Leung Ming-kai
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Leung Ming-kai is a cinematographer and filmmaker from Hong Kong. As a cinematographer, Kai has shot more than 20 celebrated features in different parts of the world. These include Sylvia Chang's Murmur of the Hearts, Johnny Ma's Old Stone, and Anocha Suwichakornpong's By the Time It Gets Dark. Festivals including Cannes, Berlin, Locarno, New York, Rotterdam, and New Directors/New Films have selected films he shot. Kai was nominated for Best Cinematography in the Philippines for Ang Nawawala, in Canada for Old Stone, and in Thailand for By the Time It Gets Dark.
Recently, Kai shot Ray Yeung's Suk Suk, which was selected by Berlin 2020 and nominated for Best Picture at the Hong Kong Film Awards. He also shot Jun Li's 2021 film Drifting, which was nominated for Best Cinematography at the Golden Horse Awards and Best Picture at the Hong Kong Film Awards.
Kai also directs. His short film Three Boys represented the Philippines in competition at Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival and won the top prize at the Hong Kong Independent Film & Video Awards. It also screened at Sao Paulo, Austin, and Jecheon. Lock was in competition at the Tribeca Film Festival. Kai directed and wrote omnibus film Memories to Choke On, Drinks to Wash Them Down with Kate Reilly, and together, they won Best Screenplay and Film of Merit at the Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards.
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When her partner Pat unexpectedly dies, Angie is left to worry about the flat in which the couple lived together for over 30 years. Supported by her chosen family, Angie begins a later-life journey into emancipation.
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Accomplishing her late husband's wish of remaining a mysterious neon sign, a depressed middle-aged widow and the neon signmaker's protégé discover surprises and bitterness amidst the city's vanishing glow.
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Hassan is a Hong Kong-born Pakistani kid waiting for refugee status to Canada. His father died in a car accident that Yat is involved in, who himself was a refugee from China in the 1970s. When Hassan joins a refugees' gang and gets entangled with the police, Yat decides to help him flee, but Hassan finds out the truth about his father's death. Can their journey continue?
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On stage, senior Cantonese opera singer Sam Chan is bright and well-received. Yet at backstage, how could she deal with her fear and difficulties and a complaint against her regarding National Security Law in Hong Kong?
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A 28-year-old I.T. geek suddenly finds himself the object of affection for five attractive women within the same year. The quintet share virtually no similar traits except one quirky thing: they all live in remote corners of Hong Kong.
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Just out of jail, Fai finds a spot on a street corner where other homeless people welcome him. But he doesn’t get much time to settle in. The police soon chase them away, and their possessions disappear into a garbage truck. Young social worker Ms Ho thinks it’s time to fight this in court. In the meantime, Fai and his friends have other concerns.
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20대 중반의 친구 네 명이 제2차 세계 대전 기념관인 죽음의 철도 박물관에 방문하고자 깐짜나부리로 향한다. 이들의 이야기와 평행을 이루는 한 여자의 이야기가 있다. 그녀는 친구가 알 수 없는 이유로 자취를 감춘 뒤 숲에 홀로 남는다.
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홍콩에 사는 노년의 게이 남성들의 사랑 이야기이다. 70세의 택시 기사 박은 부인과 함께 살고 있으며 아들 가족과 임신한 채 결혼하려는 딸을 지척에 두고 있다. 사별한 채 독실한 기독교인인 아들 가족과 함께 사는 호이는 손녀를 챙기는 낙 외에는 즐거움이 별로 없다. 가족들에게 자신의 성 정체성을 숨기며 살아온 박과 호이는 우연한 첫 만남 이후 점차 함께 있는 시간이 늘어나고, 서로에게 사랑을 느끼게 된다. 한편, 호이는 60세 이상 게이 남성들의 모임에 정기적으로 참여하고 있는데 이들은 정부로부터 게이 노인들을 위한 양로원 건립 지원을 받기 위해 포럼을 기획한다. 그러나 누구도 대중 앞에 나서서 연설하려고 들지 않는다.
Producer
4개의 단편이 맞닿아 있는 이 영화는 다양한 방식으로 과거에서부터 현재와 미래까지의 홍콩을 조망한다.
Screenplay
4개의 단편이 맞닿아 있는 이 영화는 다양한 방식으로 과거에서부터 현재와 미래까지의 홍콩을 조망한다.
Director
4개의 단편이 맞닿아 있는 이 영화는 다양한 방식으로 과거에서부터 현재와 미래까지의 홍콩을 조망한다.
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태국 남부의 대표적인 관광지로 꼽히는 크라비 섬은 태국의 선사 시대와 가까운 과거, 그리고 현재의 세계가 충돌하는 장소다. 한 영화인은 촬영지를 물색하기 위해 관광 가이드의 도움을 받아 섬의 구석구석을 탐방한다. 이곳에 살고 있는 한 노인은 과거에 권투선수로 살아 온 삶을 이야기한다. 광고를 촬영하기위해 섬을 찾은 배우는 네안데르탈인과 조우하는 기이한 경험을 겪은 이후 행동에 변화를 보인다. 이 모든 신비로운 경험은 장소와 시간의 상호작용에 대한 시적인 표현이며, 일반적으로 크라비 섬을 방문하는 외지의 관광객으로서는 쉽게 볼 수 없는 경험을 선사한다. 미래처럼 느껴지는 2562년은 사실 ‘불력’으로서 영화가 완성된 2019년을 나타낸다.
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Lin Jin loves to dance, but his father does not understand why. Because of the problems with his father, Lin Jin can't create any original dance choreography. When he has lost his way, a sunny and confisent woman named Xiao Zi appeared. In the process of getting along with her, Lin Jin gradually understoods what youth is all about...
Cinematography
개개인이 바라보는 어두운 역사의 자락들. 한 영화인과 전직 활동가에서 작가로 전직한 그녀의 뮤즈, 누구와도 관계를 맺지 못하는 듯 보이는 이직한 웨이트리스, 로맨틱하게 엮인 배우와 여배우. 거의 보이지 않을 정도로 느슨하게 서로 얽혀 있는 이들 모두의 복잡한 삶의 진실이 조금씩 밝혀지기 시작한다.
(2016년 제21회 부산국제영화제)
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교통사고로 한 남자가 혼수상태에 빠진다. 보험회사의 거부로 인해 치료비를 감당하게 된 택시운전사 라오는 사고의 진짜 책임자들을 찾아 나서지만, 입원비가 점점 불어나자 극단적인 선택을 고려한다. (2016년 제17회 전주국제영화제)
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Following the death of their estranged father, Joni and Wes Carver travel to Arkansas to deal with their inheritance: a rundown house in a rural town, arriving just in time for Decoration Week-end - wherein former residents return to celebrate their ancestors. It is here, in a sea of strangers living and dead, that Joni and Wes finally find their place in the story of their own lives.
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Mei falls for an underachieving boxer, and begins years of soul searching in the city, where she reunites with her estranged brother under unexpected circumstances. What was remembered and forgotten are lessons that have profound consequences.
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In this Palme d'Or nominated minimalist drama, a seemingly calm family morning falls apart revealing hidden tensions.
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Surprise parties rarely go well. This one is no different, as a group of 30-somethings head through life, love and a day in New York City.
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A young man is forced to attend a support group that leads to an unexpected connection.
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Gibson Bonifacio stopped speaking when he was a child. Now twenty, he returns home to Manila for Christmas. While always festive in the Philippines, for his family it is tinged with sadness, marking the anniversary of his twin brother’s death.
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Nuhm is a construction foreman working in Bangkok. The political instability in Thailand has making its presence felt in all business sectors. Nuhm suddenly finds himself out of jobs. He decides to leave Bangkok to go back to his hometown in the northeast of Thailand to attend his high school friend’s wedding during the Thai New Year in April which also happens to be the hottest month of the year. Nuhm reunites with his old friends at the wedding in Khon Kaen.
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A man and his dog traverse a cold, barren climate and discover some disturbing things along the way.
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Explores the relationship between Ake, a young man who is paralyzed from the waist down after an accident, and Pun, the male nurse who takes care of him, and of course Ake's father. Ake is at first cold towards his nurse Pun, but as Pun continues to earnestly take care of him he starts to open up his heart through candid conversations. The physical contact with Pun makes him rethink physical desires that he wants to forget. The grudge he held against his father slowly abates. All of this slowly becomes the motivating factor to confirm that he is alive, albeit with physical problems.
