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“All sadness leaves a trace of happiness. All regrets leave a corner of satisfaction.” When an all-powerful repairman meets the girl who has incurable disease, a love story destined to be imperfect re-defines their relationship and regrets.
Doggy Dong and Gold fell in love. Gold’s dad kept warning him not to fall in love. He never wanted to listen. Life has beaten him hard because the words from his dad were coming true…
Through interviews with two local members of sexual minorities in Macau, the work introduces the real life situation and social acceptance of members of sexual minorities in Macau. The work is also unfolded by the organization they founded, which introduces the development of ballroom culture in Macau, as well as the current situation and difficulties of local organizations of sexual minorities in Macau.
Music is for inspiring people, not for defeating people. We use a widely known and culturally rich city called Macao where Chinese and European culture collide in a harmonious way to tell an inspirational story of a young girl chasing her dream.
Wa Kin is a man with mild intellectual disability living in Butterfly Valley (Shek Pai Wan Estate). His only wish to live like an ordinary man who is capable of being a good father. Eight years ago, he got married with a mainland woman. His family life, unfortunately, did not go as pleasant as expected. His wife left with his son and another man after successfully getting her ID card. Raised in a single-parent family, Tin Ian is a 7-year-old girl who has recently moved into Butterfly Valley with her mother. Lacking parental care, Tin Ian wanders around the building and runs into Wa Kin. These two social outcasts with their respective unique experience fill each other with the love that they have been long denied.
Ka Hou is a young man with drug-addict and amnesia. When he tried a new drug, he entered a surreal world under the influence of the drug. During the process, Ka Hou found that he could recall his childhood. The scene of getting along with his parents attracts Ka Hou to increase the dose to find that long-cherished memory.
Inspired by the Greek mythological figure Tantalus, this story is about a man who wakes up and finds himself trapped in a small dark room with an iron gate. He tries everything to escape from this room until one day, a box appears at the gate.
The documentary "Shipwright" tells the story of two old shipbuilders and Macao's shipbuilding industry. Macau used to have a brilliant shipbuilding industry, which peaked in the 1970s and 1980s. However, with the decline of the local fishery and changes in government policies, Macao's shipbuilding industry gradually declined until the last fishing boat was launched at the Lizhiwan Shipyard in 2006, marking the complete demise of Macao's shipbuilding industry. The once-prosperous Lizhiwan The shipyard was also in ruins. In such a big environment, the older generation of shipbuilders changed their job content for the sake of survival, love and ideals, hoping to give more light and heat to the inheritance of Macao's shipbuilding industry.
Wen Hong, who was released after serving his sentence, returned to the city where he used to live, but the city and people he used to live in made him feel very strange. The reason why he was imprisoned was because he participated in a parade many years ago. He accidentally killed his companion, and he was determined to give an explanation to his companion's family, but when he actually faced them, he hesitated.
Once upon a time, there was a quiet, small island located at the southernmost part of Macao. This once abandoned, undeveloped retreat quickly became connected with the new casino strip that grew next to Taipa Island. This film looks at Coloane these days, comparing it with the beach and leisure memories taken from old photo albums.
At a haunted house, in the middle of nowhere, Mr. Ghost lives a peaceful life. But one night, something seems to have sneaked in...
Fighting for a lottery ticket, two star-crossed lovers and a big flock of greedy fools experienced an eccentric night. Love is never simply the bond between two souls. It gets even more complicated when comes to money. Casino host Wei Wei and her boyfriend Chi-ho put all of their hope and energy into winning the weekly lottery, until one day Lady Luck makes them the jackpot winners. Struggling with huge debt loads due to a wrong investment decision, Chi-ho is overjoyed by this sudden change in his fortunes; however, having to choose between love and money, Wei Wei is planning something different. With luck and misfortune coming at the same time, can they still hold on to a faint ray of hope?
In the densely populated city of Macao, where the population density reaches 21,158 people per square kilometre, lies the narrowest street in the region—"Beco Da Rede". This street is only 30 meters long and 0.73 meters wide, making it impossible for even Google Maps to accurately locate. As we traverse this inconspicuous alley, this overlooked narrow street serves as a microcosm of Macao itself. BECO DA REDE captures the realities of several individuals from diverse backgrounds and identities, inviting them to engage with their daily lives within this confined space. Within the constraints of land and borders, what will they encounter?
An incident that attracted widespread public attention, a group of experts gathered in a conference room to solve the problem for the public within one day.
Women produce only about 400 eggs on average in their lifetime. For those eggs that are not fertilized, is it suffering or regret? Or is it hope for a new life? When will women's uterus and eggs truly belong to them?
The father placed all his hopes on the gifted son, but he did not know that the son, who appeared to be gentle and kind, actually resisted the label of perfect child. All kinds of small things in life let him breathe, before the college entrance examination in their own way to get freedom, leaving dad alone.
It lives by the sea, accompanied by another being. In the dull time, it only seeks the sea for enchanting. But it finds out that they are yearning for the same unknown...
This film depicts a wife, in the process of starting a small garden on her home balcony. Although becoming gradually beautiful, the project evokes a cascade of feelings and bitterness.
A poetic murmur shortens the distance between eighty and twenty-two degrees latitude north, as well as the gap between the Arctic Ocean and the Pearl River Delta. Are the melting glaciers and a small Chinese southern city reclaimed from the sea existing on parallel universes, or is it simply karma? If we get a chance to stay awake, will catastrophe turn out to be nothing but a bad dream?
Time passes and things change, leaving a slight warmth. The sweetness that surrounds us is vanishing, gently but inevitably. This story tells us about an old house and an old man, who have made each other company for decades in a peaceful and intimate way.
This is a story built around a barber shop, two relationships, and three closely-related individuals; it is all about “moving on and getting over”.
Director Yau Ching has been conducting media production workshops in juvenile reform and welfare institutes in Hong Kong, Macau and Sapporo, Japan for seven years. With simple video recording techniques, the teenagers make this video letter to talk about love, dream, idols and ups and downs in their lives. Are you sick of those pretending high school dramas? Try to take a look at this sincere documentation of youthhood. To get your taken-for-granted values reflected, to be touched by their truthful reveals without any sensational gimmick, and most importantly, to recall what we went through when we were young, and the ways we could be alive…
During an unexpected air-raid lockdown in the 1940s, an accountant and a university teacher meet, and quickly fall in love. Then, unexpectedly, their connection was as momentary as the lockdown.
A woman who lost her boyfriend goes to a club looking for clues about his whereabouts.
An elderly old man has been running a waffle stall in one place for half a century and the big tree that shades him has witnessed his changes and those of the city. One day, the presence of a male student reminded the old man of a special time in the past, as well as some promises that turned out to be regrets.
The story is based on a real news report a granny who suffered from Dementia and Bipolar Disorder had been trying to escape from the quarantine ward everyday, after her diagnosis of covid-19 positive. Even though the doctor and nurse were busy with loads of patients constantly, they prepared a secret gift for the lonely granny. Magically, the ‘’companion’’ successfully calms granny down.
Love Beautiful Macau
This documentary is centred on the relationship between a film director and her daughter, born when the filmmaker moved to Taiwan, during the first year of college. While fearing breaking the news to her family, the young mother did not give up on her film studies, even as the baby girl grew. Gradually, the director’s work began shifting, resulting in a few short films focusing on subjects like pregnancy, marriage, and women’s anxieties before childbirth.
Confronted with news about his dying father, Ngai is haunted by childhood traumas. As fragmented memories of his parents begin to emerge on daily life, he rediscovers himself, preparing to accept the loss.
This film unfolds my family story and its connection with photography, unveiling the way photographs have strongly affected both my identity and maternal relationship. Behind the images of a family album, I try to reveal the truth and the stories beyond the picture.
Dealing with grief and the passing of time, Lao is an old man whose son is living far from Macao. Left without friends or anyone with whom to leave a precious family relic, his heirloom seems bound to be forgotten. Until one day...
On a beach trip, a group of youngsters meet a boy who, to their amusement, tries to share a bubble where he keeps a jellyfish. Surprisingly, his generosity will have serious consequences for the marine creature and himself too.
Aegon has been hooked on bird watching ever since he found that “binoculars shorten the distance” between him and the flying animals he so much admires. Let’s follow this passionate ornithologist and find who are the little creatures that so often land in Macao.
