synopsis - All's Right With The World

(China/ 2007/ Director: King Wai Cheung/ 73 min/ CNEX)
Language: Cantonese + English subtitle

Against the annual celebration of the Chinese New Year, 5 families living on the margin of prosperous Hong Kong tell their stories. Their tragic fates are different in approach, but equal in effects making the audience wonder who’s who and what the relationship is between them. The families’ sole commonality is that all receive major subsidies. They may have different reasons for being poor and different living conditions, but they share a similar state of existence, and are accustomed and have adapted to poverty. The differences and similarities in how they celebrate Chinese New Year are shown in beautiful detail.

Awards:

2008 32nd Hong Kong International Film Festival, International Competition

2008 Seoul Independent Documentary Film & Video Festival, Non Competition

2008 20th FIPA International Festival of Audiovisual Programs, FIPATEL

歌舞昇平

(中國/2007/導演: 張經緯/73分鐘/紀錄片/CNEX)
廣東話＋英文字幕

有誰知道，富饒的香港，貧富懸殊的嚴重程度位列於全球第五位。但是，香港的窮，窮得很隱蔽，很鬼祟。在太平盛世，歌舞昇平的表層下面，香港的貧民是怎樣的一個生活狀態呢？我們跟著鏡頭走進5個香港貧窮的家庭，發覺他們口中所讲述的悲劇命運是如此曖昧地異曲同工，令人在觀看時不得不追問：他們到底誰是誰，他們之間有什麼關系？其實，唯一存在的關聯就是他們都靠救濟金生活。他們貧窮的理由或許不一樣，個人的故事也向著不同方向發展，但他們的生活狀態卻那麼相似，那是殊途同歸地對貧窮的習慣和適應。影片裡穿插著他們過農曆新年的片段，又與一般香港人的過年有著難分難解的相同和不同。

所獲獎項:

2008 32屆香港國際電影節，國際競賽單元

漢城獨立紀錄片電影錄像電影節