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An Asian Ghost Story

This film is about haunting memories of Asia's late 20th-century modernisation, beginning with a 1965 United States embargo on the hair trade, known as the 'Communist Hair Ban'.

Resurrection

In 2022, a highway was about to cut across my hometown. I documented the unearthing of graves and interviewed villagers about their memories of the dead. Their narrative enables me to sketch the portraits for the deceased. As I gaze upon them, they seem to question the path and the choices lying ahead of us.

The Memo

This is a video diary of the surreal lockdown made by the filmmaker couple who were trapped in a small, rented apartment in Shanghai. In the face of endless madness, the camera gradually breaks free from the window and observes a vast social isolation unprecedented in the country's history.

'We urgently need to think about images by images. In Shanghai at that time, the large amount of short video media from the society became the most effective weapon against the bureaucratic machine. We regarded it as a "short video activism movement".' - Badlands Film Group

Obedience

In Hong Kong, the Goddess of Compassion temple attracts worshippers seeking financial help, while across the street, garbage collectors toil, recycling waste into wealth. As new development threatens their way of life, Wong Siu-pong's observational documentary Obedience questions what is truly considered waste in this city.

Let's Talk

On the 25 year anniversary of Hong Kong's handover from the UK to Mainland China, directives for 'a new era' promising stability and prosperity are found on murals and public slogans. Meanwhile, uneasy thoughts cast shades on daily life. Old feelings arise, a pressure builds—conjuring distant voices from the concrete, never quite getting their point across. Something calls for repair but we can't just talk it out can we?

Bitter Rice

This film delves into the secretive realm of a Chinese juvenile reform school, revealing its strict regulations and severe penalties. Despite the harsh environment, it offers a compassionate portrayal of troubled teens, showing how love and friendship can endure. At Peach Reform School, discipline is enforced through extreme measures, shaping and challenging the humanity of its students.

In Your Shoes

Performance artist Florence and documentary filmmaker Tze Woon are lovers. They propose to exchange each other's distressing memories before they met and attempt to reenact each other's experience with their own art form—could they really walk closer towards each other through the process?

Lost a Part Of

Stagnation in the body cannot keep up with the changes in real life. When the memory of the trembling hand is constantly haunting, when the cavity is filled by artificial materials—if the body remembers, how should it respond to years of traumatic past? Three interviewees describe the indescribable body changes and try picking up the hints and signs.

'Our bodies remember what they want us to forget.' - CHAN Hau-chun

Self-Portrait: 47 KM 2020

In 2020, the sudden outbreak of COVID-19 swept the globe with panic and death, keeping the whole world hostage in fear and isolation. 220 kilometres from Wuhan, China, villagers in 47KM lived through the turmoil guided by ancestral prophecies and lifestyle, continuing their ordinary existence in those extraordinary times.