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Hong Kong No Wave
—— Independent Films from the SAR
This is two prosperous cities meeting on a narrow path.
Routines have smoothened the rough edges, as if nothing has disrupted their increasingly similar appearances. But memories and reality keep interrupting these simple stories, asking questions. Beneath the mirror-like stillness, life is in abundance. There are noises even when there is no wave.
A showcase of moving images from outside the mainstream of Hong Kong's film industry. A look at the production and consumption of visuals by the seven million inhabitants of Hong Kong in the past 15 years – within their reality and beyond their imagination. Be it documentary or fiction, weaving in and out of these images, is an attempt to understand Hong Kong and to face up one's dreams.
These are two cities so similar that they draw out a sense of homesickness from each other. But this time, the Hong Kong that walks towards us is a stranger, it beckons the stranger within us. Lion Rock, Suzhou Creek, they are no more; but 2046 is upon us.
Glamorous Youth
Director: Philip Yung Tsz Kwong
Hong Kong/ 2009/ 132min/ Color/ Feature
Glamorous Youth is a social realist film which comprises elements of youthhood, romance and family. The filmmaker articulates the anxiety, helplessness, as well as the desire of ideal life of Hong Kong people through different stories of the characters. The film depicts the mentality of these characters under the context of handover in 1997.
About the Director
Philip Yung is a film critic and film director based in Hong Kong. He started to involve in film and TV production since the 1990s.In 2009, Yung wrote and directed his first feature film Glamorous Youth, which was invited to participate in Hong Kong International Film Festival, Munich Film Festival and Rome Asia Film Festival, and with this film he was nominated as the Best New Director at The 29th Hong Kong Film Awards. Yung’s second feature film Port of Call is in pre-production now.
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无浪城市——香港独立影像展
这是两座繁荣城市的窄路相逢。
日常生活把彼此铺平，似乎没有一道巨浪打破愈发相似的风景。但记忆和现实却纠缠和打乱着那些庸常的故事，并提出疑问。平静的水面之下，是生猛鱼虾的自由游曳。波澜不惊处，未必没有拒斥的声音。
这次我们将集中展映一批香港主流电影工业以外的影像，看视觉如何在这过去的十五年间，在700万香港人的现实之内和想象之外，被生产和咀嚼。纪录抑或虚构，穿梭在这些影像内外的，是尝试理解香江，并面对自己的愿望。
这是两座相像到容易唤出乡愁的城市。但这次迎面走来的，却是一个陌生的香港，召唤出陌生的自己。狮子山不再，苏州河不复。2046很近。
《明媚时光》
导演：翁子光
香港/2099/132min/彩色/故事片
陈健康(翁家轩饰)，不过是一个普通得不能再普通的香港男校高中生，被动、虚无、没有明确志愿，与女校高中生嘉嘉(王璐瑶饰)谈恋爱却常感如履薄冰，爸爸(太保饰)是牛脾气的武侠小说迷，妈妈(卢慧娴饰)是犬儒的韩剧迷，令陈对理想家庭与爱情无以憧憬，他生活中最甜美的仅剩下大雄(郭晓辉饰)和蜘蛛侠(刘家铭饰)两个死党的友伴，及忧郁的臧老师(梁荣忠饰)讲授的每一节文学课。升上大学，与女友分手，中国大陆的土地，还有湖南少女友小月(李子涵饰)成为了陈健康新生的桃花园，一往无前，是糜烂还是救赎？
导演简介
翁子光，香港影评人，九十年代开始涉足电影及电视制作，曾任助理美术、副导、制片及编剧等工作。
2009年翁氏自编自导首部电影长片《明媚时光》，获邀参展「香港国际电影节」、「德国慕尼黑影展」及「罗马亚洲电影节」等，及提名「香港电影金像奖」「最佳新晋导演」。他的第二部长片《踏雪寻梅》现正在筹备当中。