GE2019-36
***Due to extended class suspension at HKU, the following programme will be rescheduled. Please stay tuned for further announcement.***
2018 | 120 min. | Dir. James Leong | In English and Cantonese with English subtitles
《傘上：遍地開花》是一部從社運人士及參與運動市民的角度出發拍攝的長篇紀錄片。2014年的「雨傘運動」是那年夏天香港難以磨滅的烙印，從六四燭光晚會至928數萬名示威者在政府總部外佔領包圍，影片跟隨著運動中的每個細節、每個高潮起伏，帶著觀眾進入了整場運動的核心。
The film charts the origins of Hong Kong’s, “Umbrella Movement” through the eyes of the activists and ordinary people who made it happen. From the June 4th Candlelight Vigil until September 28th in 2014, when tens of thousands of protestors occupied the streets outside Hong Kong’s government headquarters, this documentary puts us at the heart of the action, allowing us to experiencing the highs and lows of that indelible summer, when Hong Kong witnessed a ‘blossoming of democracy.’
▍Speakers of Post-screening Discussion:
- Mr. James Leong 梁思眾先生
Director of Umbrella Diaries
- Mr. Shu Kei 舒琪先生
Producer of Umbrella Diaries
Date: 20/2 (Thu) Rescheduled date to be announced
Time: 18:45 – 21:45
Venue: Rayson Huang Theatre 香港大學黃麗松講堂
Language of Post-screening Discussion: English
Online registration starts at 10:00 on 23/1 (Thu):
► HKU Students and Staff - https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?ueid=69072
► Alumni and Public - https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?guest=Y&ueid=69073
** Registrants are required to register with their full name as on the HKID card/passport. Security may check the relevant event registration confirmation and identity documents at campus entrance.
2018 | 120 min. | Dir. James Leong | In English and Cantonese with English subtitles
《傘上：遍地開花》是一部從社運人士及參與運動市民的角度出發拍攝的長篇紀錄片。2014年的「雨傘運動」是那年夏天香港難以磨滅的烙印，從六四燭光晚會至928數萬名示威者在政府總部外佔領包圍，影片跟隨著運動中的每個細節、每個高潮起伏，帶著觀眾進入了整場運動的核心。
The film charts the origins of Hong Kong’s, “Umbrella Movement” through the eyes of the activists and ordinary people who made it happen. From the June 4th Candlelight Vigil until September 28th in 2014, when tens of thousands of protestors occupied the streets outside Hong Kong’s government headquarters, this documentary puts us at the heart of the action, allowing us to experiencing the highs and lows of that indelible summer, when Hong Kong witnessed a ‘blossoming of democracy.’
▍Speakers of Post-screening Discussion:
- Mr. James Leong 梁思眾先生
Director of Umbrella Diaries
- Mr. Shu Kei 舒琪先生
Producer of Umbrella Diaries
Date: 20/2 (Thu) Rescheduled date to be announced
Time: 18:45 – 21:45
Venue: Rayson Huang Theatre 香港大學黃麗松講堂
Language of Post-screening Discussion: English
Online registration starts at 10:00 on 23/1 (Thu):
► HKU Students and Staff - https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?ueid=69072
► Alumni and Public - https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?guest=Y&ueid=69073
** Registrants are required to register with their full name as on the HKID card/passport. Security may check the relevant event registration confirmation and identity documents at campus entrance.
Schedule:
| Date | Time | Venue |
| 20 Feb 2020 | 18:45 - 21:45 | Rayson Huang Theatre |
Bio of Instructor(s) 導師簡介:
Mr. James Leong 梁思眾先生梁思眾曾聯合導演過五部獨立紀錄長片，獲多個影展選映，包括加拿大的Hotdocs、荷蘭的IDFA 及日本山形等電影節。他的首部長片《Passabe》記錄了東帝汶的真相與和解，獲 「Sundance Institute 紀錄片基金」支持。2006年的第二部紀錄長片《曙光球隊》（Homeless FC） 及 2013年的《烏坎》（Wukan: The Flame of Democracy），均在香港的華語紀錄片電影節中奪得最佳紀錄長片大獎。
James Leong's documentaries have been screened at festivals such as Hotdocs, IDFA, and Yamagata. Passabe (2004), about truth and reconciliation in East Timor, received a grant from the Sundance Institute Documentary Fund. Homeless FC (2006) won the top prize at the Chinese Documentary Festival in Hong Kong. Wukan (2015) was awarded Best Feature at the Freedom Film Festival and the Chinese Documentary Festival and received a special mention at the Dubai International Film Festival. Umbrella Diaries: The First Umbrella was nominated for Best Feature Documentary at the 55th Golden Horse Awards in 2018.
Mr. Shu Kei 舒琪先生舒琪，1977年畢業於香港大學，先後加入過佳藝電視台、香港電視廣播有限公司及嘉禾電影公司擔任編劇及副導演，導演作品有《兩小無知》、《虎度門》、《基佬四十》、《海濱薄夢》（短片）和《沒有太陽的日子》、《想像易文》《董培新與我》（三者皆為記錄片）等。監製作品有《初戀無限Touch》、《阿李爸爸，兩個大盜》、《一個複雜故事》與《翠絲》。期間又成立「創造社」發行藝術及獨立電影超過200部。1997年開設電影專門書店「壹角度書店」。著作有《1994/1995香港電影回顧》(編輯)、《大路之歌：孫瑜回憶錄》（合編）、《香港戰後國、粵語電影比較研究：朱石麟、秦劍等作品回顧》、《許鞍華「越南三部曲」劇本集》(編著)及《中國美少年》（小說）。2011年創立「香港粵語片研究會」。2005-2016年任香港演藝學院電影電視學院院長。
Shu Kei began writing scripts for television when he was still studying at The University of Hong Kong. Among the directors he worked with during this period were Ann Hui, Patrick Tam, Allen Fong, and Tsui Hark. After graduating, he joined Golden Harvest Film Co. after graduation as scriptwriter and assistant director. In 1981 he made his directorial debut, Sealed with a Kiss. Since then, he has directed eight dramas, including Hu-du-men (1996), A Queer Story (1997), and Thin Dream Bay (Short, 2014) and three documentaries, Sunless Days (1990), Imagining Evan Yang (2014), and Tung Pui-sun and Me (2016). He was also a distributor specialising in arthouse films and released over 200 titles. In 1997, he opened the first film bookshop in Asia, P.O.V. He also edited and published several anthologies of annual film reviews for the Hong Kong Film Critics Society, two books on Hong Kong Cinema in the 1950s and 60s for the Hong Kong International Film Festival, and two novels. He was Dean of the School of Film and Television of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts from 2005-2016. His latest film is Tracey (2018), which he wrote and produced.