Flowing Stories 河上變村 | Newcastle Screening + discussion| Waving Kites

'Ho Chung Tetralogy' includes the interactive web piece All About My Ho Chung, the short film The Life and Times of Ho Chung Village, the feature film Big Blue Lake, and the director’s first feature-length documentary Flowing Stories. Through depicting the recurrent reunions and partings of the villagers and the intimate details of their lives, the film examines issues about urban and rural development. Filmed on locations in Hong Kong and in various cities in France and UK, Flowing Stories is an ode to village life and a journey in search of Hong Kongers’ collective roots. Tsang’s camera records the beautiful scenery and time-honored customs of the local village, as well as a once-a-decade village festival, which serves as a continuation of a tradition passed down through generations and a testament of family bonding. Today, Hong Kong citizens are confused about the future, the director hopes to review the village’s development in order to search for the meaning of home and diaspora through this meaningful local documentary.

曾翠珊繼《蠔涌》（網絡互動作品）、《河上風光》（短片）和《大藍湖》（長片）後的「蠔涌四部曲」，精心經營的首齣紀錄片製作。從蠔涌村民的聚散離合、生活點滴，看城鄉經濟的發展。導演走訪英、法等國家多個城市，用鏡頭捕捉美景和風俗，探討漂流他鄉的村民對鄉土的感情，尋回那遺忘失落的根。十年一度的太平清醮，除了是代代相傳的禮節儀式，更是家庭團聚及遊子思鄉情的見證。在今日香港人面對不明前景，思考何去何從之際，導演希望藉著作品，從離鄉別井的經歷去探索家的定義，並從社群流徙的故事去反思過去和展望村落的未來發展。這是一部極具誠意及啟發性的本地紀錄片製作。

This event is part of Waving Kites: Hong Kong Diasporic Cinema UK Tour, organised by the Chinese Independent Film Archive at Newcastle University, in partnership with Star and Shadow Cinema.

Waving Kites is curated by CIFA, with the support of the BFI Screen Heritage Fund, awarding National Lottery funding.

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