Programme 12:
Listen to the World
15/3 (Sun) | 5pm | 141’ | Hong Kong Space Museum (10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui)
Free Admission | With after-screening discussion

Merry X’mas

Au Man-kit Jevons / Col / 24’00” / In Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles
The 13th ifva Awards – Open Category Gold Award
 

Exchanging gift is a small issue; however, the poor little girl has to work hard to prepare for that. Eventually she decides to collect recycling papers in the street. It is sad and heartbreaking. There is neither stunning scene nor sensational plot. The rights and wrongs, warm and cold of the world are narrated simply from the little girl’s point of view.

Three Boys

Leung Ming-kai / Col / 19’33” / In English with English subtitles
The 14th ifva Awards – Open Category Gold Award
 

An up-and-coming rock band in Manila has three members. The sudden departure of the lead singer brings an end to their musical careers; his sudden death brings the surviving members back together.

The Museum of "Chou"

Tsang Fung-kee Kevin / Col / 10’00” / No dialogue and subtitles
The 5th ifva Awards – Animation Category Gold Award
 
Changing point of view should really give a wonderful world? I will do it although I don’t believe it.

Meeting of the half moons

Ng Ho-yin / Col / 19’40” / In Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles
The 17th ifva Awards – Open Category Gold Award
 

A man believes that the hospital staff is responsible for his father’s death; a woman is accused of causing the death of someone else’s father; the rest proclaim their innocence. All hold onto proofs that justify their reasoning, but no one can offer a complete picture!

1+1

Lai Yan-chi Mo / Col / 30’00” / In Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles
The 17th ifva Awards – Open Category Gold Award
 

Grandpa and granddaughter from Tsoi Yuen Village travel to the city, trying hard to preserve collective memories that are quickly eroding away. They stroll alongside the ex-Legislative Council building, pondering upon what used to be the Star Ferry and Queen’s Pier.