Keep Rolling 好好拍電影
Hong Kong / 2020 / Colour / 118 mins / In Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles/ Dir. Man Lim CHUNG
On a buzzing red carpet, a 70-year-old short-haired woman strides towards the stage with confidence. Behind the red carpet, it’s a muddy path that leads to a movie studio in New Territories, Hong Kong. To her, glory and hardship are nothing more than just different paths that lead to the world of cinema.
40 years have passed, Ann Hui has experienced numerous ups and downs in her career, but the turn of the tide has never threatened her dedication and integrity towards movies. Her works embody her humanistic concerns and deep interests for the people of Hong Kong. On the lonely journey of discovery, her life is now full because of movies.
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Man entered the film industry after graduating from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University – School of Design in 1991. During the early years in his career, he assisted the most acclaimed art directors in Hong Kong such as Mr. Tony Au and Mr. William Chang on many Hong Kong blockbusters. He was awarded his first Hong Kong Film Award in 1999 for his art direction in “Tempting Heart” and began his career as one of Hong Kong’s most notable art directors. From 2002 onwards, he has been working with Director Ann Hui and has worked as her films’ art director for “July Rhapsody”, “The Golden Era” and “Our Time Will Come”.
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Ann Hui was already 70 years old when she finished filming “Our Time Will Come”, but she was the kind of director who is energetic, decisive, extremely passionate towards movies, and still used to doing everything herself. Growing up in Hong Kong, Ann inherits the city’s unique cultural and historical heritage. She is a typical embodiment of the ‘Hong Kong spirit’ as she is extremely versatile and flexible. She works with a fast pace and she is often able to find pleasures in the midst of hardships. At the same time, she’s nothing short of extraordinary: she is one of very few directors who are educated intellectuals, not to mention that she is a female director in a male-dominated line of work. She insists on the importance of critical thinking, and she respects lives. For years, she has been struggling between artistic or commercial approaches. Tsui Hark once said ‘Ann is a species that Hong Kong’s movie industry has to protect’. 70-year-old Ann Hui brought light, courage and empowerment to Hong Kong’s cinema with her life, her work, her passion and her diligence. This is a story about Ann Hui, Hong Kong movies and the growth of Hong Kong.
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Film and Legend at Golden Horse Film Festival 2020
Special Mention: Films of Merit at Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards 2021
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Best Director at Hong Kong Film Awards 2022
Best New Director at Hong Kong Film Awards 2022
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Hong Kong International Film Festival 2020
Singapore International Film Festival 2020
International Film Festival Rotterdam 2021
Udine Far East Film Festival 2021
Vancouver International Film Festival 2021
Dublin International Film Festival 2022
