Hong Kong Blues
December 12 and 14, 2024
Hong Kong Blues seeks to offer an alternative vision of Hong Kong cinema – at the antithesis of the sights usually associated with the city, whether the romantic films of Wong Kar-wai or its action cinema. Rocked by the repression of its people’s calls for self-determination, Hong Kong stands forever as a nerve center where colonialism and capitalism converge; where political exiles, refugees and overseas workers gather; and where tourists occasionally capture images of unrest worth preserving.
Hong Kong Blues
Blue Island
Blue Island goes beyond the usual protest documentary format to address how various generations of struggle have shaped Hong Kong, from the refugees of the Cultural Revolution to the activists of the Umbrella Movement and the exiles of the 2019 protests.
Chan Tze-Woon
Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan
language: Cantonese, Mandarin, English
subtitles: English
97 min
Hong Kong Blues
Dea
A portrait of a young woman from Indonesia that makes visible the lives of the overseas workers who enable Hong Kong’s middle-class to accumulate capital, who raises their children and do their groceries, while suffering the brunt of the city’s economic violence.
Alberto Gerosa
Switzerland, France, Hong Kong
language: Indonesian
subtitles: English
74 min
Hong Kong Blues
Wood and Water
When her son Max finds himself unable to leave Hong Kong due to the protests that are bringing the city to a standstill, Anke leaves her small German town to visit her son abroad. A world apart, she wanders and meet strangers who help her feel at home again.
Jonas Bak
Germany, France
language: Cantonese, English, German
subtitles: English
79 min
