Phantom of the Postman

Interview with Lo Ting: An Oral History Project

Lee Sin-yu wants to make a documentary about a friend and his dementia grandfather, who would occasionally say that his wife is "Lo Ting". Lee Sin-yu set out for the fishing village of Tap Mun to begin filming, and starts to understand the dark side of Lo Ting that has been hidden in history.

Imparture

This is a tale of Hong Kong, of the the students who fight for democracy. In the afternoon of the election day, a student broke the rules by broadcasting the song of democracy in the school's broadcasting room. Today they face a trial from the teacher, who asks them to snitch on the troublemaker. The students all tell a different tale, protecting each other despite their different backgrounds, identities, and privileges. The trial continues till the evening, and it only ends at night. Is this an evening of resistenc, or an evening before sunrise and hope?

The Witch I love

Fong Hang and the witch first met in 1947 after WW II. She gave him a candy, and then he fell in love with her. In 1967, they went their separate ways, but still promised to meet each other every 10 years. The witch didn't grow old. She always looked like 20 when they met. But time was cruel to Fong Hang, He had suffered from losses and finally understood the pain of the witch’s immortality in 1997. In 2007, when the Queen’s Pier was taken down, the witch met Hang’s son, but he didn’t like the taste of the candy at all. An era had finally came to an end.

The Book of Disquiet

Chun and Jane are siblings. They were very close as children, but after Jane graduated and started working, while Chun stayed at school for his PhD and spent most of his time in the dorm, they gradually drifted apart. One morning, Jane receives news that her brother has committed suicide. While handling his affairs, she discovers that he had already bought insurance, suggesting he had planned this for some time. To find out the reason behind his death, Jane uses his computer and starts messaging his friends on social media, slowly rediscovering the brother she once knew. In the end, Jane realizes that her search for answers was not only for her brother—and the culprit was never just one person.

Book of Flock

When a city becomes less accessible and appealing, is intergalactic immigration the only solution? A young couple comes on board a spaceship to reach their utopia. There had been both subtle and crude instances of suppressions, mostly to establish dominance, from the authority which they endured with determination. However, the theft of an important literature “Book of Flock” turned their voyage into upheavals and jeopardized their dreams. Though stylish in a futuristic tone, the fable may be as timeless as the message conveyed in the “Book of Flock”: the sadly familiar tactics by the totalitarian authority to fool the people and suppress their free will.

Speak to the Tide

If a goddess has come down to earth, could she bring back lost time for man? Ning takes a substitute teaching position at a rural school, hoping to find inspiration for her novel from nature. One day after class, students Richard and LAM Mak-noeng, a mysteriously masked girl who shares the same name as the Empress of Heaven, come to her for help. It turns out that Mak-noeng is about to disappear. Faced with such an ethereal problem, Ning takes on the responsibility of a storyteller and seeks a happy ending for this heavenly romance. The director, who has always been interested in urban issues, has continued to mix historical and fantastical elements like he has done with Interview with Lo-Ting: An Oral History Project (2022). A modern love story with celestial inspiration, the film gently caresses the remnants of our city and the melancholy of lonely souls.

Missing

After their father's death, Wah and her older brother Jason inherited the small shop "Remembering". Inside "Remembering", there is an old, worn bulletin board covered with missing person notices and messages of longing accumulated over the years. One night, both of them encountered people in the city carrying memories and pain. Searching for the missing is just a process; perhaps the people we cannot find are simply living in a place happier than where we are.