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Lai Yan-Chi's short film 1+1 triumphed at two prominent short film awards in Hong Kong, namely Fresh Wave and IFVA. She multiplies the sentiment in 1+1, by N times maybe, to come up with her debut feature-length fictional film N+N. The wise grandpa and witty granddaughter from 1+1 continue to bless the city with bamboo shoots, while their own home in a rural village is torn down to give way for the high speed railway. They meet other people also jeopardized by the so-called development: artist left homeless because of factory revitalization, the middle-class striving for a living, the young generation born in the 1990s... They are all trying to hold on to the city's collective memory and every living tree.
Cat, lead singer of indie band Band Four, reunites with her estranged father King following the death of her mother. King only wishes to make amends and reunite his family introducing Cat to her half-sister Lok Yin. After years of no contact, the newly reunited family struggle to form a bond, however, they all soon realise they share a deep passion and love for music and performing.
A multi-layered story told spontaneously in a natural and simple manner. A story between a grandpa and his granddaughter, their home will be cleared out by the government for the sake of constructing a railway route right through their village.
The financial analysis of a Chinese IT firm has been stolen, and a senior executive at the investment bank that wrote it must pay a ransom before the confidential report is released to the public. However, eyebrows are raised when the thieves ask for a surprisingly low amount for the ransom. What are the thieves really after?
Lee Sin-yu wants to make a documentary about a friend and his dementia grandfather, who would occasionally say that his wife is "Lo Ting". Lee Sin-yu set out for the fishing village of Tap Mun to begin filming, and starts to understand the dark side of Lo Ting that has been hidden in history.
Dummy Teacher (10min)recorded the situation of drama education in Hong Kong through the experience of the Dummy Teacher. He successfully found a new path in the mainstream education; however, he couldn’t change the cliquey situation in the field of theatre, he could then only travel alone on his way to bring happiness to his students and participants.
Talking about her documentary, she first talked about “Mommy, Mama and Us” and said that she was a pair of lesbians in Hong Kong who insisted on the possibility of same-sex marriage and family and hoped to tell other people through their own stories. People, sex proceeds unimpeded. “It was a pair of lovers who had a lot of questions when you saw them. Their stories had many complexities, but at the same time, they also showed that they all came along with firm love and courage.” She laughed and remembered the pair. Same-sex mothers are holding cute sticky sons and kiss each other's foreheads, gently grinding the love and encounter of two generations.
Lai bravely went into the most dynamic red light district in Hong Kong on her own with her digital video camera to film the Whorehouse(23min) AKA Sex House. This is a brand new angle to go deep into every part of the whorehouse, and recorded a group of people who were forgotten by Hong Kong society. Everyone has their own story, with sex as human instinct, sex workers and whoremasters are also normal people. - http://www.hkindieff.hk/2010/local06.html
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