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A monochrome composition of dynamic shapes and patterns comes to light and to life.

Circles, rectangles, lines, and crosses – the beauty of graphics and minimalism in between positive and negative space.

Long has two sons. His adopted son Fei helps him run his tiny store that sells charcoal grilled egg puffs. His own son Ho was a hairstylist and is now a not-so-successful financial practitioner. Ho hates egg puffs and wants to sell the shop under the stairs. Fei doesn’t want Ho to get his wish while Long only wants to pass on his trade. With conflicting agendas, father and sons soon became estranged from one another. When Long suddenly dies of a heart attack, the sons decide to throw in the towel. Different accounts from their father’s customers enabled the brothers to become re-acquainted with the father they didn’t really know and get a new perspective on life.

The messaging. The infinite social media scrolling. People are multitasking between games and the stock market, watching movies whilst skipping continuously 15 seconds ahead — all of this while even crossing the street.

In the aftermath of some catastrophic event, a group of six men and women are all that survive. Each must find their soul mate within the group to ensure the continuance of the species.

A single shot, taken during a confrontation between police and demonstrators in Hong Kong's Sham Shui Po neighbourhood, transforms a street confrontation into something transcendently beautiful. The voice of Louis Armstrong adds a level of almost unbearable irony.

My granny is old, she suffers from Alzheimer’s disease, hardly remembers anything, hardly walks, hardly speaks. She even spits everywhere while eating. Granny becomes a "child", and her daughter becomes her "mother". She takes care of her, hoping that my granny will get better someday, just like a child will finally grow up. But people can only get older and older. Granny is too old, the only thing she can remember, is the date of her grandson's birthday, June 30th."

Completed before Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests of 2019, the dark turns taken in the lives of an ex-activist vegetarian cow and a three-headed rabbit show what may have caused tensions to boil over.

Sex comedy from Hongkong

How would monkeys behave if they had access to social media and the internet? A black monolith falls into the Stone Age world and wakes up a monkey. Through the monolithic screen, will he discover how his species colonized the Earth in a parallel world?

East Is Red is made in one shot. The lighter with young Chairman MAO’s photo imprinted on it, the blurred TV screen, the music ‘East Is Red’, all connote light or brightness. The lighter falls after several loops of the song. This video aims to convey sarcasm and skepticism, through a superficial touch on the subject matter.

This video juxtaposes scholar Ackbar ABBAS’s text on identity politics with images of Hong Kong throughout the decades before the 1997 handover, including the 1967 riots and the 1989 parade in support of the Tiananmen Square protesters. As quoted from the narration, ‘Only something that's about to disappear becomes an image’.

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.

A Hong Kong production blending the breathtaking highlights of 1973's Asian-African-Latin American Table Tennis Friendship Invitation Tournament in Peking with the accompanying cultural explosion of songs, music and dances.

Daily life living in Hong Kong.

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.

Jean finds herself trapped in a surreal space, in which all females wear the same costumes and make-up with zealous and desperate chants of "One husband one wife, one man one woman, and one covenant for a lifetime". She is trapped in Marryland, in which desperate girls devote all their efforts on dating guys. There is only one rule for every girl who wants to leave: get married. The plot to escape with a fellow inmate foiled, with the inmate sent to a fate worse than being in hell: the wasteland called Lonelyland. Will Jean ever escape the tyranny and find her way out of Marryland?

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.

In 1998, the island of Caspiar sinks, forcing all its inhabitants to flee and become refugees in places such as Hong Kong. Su’s fictional story about one such refugee unfolds through a seemingly stoic interview. The interviewee – a French-speaking white man – works as a domestic worker, a role that subverts colonial expectations of the white expatriate living in Hong Kong. The video concludes with a quotation from the famous “madeleine” passage in Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time, foregrounding the centrality of memory and recollection in the reimagination of places, identities and histories.

Make a living as delivery riders. Making friends and getting along for several years. What kind of "spring" do each of us discover? From the spring of 2022, the end of the fifth wave of the COVID-19 epidemic, to the winter of 2024, from the perspective of these delivery riders, the work experience, mindset shifts and growth of three of them were documented.

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?

As Silili looks for balance, she uses the power of frequency and resonance to begin a magical journey. She dreams of becoming a tree spirit one day. After leaving her mother tree, Silili—just like the other elves—sets out to discover who she wants to be. Along the way, she doesn't realize that her adventure harms a tree, but helps all the plants of an entire island.

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".

Four children from Tin Wah Estate roamed and explored together, weaving four unique childhoods from the same shared experiences.

Two actresses, with an agent to a director audition. The director, the actress, the agent, the director's assistant each of them has a story to tell,Everyone has their own existential puzzles.

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.

The Shadow Lands Yonder is a collaborative research-based work by Hong Kong artist Lee Kai-Chung and Japanese artist Isaji Yugo. The project centers in Manchuria in the early twentieth century, a time of massive population displacement driven by war colonisation as the Qing empire collapsed and a new nation was still in the making. Based on historical records and memoirs, Lee reconstructs a seven-day time period with video and creative writing, re-enacting the psychological changes and conflicts of the refugees during the long journey of escape and repatriation.

The documentary "The Road of Tiananmen Mothers" was filmed in 2009 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre Massacre. The film was written by Tiananmen Mothers and produced by the Tiananmen Mothers Campaign, recording the sorrow of Muxidi in Beijing and leaving a record for all the young souls who can never return to the square.

A group of teenagers going astray

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.

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.

Film directed by Joe Choi.

Hong Kong horror film.

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

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.

1954 / Shadows of Love / Wong Ho / Hai Yen Film Co.

Hong Kong flick

Safety and Battle Tips for Taxi Drivers

A group of little monsters fight for a coin in a dark corner on a bookshelf.

A musically synchronised film that draws inspiration from the Portuguese word, “verão” (summer). Rising temperatures within a digital domain, yielding errors, crashes, glitches, and malfunctions.

10957 Moons and 30 Elliptical Years is an eight-part collage of events, objects, thoughts, and sensations drawn from Lai’s personal moving image archive, assembled between 1991 and 2021. Describing herself as a modern-day ‘flâneuse’, Lai interweaves diaristic video fragments, with found footage from film and television, as well as exhibition and performance documentation.

Tik, who was born with ADHD, is meticulously cared for by his single mother diagnosed with cancer. This early summer, he finally musters up his courage to step out of the motherly comfort zone and embarks on a journey of growth.

Not a big fan of kids, Tung (uncle) is too busy playing video games to babysit his nephew. Suddenly, his nephew falls from the window…

Through conversations with his grandparents, the director uncovers family conflicts from 60 years ago and reflects on how life choices shape perspectives on aging and living. The film delves into the causes and consequences of choices, exploring themes of helplessness and resilience. Woven through memories, it reveals the complexities of life’s final stages and the pursuit of meaning.