ALL ABOUT US 2022/23
Date: 2022.11.27 - 2023.11.26
ALL ABOUT US 2022/23
ALL ABOUT US continues to provide a creative media education programme for ethnic minority youths in Hong Kong. It includes an Orientation Day, 3-day-2-night Creative Training Camp, film production, Young Filmmaker Mentoring Programme and a Screening Day. Through a series of filming activities, participants learned the hands-on experience – write screenplays, scout locations, sketch storyboards, tried their hands at working with a film set, edited videos, and sounds, and discovered how to tell their own story through moving images. Participants also learned how to produce their own short videos under the guidance of veteran film-makers and professional video artists. The selected videos were screened in public film screenings at the 28th ifva Festival and ALL ABOUT US Film Festival.
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Creative Camps & Film Production
Orientation Day
Date: 27 November 2022 (Sun)
Venue: Louis Koo Cinema, Hong Kong Arts Centre
There were 30 participants in total this year. The majority of participants were from Pakistan, and a few of them were from Philippines, Nepal, Chinese and India. The Orientation Day was held at Louis Koo Cinema, Hong Kong Arts Centre to announce the upcoming camp in December. They also watched two short films, Last Novel and Bibi, the Ghost, which were the previous works from Alumni of ALL ABOUT US 2019/20 and 2021/22. Two previous participants, Mueed and Atique, were invited to share their experience on developing the passion for video shooting since joining the ALL ABOUT US programme. After the screening, teaching artist, students, student mentors are gathered into groups in order to get to know each other.
3 Days 2 Nights Creative Camp
Date: 2 - 4 December 2022 (Fri - Sun)
Venue: Wu Kwai Sha Youth Village
The 3-day-2-night Creative Training Camp took place from 2 to 4 December 2022 at Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong - Wu Kwai Sha Youth Village. It provided participants with a variety of workshops and activities. Not only did they learn fundamental filming skills and knowledge from 4 teaching artists who are professional local filmmakers, but they also had the opportunity to bond as a team with the support of social workers and student mentors. After the camp, participants had six weeks to work on their own projects, which were then screened at the 28th ifva Festival.
Film Production
Date: January - February 2023
Venue: Decided by the Teaching Artists and Participants after discussion
The film production took place between January to February 2023. Over 6 weeks, participants learned about pre-production planning, film aesthetics, location scouting, using of camera, storytelling, sound design, video editing, participants produced their short films. A series of tutorials and outdoor shooting activities were organized in groups. With the guidance of the teaching artists, all groups successfully developed their scripts to complete short films.
Student Creative Film Showcase
Date: 5 March 2023 (Sun)
Venue: Louis Koo Cinema, Hong Kong Arts Centre
Under the guidance of four teaching artists, the participants of ALL ABOUT US produced four short films, spanning across various genres such as romance, comedy, documentary, and more. The films had their premiere at the 28th ifva Festival on 5 March 2023. At the end of the screening, the participants and teaching artists shared their memorable experiences and thoughts regarding filmmaking with the audience.
Young Filmmaker Mentoring Programme
Date: June - October 2023
Venue: Decided by the Teaching Artists and Participants after discussion
The ALL ABOUT US Young Filmmaker Mentoring Programme 2022-23 received enthusiastic response from ALL ABOUT US alumni. Two applicants were selected for the programme who are Phirens Rai (Nepali) and Hiroka Mak (Malaysian-Chinese and Japanese). With the guidance of the two teaching artists, local professional filmmakers, each two young filmmakers took part in the mentoring sessions and filming activities from July to October. They served as directors and/or screenwriters themselves, guiding and leading their teams from concept and script development to casting, directing, and post-production. Two short films were eventually created, which screened at the ALL ABOUT US Film Festival 2023.
ALL ABOUT US Film Festival 2023
Date: 24 - 26 November 2023 (Fri - Sun)
Venue: Louis Koo Cinema, Hong Kong Arts Centre
Two participants from the ALL ABOUT US Young Filmmaker Mentoring Programme created two short films, Boju and Blurry to me. To celebrate the achievements, the short films were premiered and screened together with the Opening Film and Closing Film and in the Midnight Show at the ALL ABOUT US Film Festival 2023, sharing their stories and thoughts during shooting with the audience.
Organised by
Hong Kong Arts Centre, ifva
Supported by
Hong Kong Arts Development Council
Hong Kong Arts Development Council supports freedom of artistic expression. The views and opinions expressed in this project do not represent the stand of the Council.
Hong Kong Arts Centre, ifva
Supported by
Hong Kong Arts Development Council
Hong Kong Arts Development Council supports freedom of artistic expression. The views and opinions expressed in this project do not represent the stand of the Council.
U.S. Consulate General Hong Kong and Macau
Supporting Organisation
Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong
Equipment Support
Nikon Hong Kong Ltd.
Equipment Support
Nikon Hong Kong Ltd.
Microsoft Hong Kong
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