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Shorts
Little Proletarian
/ Shen Jie
Haier has been expelled from school. He wanders around town

and hangs out at the beauty parlours. When he isnt drinking or
getting into ghts, hes racing motorcycles with the gang. Beatings
by his father simply wont stop him. Now he is thinking about going
to the city as part of some shady business, at the age of 14.
Summer Rain
/ Tsang Tsui Shan
2012
This poetic documentary explores the lives of Hong Kong

people living in Germany. One of them is Choi Bin Chuen, a
painter and director, who is going back to Hong Kong to look for
his mother, the renowned novelist Yi Shu. Made during a stay in
Germany in 2012, Summer Rain is about searching for identity.
Stray Dog
/ Lin Ying-tso
Lin Jin-xian was bullied in school for not being able to speak
uent Mandarin. Then he developed a strong affection for
the literature of the Taiwanese and later became a language
teacher. His vast knowledge of local history and literature offers
him no money or fame. Instead, he writes poems for enjoyment
and lives a simple life. Naturally, he is not understood by many;
but this is the life he is most comfortable with.
The Way We Are
/ Chen Yin-yen
There must be something going on between them: she takes

care of him day after day. He takes it for granted and never
puts forth any effort. Nor is he ready to make any commitment
to her. An interesting relationship involving mind-reading and
wrestling. For them, love is never blind.
China / 2012 / 56 min
In Guizhou dialect with Chi & Eng subtitles

12/9 (Thu) 7:30 pm agns b. agns b. CINEMA, Hong Kong Arts Centre
21/9 (Sat) 2:00 pm agns b. agns b. CINEMA, Hong Kong Arts Centre
Natures Kid
/ Cai Jie
Dawa and Nyima are twin brothers and Living Buddhas. They have
been developing themselves spiritually in a temple in Sichuan
Province since they were little. Dawa gradually realises the truth
of nature and decides to pursue a deeper level of realisation,
when all of a sudden a new policy demands that no teens live in
monasteries. This has inevitably stirred up trouble in their tranquil lives.
China / 2012 / 28 min
In Mandarin and Tibetan with Chi & Eng subtitles

17/9 (Tue) 4:30 pm Lecture Hall, Hong Kong Science Museum
15/9 (Sun) 2:00 pm Cinema, Hong Kong Film Archive
13/9 (Fri) 7:30 pm Lecture Hall, Hong Kong Space Museum
22/9 (Sun) 7:30 pm agns b. agns b. CINEMA, Hong Kong Arts Centre
Hong Kong / 2013 / 27 min
In Cantonese, Mandarin, English and German with Chi & Eng subtitles
Taiwan / 2012 / 38 min
In Mandarin and Taiwanese with Chi & Eng subtitles

In Mandarin with Chi & Eng subtitles

Features
Emergency Room China
/ Zhou Hao
20102011
Imagine taking a ride in an ambulance through the streets of

Guangzhou, meeting people from all walks of life en route: the ill
or injured, victims of poisonous wine, and the jumpers. Its even
more bizarre at the hospital: some fake illnesses for medication;
patients admitted to self-nancing hospitals need to pay up ridiculous fees, because if you
dont, youre doomed. By the director of The Transition Period (2010) and Cop Shop (2011),
Emergency Room China is another insightful expos of the government bodies in China.
China / 2013 / 99 min
In Mandarin and Cantonese with Chi & Eng subtitles

13/9 (Fri) 7:30 pm agns b. agns b. CINEMA, Hong Kong Arts Centre
22/9 (Sun) 7:30 pm Lecture Hall, Hong Kong Science Museum
Home Floating Away
/ Li Bin
The region of Danjiangkou Reservoir in Henan is undergoing

the migration of 400,000 people to cope with the South-to-
North water diversion project. Seventy eight affected shing
households on one of the small islands in the area are told to
move onshore, 200 kilometres away from their homes. They
protest in vain and fail to get their way, under government
pressure. Meanwhile, a thunderstorm hits the island and destroys all their mariculture rafts. The
efforts of generations of self-sufcient shing families are now gone.
A Rolling Stone
/ Shen Ko-shang
Gifted in drawing but also indulging himself in an imaginary

world of his own, emotionally unstable and generally assaultive,
his behaviour has become a burden to his father, who strives to
make a living while looking out for him. With a long and winding
road ahead, it takes more than just patience to keep caring for
his 30-year-old autistic son.
Oh, The San Xia
/ Wang Libo
2009
In the aftermath of Chinas Three Gorges Dam project, migrants

are still struggling to make a living and reservoirs are causing
ecological and geological disruptions; nor have the prot sharing
of electricity supplies and other problems been settled. By the
director of Buried (2009), this lm documents and investigates the course of events and their
economic and political links, from the perspectives of experts and the locals.
The Lost River
/ Tian Bo, Wang Miaoxia
2007
A remote village on the Loess Plateau in Shaanxi Province witnesses

the old and the contemporary: from communal rituals to the election of
village committee and the agricultural policy today. A new take on the
yellow earth after The Lost Buddha in 2007, the lm follows the director
revisiting his home town and tells a new tale of this ancient village.
China / 2012 / 54 min


China / 2013 / 108 min

China / 2012 / 120 min
In Shaanxi dialect with Chi & Eng subtitles

16/9 (Mon) 7:30 pm Lecture Hall, Hong Kong Science Museum
18/9 (Wed) 7:30 pm agns b. agns b. CINEMA, Hong Kong Arts Centre
Looking for Yuan Xueyu
/ Tou Jiangming, Wang Yingjie
2007
In 2007, mainland Chinese media reported on the illegal brick

kilns in Shanxi, sparking off heated controversies centred on
the scandal. These illegal brick kilns incarcerate and impose forced labour on young migrant
workers, and owners even go further to torture and murder disobedient slave workers. Yuan
Chengs 17-year-old son Yuan Xueyu vanished in Zhengzhou in the same year. The father
suspects that his son has been locked up in a brick kiln. He goes to seek help from the police
but is ignored. He then joins more than ten other parents who are suffering in the same way to
cross provinces to search for their sons. Year after year, they visit brick kilns all over the country,
but have not been able to nd a trace of their sons.
Mothers
/ Xu Huijing
According to the family planning policy for rural areas of China,

women giving birth to a second child must undergo sterilisation.
Zhang Qing-mei, a family planning ofcer in a village in Shanxi
Province, has received an order from local authorities to
reinforce sterilisation twice this year for all women in the village, targeting those stubborn
nail mothers who refuse. To secure her job, Zhang and other male caders start taking drastic
measures to seize these determined young mothers, day and night round the clock.
The Cold Winter
/ Zheng Kuo
The Stop Forced Eviction Movement for an artists village-in-

residence in Beijing has gains wide public attention. Ai Weiwei
is one of the keen supporters, among other well-known gures.
At rst the resident artists all pull together for the actions, but
inghting begins soon after nancial compensation has been offered. What started as a ght
for justice has turned into a bitter ght over money. The movement has become a showcase for
cowardice and egotism. All this is just typical Chinese, says Ai.
China / 2011 / 103 min

18/9 (Wed) 7:30 pm Lecture Hall, Hong Kong Science Museum
22/9 (Sun) 7:30 pm Lecture Hall, Hong Kong Space Museum
China / 2012 / 94 min

China / 2013 / 68 min

The Other Side
/ Tsai Tsung-lung
A distraught Taiwanese businessman is stranded in Fujian,

China. A mainland Chinese woman has married a farmer in
Tainan as his third wife. Although these two people are living
in different places, they both face difculties in similar aspects. The unsuccessful Taiwanese
businessman has almost become a Taiwanese drifter. Afraid of losing face, he does not
return to Taiwan. Although the bride from abroad is pretty and capable, and can adapt herself
to Taiwanese life, she is virtually a cheap labourer in an overlooked position, with no say in
anything. She feels neglected.

Features

Selection of Taipei Documentary Filmmakers Union Films
II
Unveil the Truth II : State Apparatus
/ Kevin H.J. Lee
A photojournalist turned documentary director, Kevin H.J. Lee

spent six years and over a million TWD to make this lm that
shocked Taiwan and brought down senior government ofcials.
The lm traces the origin of the spread of avian u, exposing ofcials who tried to hide the truth
and deceive the public. It is a masterpiece of investigative journalism and Taiwans independent
media at its best.
Breaking Dawn
/ Lee Jong-wang
24-year-old Zhuang has been injured by a re, resulting in her

severe physical disability. But she does not give up and tries
her best to live. Zhuangs mother stays by her all the time,
which helps the daughter read and write again.
Out/Marriage
/ Nguyen Kim-hong
Like many new emigrants, Yu-lan, Jin-lin, A-shi and Mei-

li came to Taiwan in hopes of nding happiness but found
their dream crushed when their marriages ended. They
faced different family troubles before ending their marriages, be it voluntarily or involuntarily.
An uncertain future lies ahead of them; what comes next in life? And what lies in store for their
children born in Taiwan to parents from two countries?
Radio Mihu
/ Lee Jong-wang
921
After the 921 Earthquake in Taiwan, the Mihu tribes homes have
been completely destroyed. The tribespeople hope to start over
and build a new home. However, the rebuilding plan has hit a
series of obstacles. Indenite delays and constant changes have
bred discontent among the tribespeople. Conicts are imminent.
In Mandarin and Taiwanese with Chi subtitles

9/9 (Mon) 7:30 pm agns b. agns b. CINEMA, Hong Kong Arts Centre
The Man Behind the Book
/ Lin Jing-jie
This work is a part of The Inspired Island Series: Eminent

Writers from Taiwan, a lm series that stunned the literary
and lm circles of Hong Kong and Taiwan two years ago. The
director Lin Jing-jie not only makes a literal record of the life of
novelist Wang Wen-xing, he has pursued where his curiosity
has led him, towards a greater understanding of Wangs view
towards creativity and life.
Taiwan / 2011 / 104 min

14/9 (Sat) 7:30 pm Lecture Hall, Hong Kong Space Museum
In Mandarin with Chi subtitles

In Mandarin and Vietnamese with Chi & Eng subtitles

Taiwan / 2004 / 136 min

The Unreachable Love
/ Kuo Shiao-yun
The rst part of director Kuo Shiao-yuns Domestic Violence

Trilogy.To pursue freedom and dignity, as well as to inspire public
awareness, four women who have experienced domestic violence
bravely stand in front of the camera to recall their past experiences.
We can soon realise how many victims have given in to perpetual violence due to their nancial
difculties. They dare not divorce their husbands and endure in tears.
Nothing to Do with Love
/ Kuo Shiao-yun
The second of the Domestic Violence Trilogy. Four husbands

have been sentenced to attend counselling sessions, where
they recall their relationships with their wives and explore the
causes of domestic violence. Some men hope to mend their present marriages, while some
get remarried. This is the rst Chinese documentary to examine domestic violence from the
victimisers point of view.
Crossings Love
/ Kuo Shiao-yun
The nal part of the Domestic Violence Trilogy. Four youngsters

that have grown up with violence at home recall how their extremely
tense family lives have affected their own.



Selection of Taipei Documentary Filmmakers Union Films
One Tree Three Lives
/ Angie Chen
Nieh Hua-ling is the cornerstone of the Chinese literary world. Through

interviews with Nieh and other famous writers, the lm documents
the enriching life Nieh has led, from her upbringing and her creative
journey to her nding love in the United States.

The Juvenile Laborers-Under-Indoctrination
/ Xie Yihui
1958
In 1958, after the journalist Zeng Boyan was labelled a rightist, and
was taken to a farm in Leshan, Sichuan to be reeducated. He found
out that up to a thousand children were incarcerated for reeducation
in the Dabao Work Zone. During the Great Chinese Famine, these children were the rst to starve
to death. After decades, Zeng Boyan is determined to seek the truth, to make sure the atrocity
become a vivid part of history.
In Cantonese, Mandarin and English with

Chi & Eng subtitles
22/9 (Sun) 4:00pm agns b. agns b. CINEMA, Hong Kong Arts Centre
China / 2013 / 106 min
In Sichuan dialect with Chi & Eng subtitles

Special Selection
Selection of Student Films
2012 Small Talk 2012
/ Gan Jianyu
Pointing a camera at each other, two lovers ask what each thinks
of the other. The more they ask, the unhappier they get
Story of a Family
/ Wang Danni
Mother and Grandma depend on each other, but Grandma only

attends to the gambling-addicted uncle, making Mother broken-
hearted and angry.
In Chongqing dialect with Chi & Eng subtitles

China / 2012 / 30 min

Master Cheung
/ Feng Zishan, Liu Qing, Qin Qishu
A fortune teller who calls himself Cheung Tai Sin survives the
streets using his silver tongue.
In Cantonese with Chi & Eng subtitles

One Day of Master Leung
/ Wyman Chan,
Wan King Fai, Lam Sheung Ting, Cheung Wai Yip
Traditional hair salons are fading out, but the skill and heart of the
master hairdressers are hard to replace.

Luo Village: Ren Dingqi and Me
/ Luo Bing
Post-eighties director returned to his home village in Hunan, getting

ready to shoot a documentary on the Great Chinese Famine. He
met 78-year-old neighbour Ren Dingqi, who has just completed a
memoir covering that period. The director has earned the trust of the old man, and is requested
to publish the memoir, but this is met with objection from Ren Dingqis family.
China / 2011 / 80 min
Hunan dialect with Chi & Eng subtitles

Yeung Yeung with Cows
/ Wong Cheuk Man
With all her heart, Yeung Yeung devotes herself to taking care of a
herd of stray cows.

Cheung Chau Diary
Works from YTTA(1)
Works from YTTA(2)
Outdoor Screening
Equipped with a video camera, twenty ve young people headed to

Cheung Chau for seven days and nights in search of stories to tell.
This lm is about the interesting people, important social issues
and the slow demise of culture on this small island, reecting to a
large degree what is happening to Hong Kong at large.
Please refer to the programme guide for further information.
Hong Kong
2013 / 70 min
10 () Tung Wan Basketball Court, Cheung Chau
Fishman
/ Yang Qianru
The government has banned the use of trawling, but the shermen
are unsatised with the compensation.

More than Ice-cream Wong Kwong
/ Riley Leung
Already unsteady on his feet, an eighty-year-old keeps on selling

ice-cream on the street.
Olympus
/ Yip Wai Ping, Wong Wai Kin
1979
This lm is an adaptation of Xixis 1979 novel with the same name.

Our protagonist and his long-time companion, his camera, scout
the streets of the city, looking for traces of its past.

In Cantonese with Chi subtitles

City Farmer
/ Rebeka Tam, Li Juntong
Becky
Becky and her family live in Fanlings Ma Shi Po village. They

farm and run a community farm. Despite mounting pressure from
property developers and the government to redevelop the area
and relocate residents, Becky and her family remain unmoved by
compensation offers.

Selection of Student Films
Cheung Chau Diary showcases lms by students from Visible Records seven-day training
camp that took place in Cheung Chau in June this year.
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Screening Schedule
Lecture Hall, Hong Kong Space Museum
6/9 Fri 7:30 pm
Works from YTTA (1)

7/9 Sat 7:30 pm
Works from YTTA (2)

8/9 Sun 2:00 pm * The Unreachable Love*
4:00 pm * Nothing to Do with Love*
5:20 pm
7:30 pm * Crossings Love*

13/9 Fri 7:30 pm + Stray Dog + A Rolling Stone
14/9 Sat 7:30 pm
+ *
Olympus + The Man Behind the Book*
15/9 Sun 7:30 pm II
Unveil the Truth II : State Apparatus
20/9 Fri 7:30 pm * Radio Mihu*
21/9 Sat 7:30 pm
+ *
Story of a Family + Out/Marriage *
22/9 Sun 5:00 pm
+
Yeung Yeung with Cows + Nothing to Do with Love
7:30 pm * The Cold Winter*
agns b. agns b. CINEMA, Hong Kong Arts Centre
9/9 Mon 7:30 pm II *
Unveil the Truth II : State Apparatus*
12/9 Thu 7:30 pm
+
Little Proletarian + Home Floating Away
13/9 Fri 7:30 pm Emergency Room China
9:30 pm * + Story of a Family* + Out/Marriage
14/9 Sat 2:00 pm * Selection of Student Films*
5:30 pm
+ * + *
Summer Rain + City Farmer* + Master Cheung*
7:30 pm 2012* + Small Talk 2012* + The Way We Are
15/9 Sun 2:00 pm The Juvenile Laborers-Under-Indoctrination
4:30 pm Luo Village: Ren Dingqi and Me
7:30 pm The Unreachable Love
18/9 Wed 7:30 pm * The Lost River*
19/9 Thu 7:30 pm * Looking for Yuan Xueyu*
9:30 pm Crossings Love
21/9 Sat 2:00 pm
* + *
Little Proletarian* + Home Floating Away*
5:00 pm Award Ceremony
7:00 pm * + * Stray Dog* + A Rolling Stone*
9:15 pm * + * Natures Kid + Mothers
22/9 Sun 2:30 pm * The Other Side*
4:00pm * One Tree Three Lives*
7:30 pm 2012 + * Small Talk 2012 + The Way We Are*

11/8 Sun 3:00 pm
Lecture Hall, Hong Kong Science Museum

9/9 Mon 7:30 pm
+ *
The Man Behind the Book + Olympus*
16/9 Mon 4:30 pm * Selection of Student Films*
7:30 pm Oh, The San Xia
17/9 Tue 4:30 pm + Natures Kid + Breaking Dawn
7:30 pm Mothers
18/9 Wed 7:30 pm The Cold Winter
22/9 Sun 7:30 pm * Emergency Room China*
Cinema, Hong Kong Film Archive
15/9 Sun 2:00 pm
* +
Summer Rain* + The Other Side
4:30 pm The Lost River
22/9 Sun 2:30 pm Looking for Yuan Xueyu
4:30 pm * Oh, The San Xia*
7:30 pm
Tung Wan Basketball Court, Cheung Chau

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Outdoor Screening
( Free admission)

20/9 Fri 4:00 pm
* Q&A session with the director

Venue
Hong Kong Space Museum
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Address: Hong Kong Space Museum, 10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong
E
Directions: Around 5-minute walk from Exit E, Tsim Sha Tsui MTR station.
Hong Kong Arts Centre
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Address: 2 Harbour Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong
: C
Directions: Get off at Wanchai MTR Station, leave the station via Exit C, then walk along the footbridge
leading to the Immigration Tower and go straight to the Harbour Road, then turn left. The Arts Centre can
be seen after a one-minute walk.
Hong Kong Science Museum
2
Address: 2 Science Museum Road, Tsimshatsui East, Kowloon, Hong Kong
B2
Directions: Around 18-minute walk along Cameron Road from B2 Exit of Tsim Sha Tsui MTR Station
towards the direction of Tsim Sha Tsui East.
Hong Kong Film Archive
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Address: 50 Lei King Road, Sai Wan Ho, Hong Kong
A
Directions: Around 10-minute walk from Exit A, Sai Wan Ho MTR Station.
Seminar
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8/9
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6-22/9

Haier has been expelled from school. He wanders around town

This poetic documentary explores the lives of Hong Kong

There must be something going on between them: she takes

In Guizhou dialect with Chi & Eng subtitles

In Mandarin and Tibetan with Chi & Eng subtitles

In Mandarin and Taiwanese with Chi & Eng subtitles

In Mandarin with Chi & Eng subtitles

Imagine taking a ride in an ambulance through the streets of

In Mandarin and Cantonese with Chi & Eng subtitles

The region of Danjiangkou Reservoir in Henan is undergoing

Gifted in drawing but also indulging himself in an imaginary

In the aftermath of Chinas Three Gorges Dam project, migrants

A remote village on the Loess Plateau in Shaanxi Province witnesses

In Mandarin with Chi & Eng subtitles

In Mandarin with Chi & Eng subtitles

In Mandarin with Chi & Eng subtitles

In Shaanxi dialect with Chi & Eng subtitles

In 2007, mainland Chinese media reported on the illegal brick

According to the family planning policy for rural areas of China,

The Stop Forced Eviction Movement for an artists village-in-

In Mandarin with Chi & Eng subtitles

In Mandarin with Chi & Eng subtitles

In Mandarin with Chi & Eng subtitles

A distraught Taiwanese businessman is stranded in Fujian,

In Mandarin and Taiwanese with Chi & Eng subtitles

A photojournalist turned documentary director, Kevin H.J. Lee

24-year-old Zhuang has been injured by a re, resulting in her

Like many new emigrants, Yu-lan, Jin-lin, A-shi and Mei-

In Mandarin and Taiwanese with Chi subtitles

This work is a part of The Inspired Island Series: Eminent

In Mandarin with Chi & Eng subtitles

In Mandarin with Chi subtitles

In Mandarin and Vietnamese with Chi & Eng subtitles

In Mandarin with Chi & Eng subtitles

The rst part of director Kuo Shiao-yuns Domestic Violence

The second of the Domestic Violence Trilogy. Four husbands

The nal part of the Domestic Violence Trilogy. Four youngsters

In Mandarin and Taiwanese with Chi & Eng subtitles

In Mandarin and Taiwanese with Chi & Eng subtitles

In Mandarin and Taiwanese with Chi & Eng subtitles

Nieh Hua-ling is the cornerstone of the Chinese literary world. Through

In Cantonese, Mandarin and English with

In Sichuan dialect with Chi & Eng subtitles

Mother and Grandma depend on each other, but Grandma only

In Chongqing dialect with Chi & Eng subtitles

In Mandarin with Chi & Eng subtitles

In Cantonese with Chi & Eng subtitles

In Cantonese with Chi & Eng subtitles

Post-eighties director returned to his home village in Hunan, getting

Hunan dialect with Chi & Eng subtitles

In Cantonese with Chi & Eng subtitles

Equipped with a video camera, twenty ve young people headed to

In Cantonese with Chi & Eng subtitles

Already unsteady on his feet, an eighty-year-old keeps on selling

This lm is an adaptation of Xixis 1979 novel with the same name.

In Cantonese with Chi & Eng subtitles

In Cantonese with Chi subtitles

Becky and her family live in Fanlings Ma Shi Po village. They

In Cantonese with Chi & Eng subtitles

Works from YTTA (1)

Works from YTTA (2)

7:30 pm * Crossings Love*