Screening
Youth Category Finalist Showcase
See Me Fly
Man Hoi-tung
Col / 1'06" / No dialogue and subtitles
She longs for freedom, not only freedom of action but also freedom of choice. Adolescence is a time when people long to have more freedom. They want to escape from their parents and school during this rebellious phase. A girl wants to fly freely like birds in the sky, not birds that live in cages.
Artist’s Statement
The examination-driven education system is a bird cage that imprisons Hong Kong students. Many people, myself included, blindly study, study and study, without visions about any other paths in life. Will all textbook knowledge be useful to life? Is going to university the only way to succeed? Getting into university is no guarantee of a good job.
I hope to be like the bird at the end of this film, to fly out of my cage and be myself.
