Age of Valiant
HK's valiant 'frontliners' are masked, black-clad youth unafraid to use violence against their police and government. Hear their voices, hopes, and dreams.
11'
Hong Kong
IFFR 2020
What's Next?
Combined Programme
IFFR 2020
What's Next for Hong Kong? Local filmmakers, musicians and artists make art that makes politics: with music videos, animation, on-the-ground reports, short fiction and other experiments.
Combined Programme
IFFR 2020
In this combined programme
Glory to Hong Kong (canto)
A remixed version of the popular Hong Kong resistance anthem in Cantonese opera style. Local traditional and contemporary culture in brilliant fusion.
2'
Hong Kong
IFFR 2020
Glory to Hong Kong (orchestral)
The original video by the Black Blorchestra of the crowd-sourced people's resistance anthem of Hong Kong.
3'
Hong Kong
IFFR 2020
Home, and a Distant Archive
Cinema decodes history in this elegant, experimental portrait of four Hong Kong women working on their city's archives in London.
24'
Hong Kong
IFFR 2020
Kin's Hair
Hong Kong's story is a history of loss, embodied (or rather disembodied) in the hairs on Kin's head, which fall out one by one.
6'
Hong Kong
IFFR 2020
Last Night in Sham Shui Po
Protestors, cops, a night street in Sham Shui Po, a single slow-motion take, plus Louis Armstrong.
3'
Hong Kong
IFFR 2020
Tell Me What 7 You Say
Pop star Charmaine Fong's catchy, searingly angry protest song was released during the demonstrations: profane and politically risky.
4'
Hong Kong
IFFR 2020
What's Next
An idealistic democrat faces off against a triad-aligned local politician in a compact, sophisticate drama based on a real Hong Kong 2019 incident.
16'
Hong Kong
IFFR 2020
Programme IFFR 2020
Ordinary Heroes: Made in Hong Kong
Hong Kong, the most cinematic city in the world, reveals through its films – old and new – the political, social and economic tensions tearing it apart today.
Read more about this programmeAge of Valiant
HK's valiant 'frontliners' are masked, black-clad youth unafraid to use violence against their police and government. Hear their voices, hopes, and dreams.
11'
Hong Kong
IFFR 2020
Cageman
A social critique of class-based ultra-dense living conditions; a political critique of anti-democratic politics; and a masterpiece of Hong Kong cinema.
145'
Hong Kong
IFFR 2020
The Cube Phantom
A unique, virtually wordless dance poem: a thrilling pop/art tribute to the power of Hong Kong's indomitable people.
73'
Hong Kong
IFFR 2020