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
A single shot, taken during a confrontation between police and demonstrators in Hong Kong's Sham Shui Po neighbourhood, transforms a street confrontation into something transcendently beautiful. The voice of Louis Armstrong adds a level of almost unbearable irony.
IFFR 2020
- 3'
- Hong Kong
- 2020
- Director
- Andrew Lang
- Premiere
- World premiere
- Country of production
- Hong Kong
- Year
- 2020
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2020
- Length
- 3'
- Medium
- Digital
- Language
- no dialogue
- Producer
- Andrew Lang
- Sales
- Andrew Lang
- Cinematography
- Andrew Lang
- Editor
- Andrew Lang
Also 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
- Director
- Andrew Lang
- Premiere
- World premiere
- Country of production
- Hong Kong
- Year
- 2020
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2020
- Length
- 3'
- Medium
- Digital
- Language
- no dialogue
- Producer
- Andrew Lang
- Sales
- Andrew Lang
- Cinematography
- Andrew Lang
- Editor
- Andrew Lang
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