BLUE ISLAND
DIRECTOR: Chan Tze-woon |
RUN TIME: 97min | PREMIERE DATE: 14/10/2022
BLUE ISLAND
憂鬱之島
Protests across two generations, three true stories. A blend of documentary and fiction, weaving together historical footages and interviews, creating a cinematic tapestry of an era of turmoil and melancholy…
In 1967, during colonial period, a leftist underage was imprisoned for printing propaganda during riots; In 1989, Hong Kong youngster went supporting student movement in Beijing, and witnessed how dreams and flesh being crushed by tanks; In 2019, being convicted of rioting in the Anti-Extradition Law Movement, a social worker student faced jail sentence of 10 years.
The film records the inter-generational dialogue between real-life individuals who had joined protests at their young age and young people who experienced the Anti-Extradition Law Movement, to re-enact their memories and experience.
Cinema Lineup
BFI London
Film Festival
BFI Southbank