In recent years, the Hong Kong Independent Short Film and Video Awards
held annually by the Hong Kong Arts Centre has been stepping up its
support for filmmaking by young people. Works by local teenagers awarded
in the Youth Category exhibit a fresh creativity and originality,
as seen in these two short videos.
While the media hype surrounding the Colony's 1997 handover to China
was going on, ordinary Hong Kong kids continued with their daily lives.
From cradle to grave, the handy camcorder is increasingly becoming
an intricate part of family life in this part of the world
Director's
Statement
One evening, a bunch of friends got together at my place. Bored and
restless, we grabbed my brother's camcorder and started shooting around.
It didn't cost anything anyway. Afterwards, we found the images realistic,
interesting and very different from mainstream movies.
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