Ivana Lai Yan-In

A seemingly innocent romance between two people is destroyed by reality in Step on Grass. Under most circumstances, “she” and “he” would be together happily ever after. However, the problem is that “she” is a teacher, and “he” is her student. The nature of their relationship may be pure, but society will always see it as improper due to their identities. Soon, one step in the wrong path sends their lives further spiraling out of control, and “she” is forced to make a decision.

A mistake at the hospital cost a life and a young woman sits on the rooftop and wants to kill herself. Who is to be blamed? The rigid system or indifferent people? For Ng Ho Yin, there is no simple explanation. Adopting a bold approach, he reconstructs the incident in an unconventional order to highlight different individuals personal experience. By doing so, he is also posing a critique on the collective mentality of witch-hunting.