《中轉站》The Entrepot +《尚未完場》To Be Continued | Hong Kong On Screen Film Festival 2023 Part II

銀幕・香港電影節 2023 --- 《中轉站》+《尚未完場》
Hong Kong On Screen Film Festival 2023 --- The Entrepot + To Be Continued

*** 一張戲飛 ｜同場兩套好戲 Single Ticket; Double Feature ***

Film #1《中轉站》The Entrepot
電影預告片 / Movie Trailer: https://youtu.be/j7dz-G_-71Q
電影介紹 / About the movie: 
https://www.facebook.com/BayAreaHKCC/posts/pfbid03ZFfidvZUKw44CtaiucUkxt5HnZgBoHGUNKHUMSuXSR65LfeavUCo82tHaR9cLEfl

Synopsis of <The Entrepot>
Farewell, is probably synonymous to a weekend passtime to some Hong Kongers. As the view from the Taxi window dashes by, the couple on the passenger seats is affirmative that this is not the view they are familiar with anymore. This is not the first family the taxi driver sent off for  departure, he lit a cigarette and raised a toast to the fetters that kept him here.

The alarm rang, waking Yan up into a world of absurdity. The school is under siege by her new, Orwellian policies and “Special Security”. In an environment where denouncing your neighbors is encouraged, how far can a teacher go to protect her students? Is this a nightmare we could wake up from?

What are we working so hard for if there is no tomorrow? Three young lads went on a bicycle trip revisiting some memorable places and moments in their friendship, their laughter broke the silence of the city in the dusk. Tomorrow, Wei could be losing his freedom; it is difficult to imagine a future when there isn't even a day after tomorrow. He began to ponder with his mates whether they were trying hard to change the future or not. Perhaps they were just trying hard to retain the precious things from the past.

These three stand alone shorts are a reflection of the state of Hong Kong in 2021; this city is as always, an entrepot.

Director’s Bio
Jacky Cheung, a Hong Kong journalist, believes in the power of cinematography which would respond to the times and heal people's minds. He directed news documentaries “Save PolyU” in the 2019 Anti-ELAB Movement. This is his first time to tell a Hong Kong story in a drama film.

Film #2《尚未完場》To Be Continued
電影預告片 / Movie Trailer: https://youtu.be/U6GICy7Nmpc
電影介紹 / About the movie:
https://www.facebook.com/BayAreaHKCC/posts/pfbid08WhDppkH6prYnfGkDFASs5khzwKggs1pMamAvmmTSMNdaAkmP9fCt1R36SzkYC5cl

Synopsis of <To be Continued>
Convenient, tired and vapid, ‘East-meets-West’ is a cliché that has for decades been used to sell the ‘Hong Kong story’ to the world. Yet in the forgotten legend of Harry Odell, Hong Kong’s first impresario, a rediscovery of the city’s soul awaits.

Flamboyant and cigar-chomping, Odell was a Cairo-born, Shanghai-bred Russian Jew who stamped his mark on the cultural life of post-war Hong Kong, His hopeful, if chronically loss-making adventures pushed the cultural frontiers of his adopted home, capturing the open, dynamic and inclusive spirit of a bygone era to leave a legacy that resonates to this day.

What began as a conservation campaign to save the iconic State Theatre in Hong Kong morphed into five years of research and interviews with those who witnessed Odell in action. The result: a film that is as much a study of one indomitable pioneer as it is a soul-searching journey of what defines Hong Kong.

Director’s Bio
Dora Choi has been a news feature and documentary director in mainstream media for more than 10 years, focusing on politics and social affairs. She co-founded cultural enterprise Walk in Hong Kong.

Haider Kikabhoy is a fourth-generation Hongkonger with family roots in Mumbai and Guangdong’s Kaiping, Haider co-founded cultural enterprise Walk in Hong Kong. He was formerly a human rights campaigner and an academic researcher on Hong Kong’s architectural history. “To Be Continued” is his first documentary film.

票價: $18 (包括售票和付款平台的費用)
Ticket price: $18 each (includes the cost of ticketing and payment platforms)

時間: 戲院於晚上八時開放，電影於晚上八時十分開始。
Time: Door opens at 8pm, movie starts at 8:10pm.

備註 / Remark:
* 請準時到達, 逾時不候 / Please arrive on-time
* 不設退款 / Ticket is non-refundable
* 不設劃位, 先到先得 / No designated seats, first come first serve