Leung Ming Kai is a Hong Kong director-cinematographer whose recent works include Murmur of the Hearts and Suk Suk. Kate Reilly is an American actor-producer, whose recent works include Therapy and The Path. Memories to Choke On, Drinks to Wash Them Down is the first film co-directed by the couple.
Read MoreLeslie’s refusal to bow to censorship pressures—almost two decades ago—stands out as a brave act of defiance in a time when it was extremely difficult to speak out.
Read MoreDoes innovation stop when the ability to explore political themes ends entirely?
Read MoreVivian and her partners founded Dare Media in August 2019. Her team’s project ‘Yell Card’ produces trading cards of protest-related artwork drawn by different designers, promoting the commercialization of political art and graphic designs. Aiming to support designers financially as well as produce trading cards for physical records of the protest movement, the new editions of Yell Card are...
Read MoreCalif Chong is a filmmaker currently based in the UK. She worked as a scriptwriter at TVB and a documentarian for RTHK. A few years ago, she began her studies in Europe and started her career in the film industry, with the aim of finding a new way to tell the story of Hong Kong.
Read MoreSamuel, a post-80s movie industry worker. Born in Hong Kong and raised in Australia, he moved back to Hong Kong and joined the movie industry. He was the assistant director of famous movies such as Project Gutenberg, Enter the Fat Dragon.
Read MoreRetroll Hip Hop is a new local hip hop group. They performed the song 'Under Mountain' on TV and garnered publicity. The song is based on brotherhood and hopes to use feelings of utopia to heal Hongkongers’ souls. ‘Upper Mountain’, the sequel to 'Under Mountain' portrays the hardships involved in achieving a utopian city. In reality, given Hong Kong’s societal environment, the music system needs..
Read MoreScreenwriter, director, lecturer, writer, host, husband, father, himself. Works include “Men on the Dragon.” Having weathered ups and downs in his career in film and television, he encourages Hong Kongers to march onwards with him.
Read MoreTsang Chi-ho has been the host and writer of RTHK's satirical comedy show Headliner for fifteen years. The Headliner is Hong Kong's most popular current affairs programme, and it was widely-screened during the heydays of the pro-democracy movement. Although it received 30,000 likes, it also received 6,000 complaints from left-winged newspapers, government ministers, and the police. When even the RTHK Board of Advisors took a stand and called for replacement of the show's hosts, what could they do?
Read MoreDr. Karen Mak is a lecturer at a Hong Kong university. She also hosts television shows exploring the intersection between science and gastronomy. As an educator, Dr. Karen interacts daily with some of the anti-extradition movement’s primary supporters - university students. She asserts that she is not disappointed with their actions, but instead appreciates their immense motivation and drive.
Read MoreWhat is frightening is that this sort of self-censorship by the organisers is subconsciously done. They may think that they have given the crew a free space to think and create, and yet they will reexamine the production even without receiving any external pressure.
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