Ordinary Heroes: Made in Hong Kong

Overview of films

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  Talk: Ordinary Heroes

  • Ordinary Heroes: Made in Hong Kong

  A panel discussion with Hong Kong filmmakers whose new works respond to Hong Kong’s political turmoil with artistry and courage.
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  Age of Valiant

  • Ordinary Heroes: Made in Hong Kong

  Willis Ho, Lo Chun-yip | 11' | Hong Kong | World premiere

  HK’s valiant ‘frontliners’ are masked, black-clad youth unafraid to use violence against their police and government. Hear their voices, hopes, and dr
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  What’s Next?

  • Ordinary Heroes: Made in Hong Kong

  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…
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  Cageman

  • Ordinary Heroes: Made in Hong Kong

  Jacob Cheung | 145' | Hong Kong | None

  A social critique of class-based ultra-dense living conditions; a political critique of anti-democratic politics; and a masterpiece of Hong Kong cinem
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  The Cube Phantom

  • Ordinary Heroes: Made in Hong Kong

  Alan Lau | 73' | Hong Kong | World premiere

  A unique, virtually wordless dance poem: a thrilling pop/art tribute to the power of Hong Kong’s indomitable people.
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  The Delinquent

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  Chang Cheh | 101' | Hong Kong | None

  Gloriously excessive action film with social realism! A young fighter is forced to betray his father in this extraordinary Shaw Brothers production.
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  Eye Bags

  • Ordinary Heroes: Made in Hong Kong

  Jun Ho Wai-kwan | 5' | Hong Kong | International premiere

  An insomniac woman discovers that the particularly large bags under her eyes have become an attractive home for A Gum, a goldfish with a thing…
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  From the Queen to the Chief Executive

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  Herman Yau | 106' | Hong Kong | None

  In 1985, Cheung was convicted of murder as a juvenile with an indefinite sentence. Idealists fight for his rights as HK approaches 1997.
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  Gangs

  • Ordinary Heroes: Made in Hong Kong

  Lawrence Lau | 98' | Hong Kong | None

  A searing portrayal of marginalised, underclass Hong Kong youth raging in a city under British colonial rule.
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  Glory to Hong Kong (canto)

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  2' | Hong Kong | None

  A remixed version of the popular Hong Kong resistance anthem in Cantonese opera style. Local traditional and contemporary culture in brilliant fusion.
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  Glory to Hong Kong (orchestral)

  • Ordinary Heroes: Made in Hong Kong

  3' | Hong Kong | None

  The original video by the Black Blorchestra of the crowd-sourced people’s resistance anthem of Hong Kong.
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  Home, and a Distant Archive

  • Ordinary Heroes: Made in Hong Kong

  Dorothy Cheung Tsz-yan | 24' | Hong Kong | World premiere

  Cinema decodes history in this elegant, experimental portrait of four Hong Kong women working on their city’s archives in London.