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THAT SPRING, IN THE SKY OF H-VILLE, THERE WAS ____, dir. Chung Hong Iu, Hong Kong 2022, 9 min., Cantonese with Chinese & English subtitles
Post-Apocalyptic Hong Kong is a series of 5 short films, reimagining the city in a dark and dangerous light. Cast in the shadows of the anti-extradition protests and of the pandemic, the future, infinitely fraught, hangs in the balance. Questions of histories, of humanity, of freedom are launched to the forefront in this examination of the unknown.
Depths of Night
Dir. Step. C, Hong Kong 2021, 13 min., Cantonese with Chinese & English subtitles
Dir. Step. C, Hong Kong 2021, 13 min., Cantonese with Chinese & English subtitles
It portrays the author’s fear of change. It feels like the soul has been broken into many pieces endlessly, but as long as we can survive, depths of night pass eventually.
Walk Along The Wall
Dir. Kin-pong Ieong, Hong Kong 2021, 30 min., Cantonese with English Subtitles
Dir. Kin-pong Ieong, Hong Kong 2021, 30 min., Cantonese with English Subtitles
Cau locks himself in a room inside the red-walled compound for days. He becomes mentally fragile. Mung is wandering in the building, searching in darkness. She records her thoughts wherever she goes. Tung Tung and Coffee cannot withstand the feeling of being trapped. They decide to leave through a dangerous way.
Lost Pearl
Dir. Steve Li, Hong Kong 2021, 21 min., Cantonese with Chinese & English subtitles
Dir. Steve Li, Hong Kong 2021, 21 min., Cantonese with Chinese & English subtitles
While protests rage in Hong Kong, Kit spends most of his time on his father’s fishing boat. The radio and his phone keep him abreast of the latest developments. He sometimes meets with friends, but his uncertainty about the future just keeps increasing.
Time, and Time Again
Dir. Asgard Wong, Hong Kong 2022, 30 min., Cantonese with Chinese & English subtitles
Dir. Asgard Wong, Hong Kong 2022, 30 min., Cantonese with Chinese & English subtitles
Detective Max was sent to investigate a mysterious missing case, only to discover the remnant of a cult ritual and a murder scene. Yet, the power left behind by the rite sent Max back to his past. Within Max's dismal past, lies perhaps a glimmer of hope for redemption.
THAT SPRING, IN THE SKY OF H-VILLE, THERE WAS ____
Dir. Chung Hong Iu, Hong Kong 2022, 9 min., Cantonese with Chinese & English subtitles
Dir. Chung Hong Iu, Hong Kong 2022, 9 min., Cantonese with Chinese & English subtitles
That spring, there was _____ in the sky of H-ville. What is _____? No one can tell. The sudden “unknown” caused absurd and strange phenomena. The real nightmare was not a natural disaster, but a man-made one. The regime used this to implement the "state of exception". The system continued to operate. How much human value would be left?
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