Glory to Hong Kong (orchestral)
This anonymously written, performed, and filmed people’s anthem has taken on iconic status: sung in Hong Kong malls, on the streets, at football matches, and at every demonstration and rally. This is the original version, with four million YouTube hits and counting.
Also in this combined programme
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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 fusi
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Age of Valiant
HK’s valiant ‘frontliners’ are masked, black-clad youth unafraid to use violence against their police and government. Hear their
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Last Night in Sham Shui Po
Protestors, cops, a night street in Sham Shui Po, a single slow-motion take, plus Louis Armstrong.
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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.
Film details
- Country of production
- Hong Kong
- Year
- 2019
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2020
- Length
- 3"
- Medium/Format
- Digital
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