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鄉·港人
The Hongkongers
Director: Ian Lui

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Production Country Hong Kong
Production Year 2019
Duration 30' 00''
Colour Colour & B/W
Language In Cantonese and Hokkien with Chinese and English subtitles
Genre Drama
Shooting Format 高清
Synopsis With the Hong Kong protests in the background, a reluctant grandson accompanies his grandfather to China to protect their ancestral lands from being reclaimed.
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This film festival’s screened works mainly takes Asian and Asian communities as theme, which is different from the works participated in previous films festivals that are mostly based on Europe and America. The participation of screening in this film festival represents our premiere outside of Asia region, I am honored to be able to share our ideas with local American audiences and people in the industry. The audiences are very interested in issues related to Hong Kong-mainland conflicts and generation conflicts explored in the film, they react actively in understanding Hong Kong’s recent situation and development of film industry after the screening.. [More]
This film festival’s screened works mainly takes Asian and Asian communities as theme, which is different from the works participated in previous films festivals that are mostly based on Europe and America. The participation of screening in this film festival represents our premiere outside of Asia region, I am honored to be able to share our ideas with local American audiences and people in the industry. The audiences are very interested in issues related to Hong Kong-mainland conflicts and generation conflicts explored in the film, they react actively in understanding Hong Kong’s recent situation and development of film industry after the screening. The themes of works selected in this film festivals are extremely diversified, including commercial films, feature short films, documentaries, VR short films, and also student works. There are definitely some differences in the quality of films, especially in the unit of short films, the skills of some students’ works are apparently less mature, yet overall the films’ quality is quite good. In the film festival I have appreciated many outstanding short and long films works, and further acknowledge the lives of North American Asian community, that greatly broadened my international horizons. Most of the local audiences still target for screened long films, yet the film festival has set up several short film programs and short film training plan for secondary school students, and their products are screened in the film festivals as well. Although the number of visitors is not as much as expected, I am happy seeing the proactive exchanges between audiences and their concern on Hong Kong’s recent situation. Much gratitude to Hong Kong Short Film New Action Express which provides local creators a chance to exchange overseas, so that I could have the opportunity in interconnecting and communicating with local audiences personally. I will and must cherish every opportunity to participate each country’s film festivals as a Hong Kong representative.






— Shared by Lui Yee-pan Ian, the director of The Hongkongers after attending San Diego Asian Film Festival 2019 in the United States, under the sponsorship of NAE.
此影展主要以全球各國學生作品為主,本屆影展本身並未設特定主題,但各個單元會按相似主題或題材的短片歸類。影展雖然以學生作品為主,但參加者並不限於在學或剛畢業的青年導演或電影學生,亦有投身社會多年、重返校園者,因此作品題材及製作水準,均打破一般對於「學生作品」的刻板印象。主辦方讓參展導演入住在同一酒店的安排,增加了交流機會,每日亦安排不同活動予參與者。而每部影片至少有兩次放映機會,在不同的時段, 務求讓更多及不同的觀眾有機會觀賞。另外,此影展的映後問答環節並非設在所有影片放畢後,而是在各部影片之間。此安排不但讓觀眾在對影片尚記憶猶新時與創作者交流,也確保每位參與者能有足夠時間與觀眾交流
。從進場的觀眾人數可知,當地人對於觀賞短片的興趣不比長片少。影展也設立了不少獎項嘉許優秀作品,當中獎品不乏對於創作者的支援,如拍攝器材租賃及後期製作服務。當地電視台亦會購入部份作品,在旗下頻道播放。總括而言,當地的短片文化比香港更為進步,對學生作品/短片及新晉創作者的鼓勵及支援不亞於長片,值得香港電影業界與當局深思。


是次參展之放映為本片之歐洲首映,能與歐亞各國之學生導演交流,使本人獲益良多。而且亦在影展中欣賞大量優秀的短片作品,及與其他參加者有非常深入交流,擴闊了本人的國際視野。





— Shared by Lui Yee-pan Ian, the director of The Hongkongers after attending Filmschoolfest Munich 2019 in Germany, under the sponsorship of NAE.

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