Hong Kong Protests Movies

  • 2014
    Lessons in Dissent

    Lessons in Dissent

    Lessons in Dissent

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    A vivid portrait of a generation of Hong Kongers committed to creating a new more democratic Hong Kong. Schoolboy Joshua Wong dedicates himself to...

    Lessons in Dissent
  • 2020
    Fear(less) and Dear

    Fear(less) and Dear

    Fear(less) and Dear

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    Hongkongers have been experiencing extremely difficult times due to the political movement caused by anti-Extradition Bill since the summer of 2019...

    Fear(less) and Dear
  • 2010
    Anti-XRL Campaign - Media Perspective

    Anti-XRL Campaign - Media Perspective

    Anti-XRL Campaign - Media Perspective

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    In late 2009, over twenty Hong Kong civic groups united as the "Anti-High-Speed Rail, Stop Funding" coalition, aiming to halt Legislative Council...

    Anti-XRL Campaign - Media Perspective
  • 2018
    Like an abortion, for the very first time

    Like an abortion, for the very first time

    Like an abortion, for the very first time

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    The Umbrella Movement was a wave of street protests that took place in Hong Kong from September to December 2014 as a reaction to oppressive...

    Like an abortion, for the very first time
  • 2020
    Age of Valiant

    Age of Valiant

    Age of Valiant

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    At the forefront of most of Hong Kong's demonstrations, 'frontliners' (aka 'the valiant', yung mo in Cantonese) are the black-clad, masked, often...

    Age of Valiant
  • 2010
    21 years after

    21 years after

    21 years after

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    This is the first referendum held in Hong Kong and probably the last. Some people want to grasp the chance to directly participate in the democratic...

    21 years after
  • 2020
    Trial and Error

    Trial and Error

    Trial and Error

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    This Anti-ELAB (Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill) Movement documentary short takes us back to the airport occupation on 12 August 2019. Although...

    Trial and Error
  • 2025
    Another Home

    Another Home

    Another Home

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    Cheung Chau, once a fishing village in Hong Kong, has transformed into a tourist spot. Ri-Tai, a food stall run by A-Cheung, reflects local life,...

    Another Home
  • 2020
    Hong Kong Moments

    Hong Kong Moments

    Hong Kong Moments

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    As pro-democracy activists and armed police battle in the streets of Hong Kong, ordinary citizens are choosing sides. Historically an outlier of both...

    Hong Kong Moments
  • 2010
    Raging Land 2 : Breaking new ground through Thorns and Thistles

    Raging Land 2 : Breaking new ground through Thorns and Thistles

    Raging Land 2 : Breaking new ground through Thorns and Thistles

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    Choi Yuen Village faced demolition by the express rail project. In 2009, villagers protested and petitioned, sparking the anti-express rail movement....

    Raging Land 2 : Breaking new ground through Thorns and Thistles
  • 2025
    Afterwards,

    Afterwards,

    Afterwards,

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    Two independent stories - one from 2014 and the other from 2019 - are placed together, allowing us to look back at the Umbrella Movement and the...

    Afterwards,
  • 2018
    Franco Mella

    Franco Mella

    Franco Mella

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    Franco Mella is a devoted figure whose life bridges Catholicism and Communism. He has journeyed through Asia, lived simply, and fought for social...

    Franco Mella
  • 2023
    Hong Kong Mixtape

    Hong Kong Mixtape

    Hong Kong Mixtape

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    Political engagement spawned the wildest of wonderlands for Hong Kong’s creativity – but as a new law annihilates freedom of expression...

    Hong Kong Mixtape
  • 2018
    Head-to-tail

    Head-to-tail

    Head-to-tail

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    An overwhelming pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong (also described as the Occupy Movement or the Umbrella Revolution in the region) in 2014 has...

    Head-to-tail
  • 2020
    Inside the Red Brick Wall

    Inside the Red Brick Wall

    Inside the Red Brick Wall

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    In 2019, Hong Kong was swept by demonstrations against the controversial extradition bill. At the Polytechnic University, a group of students also...

    Inside the Red Brick Wall
  • 2020
    June

    June

    June

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    I made June when I didn’t have any inspiration to create a feature film. The documentary is about the rarely known stories in the social...

    June
  • 2020
    Be Water

    Be Water

    Be Water

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    The documentary “Be Water” records the clash in West Kowloon on 20th October, 2019. Police issued objection notice to the march protest...

    Be Water
  • 2024
    Rather Be Ashes Than Dust

    Rather Be Ashes Than Dust

    Rather Be Ashes Than Dust

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    Memories of his four-year journey focused on the Hong Kong protests. Narrated in the first person, is rich with reflections and contemplations, most...

    Rather Be Ashes Than Dust
  • 2009
    Raging Land 1: A Record of Choi Yuen Village

    Raging Land 1: A Record of Choi Yuen Village

    Raging Land 1: A Record of Choi Yuen Village

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    This is a film about Choi Yuen Village, documenting villagers’ lives in the summer and autumn of 2009. Suddenly, weekly meetings, guided tours,...

    Raging Land 1: A Record of Choi Yuen Village
  • 2016
    Umbrellas Move

    Umbrellas Move

    Umbrellas Move

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    “Umbrellas Move” is a long feature documentary capturing scenes from Hong Kong’s city-wide protest, the occupy movement in 2014....

    Umbrellas Move