to recover from her recent breakup. One day, she meets a mysterious fortune teller who reveals that her turbulent love life will take an unexpected turn due to a "man with a cat." This sets the stage for a whimsical and unexpected romantic journey.
A young man fails to attend his expat father's funeral in Hong Kong.
The film was adapted from "Lian suo" the novel from the famous collection of short tales "Liao Zhai Zhi Yi" or "Strange tales collection".
Nestled between the skyscrapers of Hong Kong, housing some of high finance’s most creative minds, and the gleaming glass and steel boxes of Shenzhen, China’s Silicon Valley where the future is being built, lies a hidden world no less exceptional. In this lost country backwater of mountains and vegetable fields, factories still manufacture soy sauce in century old clay pots; Kenny hand makes concrete spacers that hold up some of the world’s longest suspension bridges. Cha Guo 茶粿 shines light on the lives of the villagers, craftsmen, farmers and business owners who make up this local village’s close-knit community. The people’s philosophy and signature are their resilience and their dedication. They embody “Made in Hong Kong” over generations. Cha Guo 茶粿 celebrates the heroes of Hong Kong and the fabric of what makes it and its people synonymous with warmth and the ubiquitous “can do” attitude.
Part two of the films based on Louis Cha's novel "Sword Stained with Royal Blood."
The story of Hua Mulan, who disguised herself as a man to take her father’s place in the army, was invoked during China's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1937–1945) to inspire and mobilize women’s participation in the war effort, symbolizing courage, sacrifice, and patriotism.
Xiao-pin, an orphan, wanders and begs with her blind father. After her father dies in a car accident, Xiao-pin is taken in by Old Liu. When she is twelve years old, he rapes her. At the age of 19, Xiao-pin falls in love with Dr. Kwok.
Beatrice records her experiences of gender confirmation surgery, and meditates on what it means to be a woman in this honest and very entertaining autobiographical documentary.
An atmospheric horror film centres around the appearances of a black-garbed ghost in cool moon-lit nights, striking fear in all who see it. Inside an ancient tomb, instruments of torture are found. They are finally reveled to be the private tools of the a criminal.
Throughout the recent months of protests against the extradition law amendment bill, film crews have been following and filming various officers who were playing key roles in different Police operations, in order to record on film the adversities they faced when executing their duties as well as their emotional journeys along the way. In the documentary, these officers working in different posts and different levels in the Force also provide moving personal accounts of what they and their families have been through during these challenging times. Filming of the documentary started when a riot started in Admiralty on the evening of August 31, 2019, and concluded on on December 24, 2019. Over a span of four months, the most dangerous , divisive and chaotic period in Hong Kong was captured.
Cops investigate a criminal running an unsuspecting restaurant, while trying to trace the steps back to how he ended up running it suddenly.
Adapted from Ishinomori Shotaro’s manga, a young cartoonist encounters a lonely girl on a spaceship as they traverse between two worlds.
Appearance, hormone, sex appeal. When we are tired of everything about these, all we want to do is break, demolish, and destroy. With crazy cut-out animation, this film is trying to release us with the strong beat of the song and search for revenge in a chaotic but unique world.
A visual expression of a future where we lose resources that we have been taking for granted.
A filmed production of Titus, told through dance and speech.
A love story about a man-woman encounter in Australia
The Price of Justice is a documentary film that follows four women as they try to pursue cases against their former employers. Taken into kafkaesque circumstances, these workers spend their days in waiting rooms, long queues and tribunals in a frustrating attempt to get access to justice. This documentary is my latest collaboration with Rights Exposure for Hong Kong Federation of Domestic Workers and has the support of the International Labour Organisation.
Prehistoric men compete in a downhill race.
The timeline and vertical aspect ratio of social media set the formal parameters for Tiffany Sia’s essay film, which follows the image trail of a single event in Hong Kong from the 2019 protests. Reckoning with this event, a relentless voiceover reframes archival media salvaged in the midst of disappearance and erasure, drawing upon a traumatic media memory, summoning ghosts and occult forces alongside disinformation and rumor.
A monochrome composition of dynamic shapes and patterns comes to light and to life.
It’s confronting to step into the unknown. Reassurance or validation is sought from anywhere we can find it; at least for that bit confidence to move forward. Building on experiences, exploring new environments, adapting to the unfamiliar, all becomes part and parcel of progress. But what if it all gets too much? Finding yourself and fitting in, compromise and keeping up? Sometimes you just need to pull yourself out of it, appreciate the people around you, and enjoy every moment. Because life should be more uplifting.
Through monologue, Talia describes her chronic insomnia. She does not know its cause and spends many painful nights awake. When Talia meets Ah Gum, a goldfish who lives in her eye bags, they develop an interesting relationship.
Complexity theory.
Created in quarantine. How to turn a stressful situation into something playful.
A day in the life of a building. Busy people, curiosity and incomprehension.
7 years after the Handover, 7 Hong Kong filmmakers expressed their love and concern about gay, lesbian and bi-sexual. Let’s talk about love and desire, as well as sex and gender through drama, documentary, experimental short and animation.
This animation is about something different that happened to a sad baker who only baked for money one day. The baker saw a girl who looked hungry and offered her a piece of bread for free. She was delighted and smiled with joy. Later, the baker realized that his bread could help people and that money might not be as important as he thought. From that day on, he began to bake bread for free and give it to people in need. Happiness fills his mind as people smile at his kindness; caring for others heals everyone's hearts.
In late summer 2016, Aaron Kwok lit up the stage of the Hong Kong Coliseum with his de Aa Kode World Tour Live in Hong Kong. The Cantopop king kicked off the tour with 15 shows in Hong Kong, delivering dynamic and stunning performances of theme song "Dancing Fighter" as well as his all-time hits including "Wild City," "Give You Never Ending Love," "Password in The Wind," and "Love's Call."
FLY TRAIN uses shadow play and experimental visuals to explore time and memory. During an ordinary journey, thoughts drift between scenery and fragmented memories, caught in dreams. Everyday silhouettes transform into the surreal, diving into a poetic stream of consciousness.
Bruce Lee, our eternal hero! Almost 28 years after his passing, his life was legendary, and countless stories and films have been made about him. This time, the film crew traveled to the United States to interview his younger brother, Lee Chun-fai, as well as his close friends and students, who recounted Bruce Lee's struggles firsthand. In addition, a precious clip was included, showing Bruce Lee performing martial arts at the American Long Beach Martial Arts Championships and practicing at home. We hope that viewers will gain insight into Bruce Lee's philosophy and martial arts principles from this documentary, and continue to carry on his spirit of "I uphold martial arts."
Director Lizza May David interviews her aunt Nerry. She is one of the 140.000 housekeepers in Hongkong, also called "Overseas Filipino Workers". There she works since 14 years to support her family in the Philippines. After three years she takes her vacation and visits her husband and 3 sons in the province called "Ogod". The Film gives insight to a family model in Asia and questions media titles like "heroines" and "victims".
Renowned writer Xi Xi served as editor for the ninth issue of Theater Quarterly. Having an elder brother who worked at a television news station, she had access to a large amount of discarded tape. Piecing these images and sounds of celebrities and even the Pope together, this collage work serves as a reworked document of the era.
A short animated film adapted from Nagashima Shinji’s manga. Senpei has an unforgettable encounter on the first day of his summer vacation.
A year on from the 7.21 incident, the narrative of what happened that night has morphed from an attack by white-clad men on ordinary people into a violent confrontation between men in white T-shirts and men wearing black. Hong Kong Connection reviewed CCTV and online footage from the day to look for clues and track down those captured on film in a bid to understand the truth as they told it. One of the producers Choy Yuk Ling was later arrested by the Hong Kong Police Force for her involvement in this truth unveiling documentary.
Video trailer for the album《永遠。》by mossheilys.
Hong Kong horror film
A cheerful infomercial sells a groundbreaking all-purpose eraser designed to remove stains, mistakes, and perhaps a little too much else.
Ting enjoys the limelight, thrives on the attention and rises to the occasion each time she struts her stuff on the Cantonese opera stage, an amateur passion she pursues with the austere self-discipline and competitiveness of a professional. Her best friend, Yuk, is her polar opposite, a companion who feels more comfortable on the sidelines in a supporting role. When the threat of losing the lead role to Yuk, complicated by an injury, creates a rift between the two friends and sours her relationships with her opera mentor and family, Ting learns to confront her inner demons and swallow her ego to mend broken ties.
Parco writes a plea letter for his younger brother Rico, arrested for his role in the 2019 Hong Kong protests. The process stirs memories of Parco’s own 2014 arrest and their emotional distance. Before Rico’s sentence, the brothers share a rare moment of connection and plan to document prison life. Parco moves abroad before Rico’s release. The family sells their home, preparing to emigrate. On a final trip to Japan, Rico briefly experiences freedom, while Parco is wrongly arrested. As the family prepares to leave Hong Kong, Parco reads his letter one last time, confronting questions of fear, freedom, and identity—as a Hongkonger and a brother.
One night, by the riverside of Tuen Mun River, two girls on the same way home and lose contact with their friends and family due to phone malfunctions simultaneously. By coincidence, they met together in a familiar yet isolated space. Through this serendipity, their attitudes varied between suspicion, understanding, and appreciation. There appeared to be a vague friendship during this short journey.
A film produced in collaboration with Beijing-based collaborator Yuan Yuan which interweaves 16mm film and DV video with textual intertitles and fragments of voice-over narration. Merging aspects of visionary cinema, landscape film and home movie, the film combines footage shot in Manhattan Chinatown, Hong Kong, and Beijing into an intimate reflection on the act of physical and spiritual passage between a series of pressurised and rapidly shifting temporalities governed by different myths of order.
Bad Acid tells a blood-soaked and violent story. It begins when a group of young people, while going upstairs, encounter a grotesque, deformed man. Acting on impulse, they attack him, unaware that their actions will trigger a terrifying chain of events. The deformed man seeks revenge, hunting them down one by one with brutal and imaginative methods.
A film released in 1980
documentary about teenager life in 1980's Hong Kong
With the abundance of antiques and culture in Jordan, you can only see so much of the essence of traditional craftsmanship in a blink of an eye. This film showcases the beauty of old Hong Kong, all in a glimpse of textiles, flasks, paintings and statuettes.
A filmmaker daughter studying in a foreign country belatedly learns of her mother’s cancer. Her mother has hidden it from her, lest she worry, but the daughter feels upset. The mother has been a doctor for thirty years, and she has thought as much about death as about living well. As the hospital has been her playground, the daughter is familiar with the scene of death, but the thought of losing her mother scares her.