Arnold Tam
Directing
Biography
After graduating in accounting, Arnold co-founded an advertising agency, but left to make films. His works are selected at International Film Festival Rotterdam, American Film Institute FEST, The B3 Biennial, HK Lesbian & Gay Film Festival and more. He is also an alumni of Asian Film Awards Academy IFC. He is now Hong Kong/ Amsterdam based.
Known For
Three phone calls and three long shots connecting three seemingly unrelated characters, probing into the untold hardship of ordinary hustlers in the world’s most expensive city, Hong Kong, as her charm slowly fades.
Anatomy of a Call
Love is like a flickering lamp whose shades and shadows conjure up images that unsettle the mind. Barista Dawn met her elite boyfriend at a café in Hong Kong’s financial district. At his surprise birthday party, Dawn finds herself out of place among her boyfriend’s privileged friends. Among the birthday presents is a gold designer lamp. As Dawn ponders its reflection, a nightmare begins to take form in her head. On the next day, Dawn encounters a mysterious woman who is her mirror image. Dawn decides to follow her.
The Lamp
Love in the Gaze of a Panopticon
Love in the Gaze of a Panopticon
Two COVID-testing employees make out in hazmat suits. A blindfolded student sits on her bed, rhythmically reciting lines from a school textbook. Evocative scenes, rich in symbolism, are strung together to form this striking, wry portrait of Hong Kong’s current social turmoil. Arnold Tam commits to a daring visual style and doesn’t shy away from dashes of absurdity to get his message across.