Stefani Kuo
Stefani Kuo (郭佳怡) is a native of Hong Kong and graduate of Yale University in Theatre Studies. Currently based in New York, Stefani has worked in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Berlin, Provence, and the U.S. She is currently a member of the writers group Interstate 73 with Page 73, as well as Speakers Corner with Gingold Theatrical Group.
Stefani Kuo’s website: http://www.stefanikuo.com/
Jennifer Ngo
Jennifer Ngo is an award-winning journalist who wrote for the South China Morning Post, where her reporting earned her a Human Rights Press Award. She is part of the Migration Collective in London, organizing the annual London Migration Film Festival since 2018. Her first documentary, Faceless, focuses on the individual journeys of four young protestors, The Student, The Artist, The Daughter, and The Believer, during the 2019 anti-ELAB movement. The film had its European premiere at the 2021 Edinburgh International Film Festival..
Women and Hollywood: https://womenandhollywood.com/hot-docs-2021-women-directors-meet-jennifer-ngo-faceless/
Asian Movie Pulse: https://asianmoviepulse.com/2022/01/documentary-review-faceless-2021-by-jennifer-ngo/
Overseas students in the US debate on Hong Kong protests
Four international students studying in New York, from Hong Kong and mainland China, spoke to the South China Morning Post about their thoughts on the ongoing civil unrest.
Hong Kong at the Rotterdam Film Festival 2020
The 2020 International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) dedicated a programme in its “Perspectives” section to Hong Kong films by both established and upcoming filmmakers that examined the political, social and economic tensions underlying the city’s current turmoil. Nineteen films were included under the title of “Ordinary Heroes: Made in Hong Kong,” with six directed or co-directed by women filmmakers, including Home, and a Distant Archive (Dorothy Tsz Yan Cheung), If We Burn (James Leong and Lynn Lee), Kin’s Hair (Chang See-Wan and Chan Kwun-Chung), Lost in the Fumes (Nora Lam), Memories to Choke On, Drinks to Wash Them Down (Ming Kai Leung and Kate Reilly), and Ordinary Heroes (Ann Hui). With nearly 330,000 admissions and over 2,400 film professionals attending, IFFR is one of the largest audience and industry-driven film festivals in the world. The 49th edition of IFFR took place from January 22 to February 2, 2020. For details, please visit: https://iffr.com/en/programme/2020/a-z?section[82509]=82509
MUBI – Hong Kong’s Ordinary Heroes
Variety – Hong Kong Political Movement to be Recognized by Rotterdam Film Festival
Film Quarterly – Pixels, Police, and Batons: Hong Kong Cinema, Digital Media, the 2019 Protests, and Beyond
Hong Kong Film Censorship Bill
MCLC Resource Center: https://u.osu.edu/mclc/2021/09/03/hk-film-censorship-bill/
“Hong Kong film directors speak out as mainland-style censorship strikes.” Macau Business. September 27, 2021.
https://www.macaubusiness.com/hong-kong-film-directors-speak-out-as-mainland-style-censorship-strikes/?fbclid=IwAR2RpqxBsm2bsYxQcns006dUqL2YO6EsTY3aBnnsVsqjWN7otqJlwTpGhTM&__cf_chl_managed_tk__=pmd_f8BKYwdkcOuJPUb1CT2oQjR8Na4xNpmtT4oedeTk3gs-1632741939-0-gqNtZGzNA6WjcnBszRP9
Other Articles:
Berlinale: Kanas Liu’s Comrade
Berliner – Sundays for Hong Kong II: Films About a Ruptured City
Cybernews – Glacier Kwong from Hong Kong: speaking up when you’re being monitored takes a lot of creativity
SCMP – Hong Kong protests inspire film festival organisers from Rotterdam to New York
Short Film – Snake Eaters by Quentin Lee & Jericho Li
Pernin, Judith. “Filming the Individual and the Collective: The 2019 Pro-democracy Movement in Hong Kong Independent Documentaries.” MCLC Resource Center, The Ohio State University. October 2021.
https://u.osu.edu/mclc/online-series/pernin/
Hong Kong Women Filmmakers 