Hong Kong International Documentary 2020
Hong Kong International Documentary Festival 2020
There will be additional screenings of Hong Kong International Documentary Festival 2020, which will be held in early May at MOViE MOViE Cityplaza cinema.
There are six screenings featuring nine outstanding films from the programme of HKIDF2020, which including: Hôtel-Régina, documenting the transformation of a luxurious hotel into a budget motel; Floating Mushroom, a film about the last days of the traditional food stalls in Hong Kong housing estates; Formerly Youth Square, an Iranian female journalist's self-reflection on the challenges and adversities faced by the local media; Uncle Guo's DreamWorks, a study of the ‘Art Exam Training’ in the Mainland; Map of Latin American Dreams, a film by an Argentinian photographer who spent decades filming Latin Americans and their dreams; also from Argentina but filmed in a hospital, Mother-Child quietly observes the plight of female patients suffering from both sexual violence and religious doctrine; Ah Ying: The Extraordinary Ordinary, where a hawker is bent on pursuing justice using her self-taught legal knowledge; Criteria of Rape, where the victim probes the deep seated injustice in sexual violence cases, and Zeinab on the Scooter that follows the quest for independence of a Muslim Lebanese woman.
Programme Details
Date: 1/5, 2/5, 8/5, 9/5/2021
Venue: MOViE MOViE Cityplaza (5/F Cityplaza, 18 Taikoo Shing Road, Hong Kong)
Tickets will be available at the screening venue and the Broadway Cinema Website from 13 April, 2021.
Enquiries
Visible Record
Tel: 2540 7859
Email: visiblerecord@gmail.com
A study of the “Art Exam Training” in the Mainland.
| 2/5/2021 |
| MOViE MOViE Cityplaza |
A hawker is bent on pursuing justice using her self-taught legal knowledge.
| 9/5/2021 |
| MOViE MOViE Cityplaza |
What life is like for Palestinian civilians living under Israeli Occupation.
The plight of female patients suffering from both sexual violence and conservative religious doctrine.
| 9/5/2021 |
| MOViE MOViE Cityplaza |
A Japanese elderly man dedicated his whole life to preserving a hundred-year-old theatre.
An Argentinian photographer who spent decades filming Latin Americans and their dreams.
| 8/5/2021 |
| MOViE MOViE Cityplaza |
An Iranian female journalist's self-reflection on the challenges and adversities faced by the local media.
| 1/5/2021 |
| MOViE MOViE Cityplaza |
The hedonistic lifestyle of a retired Caucasian man who moved to Africa and the troubles with his African conquests.
The last days of a Palestinian who betrayed his fellowmen.
The transformation of a luxurious hotel into a budget motel and its last days.
| 1/5/2021 |
| MOViE MOViE Cityplaza |
A Georgian father trying to educate his mentally handicapped son in filmmaking.
Two Russian teachers are torn between the harsh reality and their high ideals.
The last days of the traditional food stalls in housing estates.
| 1/5/2021 |
| MOViE MOViE Cityplaza |
The final hours of Babenco, the director of the famed Kiss of the Spider Woman.
The victim discusses the difficulties of pursuing justice.
| 9/5/2021 |
| MOViE MOViE Cityplaza |
The quest for independence of a Muslim Lebanese woman.
| 9/5/2021 |
| MOViE MOViE Cityplaza |