A poetic, experimental portrait of four Hong Kong women in London working to digitise records of the handover agreement between the United Kingdom and China. Impressionistic and precise, personal and expansive, Cheung's elegant, eloquent work decodes history and how politics are enacted.
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Netherlands 27 January 2020
Taiwan 01 May 2021
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28 November 2016
Four years later, Hong Kong’s 2014 democratic Umbrella Movement has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize, yet political backlash against protesters has intensified.
11 March 2017
Chinese teenagers from the wealthy elite, with big American dreams, settle into a boarding school in small-town Maine.
12 November 2016
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30 May 2021
Could our mounting modern problems have ancient solutions? Travel to the depths of China to find out.
01 January 1973
Made for German TV documentary about the early craze of Hong Kong Martial Arts Cinema. While critical on the subject and not too well informed, it nevertheless offers some interesting insights into the Hong Kong film industry of that days.
01 April 2014
In their infinite quest for virgin big walls, adventurers Sean Villanueva O’Driscoll, Nicolas Favresse, Stephane Hanssens and Evrard Wendenbaum, head in September 2013 to a remote valley in the westernmost region of China.
26 May 2019
Highlights the rebellious young generation of artists in China fighting for political emancipation, artistic freedom and creating a cultural golden age during the 1980s - a significant decade of transformational change.
25 December 2016
Beneath Hong Kong's glittering facade, Filipina domestic helpers work in relative anonymity and for near-slave wages.
19 March 2017
In China more people are on death row than the rest of the world combined. The children of the convicts are often left alone, stigmatized and living in the streets.
01 May 2006
How do you reconcile a commitment to non-violence when faced with violence? Why do the poor often seem happier than the rich? Must a society lose its traditions in order to move into the future? These are some of the questions posed to His Holiness the Dalai Lama by filmmaker and explorer Rick Ray.
28 February 2008
Journey with the musicians of the Berlin Philharmonic and their conductor Sir Simon Rattle on a breakneck concert tour of six metropolises across Asia: Beijing, Seoul, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Taipei and Tokyo.
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15 October 2021
The Story of Indian Mythology Mahabharata and one of the greatest wars in history.
01 November 2021
Featuring sit-down interviews with experts and historians, follows the story of the Japanese American soldiers of WWII who fought for the ideals of American democracy.
30 March 2021
A documentary about women who have been victims of domestic violence and them telling their story ofd
22 July 2021
Left quad. Right quad. Lunge. A girls indoor soccer team warms up. From the safety of their suburban stretch circle, the team navigates big questions and wages tiny battles with all the vim and vigor of a pack of adolescent warriors.
01 September 2021
Just as Tessa's life begins to become unglued, nothing is what she thought it would be. Not her friends nor her family.
01 January 2021
Featuring rare archive footage of Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini, and Churchill. The leaders hold imaginary conversations around WWII, revealing their personal takes of wartime events.
15 December 2021
Peter Parker is unmasked and no longer able to separate his normal life from the high-stakes of being a super-hero.
07 July 2021
Natasha Romanoff, also known as Black Widow, confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises.
30 September 2021
After finding a host body in investigative reporter Eddie Brock, the alien symbiote must face a new enemy, Carnage, the alter ego of serial killer Cletus Kasady.
20 August 2021
Kirsty must survive an afternoon in the city centre until her accomodation can be arranged at a homeless shelter.
15 September 2021
Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people.
01 July 2021
Online activist, J1NX, was trying to uncover the facts before she went missing earlier this year... Now, her FaceTime history has been extracted and it's worse than you think.
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