Hong Kong Arts Centre x Hong Kong Independent Film Festival - Independently Yours: Memories to Choke On, Drinks to Wash Them Down
Venue: Louis Koo Cinema, Hong Kong Arts Centre
Date: 2020.05.22 - 2020.05.25
Time: 7:45pm
Price: Standard ticket: $80. Tickets are now available at PUTYOURSELF.in.
Hong Kong Arts Centre is dedicated to cultivating the audience of and fostering the development of Hong Kong indie movies. “Independently Yours”, 20 years after it was first presented by the HKAC, returns as a recurrent screening programme in the HKAC Cinema.
Hong Kong Arts Centre x Hong Kong Independent Film Festival
Independently Yours: Memories to Choke On, Drinks to Wash Them Down
Screening Schedule
22/5 (Fri) 7:45pm Memories to Choke On, Drinks to Wash Them Down* Sold Out
25/5 (Mon) 7:45pm Memories to Choke On, Drinks to Wash Them Down* (Additional screening) BOOK NOW
*With after-screening discussion (conducted in Cantonese).
The following measures will be implemented for all screenings of Hong Kong Arts Centre x Hong Kong Independent Film Festival - Independently Yours: Memories to Choke On, Drinks to Wash Them Down, to combat the prevailing threat of Novel Coronavirus:
- All audience must wear face masks
- Cinema staff have the right to deny the admission of any person with temperature higher than 37.5°C
- All audience must wear face masks
- Cinema staff have the right to deny the admission of any person with temperature higher than 37.5°C
Memories to Choke On, Drinks to Wash Them Down
Directors: Leung Ming Kai, Kate Reilly
Cast: Leong Cheok Mei, Mia Mungil, Zeno Koo, Lam Yiu Sing, Gregory Wong, Kate Reilly, Jessica Lam Sin-tung
Hong Kong | 2019 | 77' | In Cantonese and English with Chinese and English subtitles | DCP | Colour
Directors: Leung Ming Kai, Kate Reilly
Cast: Leong Cheok Mei, Mia Mungil, Zeno Koo, Lam Yiu Sing, Gregory Wong, Kate Reilly, Jessica Lam Sin-tung
Hong Kong | 2019 | 77' | In Cantonese and English with Chinese and English subtitles | DCP | Colour
22/5 (Fri) 7:45pm*
*Directors Leung Ming Kai and Kate Reilly will attend the after-screening discussion (conducted in Cantonese).
*Directors Leung Ming Kai and Kate Reilly will attend the after-screening discussion (conducted in Cantonese).
Bittersweet stories of Hong Kongers contending with nostalgia and an uncertain future give way to a comical documentary assault on sentiment.
Two immigrant Hong Kong women – one from mainland China, one from Indonesia – live together in a little village. Together, they undertake an epic journey to the big city.
Brothers return to their working-class neighborhood for one last hangout in their mother’s toy store. With new responsibilities looming, they take refuge in childhood memories.
A local economics teacher and a "native English-speaking teacher" from the States spend one school year crisscrossing Hong Kong. As they say goodbye, they recall their earnest contemplation of after-school snacks.
A young barista and music-video star puts aside her many interests to run for district council. She fights both a pro-establishment incumbent and her own disdain for human interaction.
Ticket Price: $80/ $64*
*20% discount for full-time students, senior citizens aged 60 or above, people with disabilities and the minder. Concessionary ticket holders must produce evidence of their identity or age upon admission.
*20% off for each purchase of 4 or more standard tickets.
Co-Presenters: Hong Kong Arts Centre, Ying E Chi
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