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Screening of Short Film 'one plus one' 9 June 2014

Free Screening of Short Film '1+1' and Talk (Cantoese with English subtitles)

Cantonese: 7 June 2014 8pm (Registration and reception 7:30pm)
English: 9 June 2014 8pm (Registration and reception 7:30pm)

'1+1' 35min HD/ Hong Kong/ Col/ 2010/ 15', 30', 35'/ In Cantonese with English subtitles / Drama(Fiction)

Followed by Q&A session with director Mo, Lai Yan Chi and screen writer Banky Yeung

Lai Yan-Chi's short film 1+1 triumphed at two prominent short film awards in Hong Kong, namely Fresh Wave and IFVA. She multiplies the sentiment in 1+1, by N times maybe, to come up with her debut feature-length fictional film N+N.

She will tell you her transition from 1+1 to directing her first feature length N+N.

7 June 2014 Saturday 8pm (Cantonese)
9 June 2014 Monday 8pm (English)
(Reception at 7:30pm)

Venue: 1307 Block B Ming Pao Industrial Centre
18 Ka Yip Street, Chai Wan, Hong Kong

Entry fee: Free (seats are limited)

Enquiry and registration by email: hkfilmschool@yahoo.com

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Synopsis

A multi-layered story told spontaneously in a natural and simple manner.
A story between a grandpa and his granddaughter, their home will be cleared out by the government for the sake of constructing a railway route right through their village.
Trailer:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vGWKqDQ0RFk
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About the Director

Lai Yan-chi Mo, a Post-80s born and grew up in Hong Kong, loves trees, the sea and arts. Mo graduated in from the School of Cinema and Television of the Hong Kong Baptist University with excellent results for her with Bachelor Degree and earned her Master in Cultural Studies in from Lingnan University, she also earned the Master in Theatre from the University of Leeds in the U.K. studying Master in Theatre.
2012 Awardee of Ten Outstanding Young Persons Selection
2013 Spirit of Hong Kong Ambassador
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About the screenwriter

Banky Yeung graduated from the The Hong Kong Academy For Performing Arts. He is the Artistic Director of FM a theatre Power.
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Interview with Noreen at RTHK

Noreen will talk to Mo Lai Yan Chi, stage actress, documentary and short film maker and one of the city's Ten Outstanding Young Persons about her upcoming play "Woman in Red".
http://programme.rthk.hk/channel/radio/programme.php?name=radio3/1_2_3_show&d=2014-04-16&p=5979&e=259318&m=episode
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N+N

Synopsis
ln this film N+Nt he wise grandpa and witty granddaughter from 1+1 continue to bless the city with bamboo shoots, while their own home in a rural village is torn down to give way for the high speed railway. They meet other people also jeopardized by the so-called development: artist left homeless because of factory revitalization, the middle-class striving for a living, the young generation born in the 1990s... They are all trying to hold on to the city's collective memory and every living tree.
Director : Lai Yan Chi
Cast : Ricky Yeung, Joycelyn Kan, Augustine Mok, Ducky Tse
Duration : 95 mins
Category : ---
Language : Cantonese (Chinese & English Subtitles)
Trailer:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nmUpNZ0NHzc
Click to a larger version of N+N show times at Broadwy Cinematheque

N+N show times at Broadwy Cinematheque

14 June 7:45pm
15 June 2pm
18 June 7:45pm
21 June 6pm
28 June 3:20pm
29 June 5:35pm
http://www.cinema.com.hk/revamp/html/list_detail.php?lang=e&movie_id=7395