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Rigor Mortis
A film star tries to put an end to it all in his dingy old flat, but fails: the building contains enough ghosts already. This…Published on: -
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.Published on: -
Yellowing
An artful document of ‘the real’, centred on portraits of students who organised a temporary cooperative and communitarian Hong Kong.Published on: -
Cageman
A social critique of class-based ultra-dense living conditions; a political critique of anti-democratic politics; and a masterpiece of Hong Kong cinemPublished on: -
Lost in the Fumes
Riveting portrait of Edward Leung, whose slogan ‘Reclaim Hong Kong; revolution of our time’ is the rallying cry of the protest movement.Published on: -
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 drPublished on: -
We Have Boots
The Umbrella Movement of 2014 paved the way for Hong Kong’s current upheavals. Intellectuals, students, activists, and artists articulate a variety ofPublished on: -
A Witness Out of the Blue
An incompetent detective needs some help in a murder case from the sole witness: a parrot. Amusing police thriller from Hong Kong.Published on: -
Memories to Choke On, Drinks to Wash Them Down
Four stories show how fiction and fact, humour and drama, personal and political are complementary facets of the contradictory realities that constituPublished on: -
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Wonderfully shot film about the special relationship between two outsiders: an opium-addicted sailor and a precocious, 10-year-old Chinese girl.Published on: