James Leong
James LEONG is a Singapore-based filmmaker. Together with Lynn Lee, he forms the company Lianain Films. They have made several independent and TV documentaries. Their documentary Wukan: The Flame of Democracy had its world premiere at IDFA 2013. Camera (2014) is Leong’s first fiction feature film. The work-in-progress documentary If We Burn (2020) gives us an insight into the Hong Kong protest movement through the eyes of Hongkongers and is again co-directed with Lynn Lee. The renewed version was selected for IFFR 2023.
Filmography
Aki Ra’s Boys (2006, doc, co-dir), Homeless FC (2006), The Great North Korean Picture Show (2012, doc, co-dir), Wukan: The Flame of Democracy (2013, doc, co-dir), Camera (2014, co-dir), Umbrella Diaries: The First Umbrella (2019, doc), Hyut joi siu/If We Burn (2020 & 2023, doc, co-dir)
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James Leong op IFFR
If We Burn
De protestbeweging in Hongkong, gezien door de ogen van Hongkongers wier lot nu, net als dat van de stad, onzeker is.
90'
Hongkong
IFFR 2020
If We Burn
Urgent, meeslepend verslag van de protesten in Hongkong in 2019, en een bespiegeling op de betekenis van verzet.
265'
Hongkong
IFFR 2023