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Stop Peeping tells the story of a man who repeatedly breaks into his neighbors apartment, so he can wring out her sweaty clothes to make ice lollies. Amusing, perverse and...refreshing?

A man in a wheelchair sits in a locked room. When cracks start to appear on the ceiling and it threatens to collapse, he tries to flee.

Shaw Bros drama

A depressed man’s inner world is explored as whimsical encounters with a flower seller reignite his will to live.

The directors majored in MA Creative Media at the City University of Hong Kong. When directing TAIKWUN (2022), they used the photos taken in Tai Kwun as the material for animation creation. They are committed to exploring different animation possibilities from ordinary materials and textures, and at the same time, they also use animation to interpret and explore different urban characteristics. For the materials they have, they carry out creative interpretations on the basis of taking care of the historical significance of the materials themselves.

Colors explores the bright and vibrant colors in the Central neighborhood. A glimpse of tension was found between the concrete and lines.

A stunning piece of imagined night cartography rendered in an intricately crafted digital filigree.

Experimenting with looping and repetition, this powerful, short dance film offers a thought-provoking reflection on life as a dance with mortality. Partly filmed in an abandoned village—and threaded with the image of a fish trapped in life and death—the work explores memory, isolation, and the passing of time.

Exploring concepts of fluidity and rigidity through monochromatic, crystalline visuals, delving into the emotional turmoil a wanderer has to engage with when grappling with the ideas of going against the flow.

Six chapters of the film oscillate between what is lost and what is found across the same ancestral plane. There is everything to see yet nothing there, but briefly in transit you might have already experienced all of it, all at once.

Frank Kehl illustrates the vibrancy of the Chiu Chau Ghost Festival in urban Hong Kong, as the city comes alive with vibrant rituals and community events at a time when ghosts and spirits are free to wander the earth.

Artist Jolene Mok contrasts the movements of Hong Kong’s sparrows with different forms of local transport in response to Hong Fu’s poem ‘Suppose a Few Birds Fly By'

A young girl Pui and her father live together leaning on each other for support, but they still feel lonely and insecure. At the same time, the young girl is haunted by the death of her mother. After small accidents, she magically starts to walks into an Another World over and over again, where memories and realities intertwined, but she has no idea whether it’s a dreamworld, or a ghost land.

From 2016 to 2019, Jacky Cheung held 233 concerts for his A Classic Tour in 27 months. The Cantopop king sang, danced and reinterpreted 40 of his classic hits – including "Love is Eternal," "I'm Really Hurt," "Messy Hair" and "Legend of a Hungry Wolf" – for a remarkable show that audiences will remember for a long time.

He is going back to Hong Kong. He wanders in the city, meets with his friends. This is his last day in Taipei, where he has complicated feelings for.

A minimalist study of nature's expiration. The film isolates a butterfly's final moments against the city's mechanical heartbeat. Through high-contrast imaging, it observes the collision between life and industrial entropy.

Three men, bound by alcohol and silence, engage in a spiritual stalemate. A single die becomes the sole arbiter of their existence. In this monochrome purgatory, a simple game becomes a visceral struggle against chance and human entropy.

Protests in Hong Kong started in June 2019, and it changed the lives of many Hongkongers. This documentary tries to capture the protests and provide an account of the events that happened in the year of 2019.

In a zombie world, Boi and Gal awaken into humanity after consuming a mysterious broccoli. As civilisation rises from love and loss, Boi builds technology to "save" Gal from reverting to a zombie state. But as progress accelerates, Gal begins to question whether being human truly means domination.

Everyone has a price tag and anything can be bought if you are willing to pay the price. Ngai Chi-sang is an up-and-coming artist whose works fetch increasingly lucrative prices in the art market, but his world turns topsy-turvy when an accident takes away his greatest asset. This comes as devastating news to his patron, Sheung Chi-yau, a speculator willing to risk it all in search of high profits. Believing that his lifeline lies in a groundbreaking surgery, the artist enters into a deal with the patron and a surgeon, setting the stage for an intricate cascade of intrigue, deceit and desire and turning the fortune around for all three players.

Mohsin has hopes and dreams to pursue like any local Hong Kong youngster but is held back by a lack of chance and confidence. His father belongs to an older generation of immigrants still holding onto familiar, touchstone Indian traditions and ways. When a case of mistaken identity lands Shahid into their home, his uninhibited ability to express with his voice and body reinvigorates Mohsin’s passion for singing. Following a debut performance that ends in boos and jeers, and an imposter duly debunked, only a page out of Shakespeare and a Bollywood-sque song-and-dance sequence (what else?) can restore confidence and knock down the fence. Will Mohsin again take to the stage, wow with his style and make his father proud?

From personal experiences to collective memories in society, the film attempts to deconstruct ‘time’ through visual media.

Chinese video on how to feed your pet cats.

A Shell Film Unit short observing Hong Kong’s “boat people”—families living and working on the harbor—framed as a day-to-day study of a floating community and its relationship to the city.

Sometimes, we may hear some inner whisper in our mind or the direct sense to tell us what to do. Maybe it is a reminder of our future. We always look back on our life, asking what if I did not make that decision? What would happen? The protagonist in the play, Elder Hana, finds that she has the opportunity to return to her own consciousness in the past. She wants to change her decision. That made her realise that the personality shaped by herself is also lovely. The decision made in the past is not a concern anymore.

After attending a church gathering in Korea, a Hong Kong couple experienced a suspected possession. They turned to Pastor Li, known for his years of exorcism experience. The crew documented one session and brought in experts to analyze the incident from various angles.

Drawing inspiration from the sounds, instruments, style, texture, mixing and record back spinning of 1960s pop music, modern sampling methods is used to re-present, synthesize and “musicify” the content of Ya Si’s poems. It also references the line from Bob Dylan’s 1960s classic Blowin’ In The Wind, “The answer is blowin’ in the wind”, to correspond to the line in Ya Si’s poem that pays tribute to the song. This is recited in a recording by singer-songwriter Jing Wong. 借鑒六十年代流行音樂的聲音、樂器、質感、混音特色、倒播處理等，再嘗試以現今電子音樂拼貼方法重新展現、組合，並「音樂化」也斯在詩中提到的內容，當中亦借用了卜戴倫在六十年代紅極一時的經典歌曲《Blowin’ In The Wind》的一句歌詞「The answer is blowin’ in the wind」回應和延伸也斯詩中的「答案啊，我的朋友是在風中飄動」，由同樣是唱作人的本地創作歌手黃靖錄音朗讀。

Sham Shui Po in Hong Kong: more than just a bargain hunter's paradise. A trip through street markets, old buildings and traditional signs – in a detail-rich urban labyrinth steeped in history.

Energy is a film about self-healing and the coping of losing a loved one. Told in a non-linear narrative, the main character walks through a world within the vortex caused by the trauma of a loved one's suicide.

Marshal Tianpeng was demoted to the mortal world and reincarnated as Zhu Bajie, who was half human and half pig. Bajie loves Miss Gao's beauty and becomes a handsome man to may Miss Gao. After marriage, the original form of the Eight Rings was revealed, which made the Gao family restless. Tang Sanzang and Sun Wukong came at the right time, subdued the Eight Precepts, and went to the West to take scriptures together.

The film follows Tang Sanzang and his disciples as they encounter powerful spirits during their journey west to obtain sacred scriptures. Disguises, misunderstandings, and supernatural challenges test their bond. With courage and wisdom, they face trials that reveal the strength of their unity and purpose.

This experimental film delves into the century-old history of Hong Kong’s iconic tram system. Through a nonlinear collage of industrial materials — wood, concrete and steel — the film reconstructs the tram as a contested vessel of cultural identity, embodying the tensions and transformations of urban modernity.

Four up-and-coming Hong Kong directors - Ren Xia, Chan Kin Long, Chan Hau Chun, and Wan King Fai - collaborate on a film, but their cannabis-fueled creative process takes a dark turn.

A group of teenagers going astray

Perhaps you may ask, when is 35th May? On 4th June 1989, the Tiananmen Massacre took place in Beijing. History was changed on that fateful day and from that date onward, 4th June was erased in China.

A street photographer mouse meets a clock cuckoo bird, and they help each other find their sense of belonging and fulfill their dreams.

A 72-year-old gay man reviews his life passages as Hong Kong also go through from 50s to present. A positive happy child goes through family woes, tragic events, unspoken love, self-denial even nihilism. Finally, he finds answers in the Dark end, and his intrinsic good all help to float the spirit and anchor it in the Light.

A Hong Kong Cantonese film released in September 1951

Stupid Black Magic tells a gripping story of dark magic, faith, and morality. As the protagonist becomes trapped by sorcery, the film blends mystery with intense suspense, challenging the audience to question human nature and ethical boundaries. With its tight pacing and unexpected twists, it keeps viewers constantly engaged.

Hong Kong horror film.

Two geometric objects explore and challenge each other’s domains by switching tactics and transforming body forms.

Since September 2021, Chow Hang-tung, Vice-Chairperson of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China (the Alliance), has been held at Tai Lam Centre for Women, either serving a prison sentence or in custody on remand. Prolonged pretrial detention is a new normal under the National Security Law. On the eve of the 35th anniversary of June 4th, the Hong Kong national security police, for the first time after the enactment of Article 23, cited the National Security Law to arrest 8 people, accusing them of using "a certain upcoming sensitive date" to continuously post messages inciting hatred against the central and SAR governments. The arrested individuals include the imprisoned Chow Hang-tung. This barrister, still in prison, has received at least five international human rights awards during her period in custody. And how is her own human rights situation in prison? How does she think about the rule of law in Hong Kong?

Four siblings return home from the funeral of their recently deceased mother. At the dinner table, they started talking about inheritance.

Kit has smuggled goods for his boss, ManLong for years. It’s just another routine pick up on Christmas Eve when he encounters a familiar face. From then, it soon becomes clear that Kit’s past is not what it seems.

Siufung attempts to formulate transgender subjectivity by retelling his own gender struggle through poetry and experimental video.

Newly arrived in Hong Kong, a woman sends letters back to her friend on the Mainland.

Hong Kong flick